Igor Vladimirovich Vasilyev (Russian: Игорь Владимирович Васильев; born 31 May 1961), from September 19, 2017 to May 10, 2022 was the 5th Governor of the Kirov Oblast.

[1] From 2014 to 2016, he was the Head of the Federal Service for State Registration, Cadastre and Cartography (Rosreestr), and from 2010 to 2013, he was the Auditor of the Accounts Chamber of Russia.

[3] In the course of his political career, Vasilyev never commented on his work in the authorities, but it is known that for some time he served in the same department as Vladimir Putin.

[5] In 2003, he graduated from the Higher School of Business of Moscow State University with a degree in management, from 2003 to 2004 he headed the Investment Department of the Central Executive Committee of the United Russia party, then transferred to the civil service.

[6] He was a member of the Federation Council committees on financial markets and money circulation, on affairs of the north and small peoples, and was the deputy chairman of the commission for interaction with the Accounts Chamber.

On July 28, 2016, President Putin dismissed the governor of the Kirov Oblast, Nikita Belykh, who was suspected of bribery, and appointed Vasilyev as the interim head of this region.

[18] In September 2021, Vasilyev was elected to the State Duma of the VIII convocation on the regional party list of United Russia.

[21] Vasiliev's wife, Vasilieva Lilia Valentinovna, is, according to official data from the website of the government of the Kirov region, she used to work at MGIMO.

On the eve of the gubernatorial elections, the Civil Initiatives Committee stated in its report that during the year Vasilyev, being the interim head of the region, had been indirectly campaigning in his favor.