In 1993 he graduated from the Kuban State University as a philologist and teacher of the Russian language.

From 2001 to 2003 – Deputy chief of staff, head of the Lawyer Department of administration of Krasnodar region.

Since August 2003, he has worked as deputy head of administration of Krasnodar Krai on issues of property, land and legal relations.

On 22 April 2015, by decree of the President of Russia, Kondratyev was appointed as the acting head of administration (Governor) of Krasnodar Krai.

[4] In 2022, Kondratyev was sanctioned by the British government following the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.