Mikhail Mikhaylovich Prusak (Russian: Михаил Михайлович Прусак; born 23 February 1960) was the governor of Novgorod Oblast, Russia from 1991 to 2007.

[1] Born and raised in Western Ukraine, in 1979 he graduated from the Kolomyia Pedagogical School.

Then he worked for a year as a teacher of an extended day group in a rural school in Halych District.

After its reform in January 1996, Prusak continued his membership as governor.He was the chairman of the Federation Council's Committee on International Affairs.

Month before Prusak was criticized by the presidential envoy to the Northwestern Federal District Ilya Klebanov, who stated that "the leaders of the criminal community have infiltrated all spheres of life in the region, including the government.