Vladimir Pashkov

{{Short description|Russian politician and leader in self-proclaimed proxy republic in eastern Ukraine}}

{{Expand Russian|date=August 2021|topic=bio}}

{{family name hatnote|Igorevich|Pashkov|lang=Eastern Slavic}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Vladimir Pashkov

| image = Vladimir Pashkov in March 2020.jpg

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1961|2|4|df=y}}

| birth_place = Bratsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union

| party = Independent

| education = Pacific Higher Naval School

| citizenship = Russia

| office = Deputy Prime Minister of the Donetsk People's Republic

| term_start = 19 April 2018

| term_end = 1 November 2021

| president = Denis Pushilin

| primeminister = Alexander Ananchenko

| office1 = Acting Prime Minister of the Donetsk People's Republic

| term_start1 = 5 February 2020

| term_end1 = 14 February 2020

| predecessor1 =Alexander Ananchenko

| successor1 = Alexander Ananchenko

| office2 = Deputy Governor of Irkutsk Oblast

| deputy2 =

| term_start2 = 2012

| term_end2 = 2015

}}

Vladimir Igorevich Pashkov ({{langx|ru|Владимир Игоревич Пашков}}; born 4 February 1961) was Deputy Prime Minister of the Government of the Donetsk People's Republic which is recognised only by Russia and two other partially-recognised states, having been in office since 19 April 2018 {{cite web | url=https://www.donetsk.kp.ru/daily/26969.5/4024891/ | title=Новый вице-премьер ДНР возглавлял "Внешторгсервис" | date=21 April 2019 }} until 1 November 2021 {{Cite web|url=https://vsednr.ru/vladimir-pashkov-osvobozhden-ot-dolzhno/|title=Владимир Пашков освобожден от должности заместителя Председателя Правительства ДНР|date=2021-11-11|publisher=Всё о ДНР}}

For a short time, (5 February 2020 {{cite web | url=https://www.kyivpost.com/ukraine-politics/ex-russian-official-becomes-prime-minister-of-donetsk-militants.html | title=Ex-Russian official becomes 'prime minister' of Donetsk militants - KyivPost - Ukraine's Global Voice | date=7 February 2020 }}–14 February 2020 {{cite web | url=http://npa.dnronline.su/2020-02-27/postanovlenie-pravitelstva-dnr-5-22-ot-14-02-2020-g-o-predostavlenii-nalogovyh-lgot.html | title=Постановление Правительства ДНР № 5-22 от 14.02.2020 г. | О предоставлении налоговых льгот | Законодательство | date=27 February 2020 }}{{Failed verification|date=June 2022}}) Vladimir Pashkov was also Acting Prime Minister of the Government of the Donetsk People's Republic.{{cite web | url=https://denis-pushilin.ru/news/denis-pushilin-my-perehodim-k-zhestkoj-borbe-s-korruptsionnymi-proyavleniyami | title=Денис Пушилин: "Мы переходим к жесткой борьбе с коррупционными проявлениями" | date=5 February 2020 }}

He had previously served as Deputy Governor of the Irkutsk Oblast, (2008, 2012–2015), but left the post in 2015,{{Cite web|last=Panin|first=Alexander|date=2013-10-13|title=Polluting Baikal Paper Mill Finally Shuts Down|url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2013/10/13/polluting-baikal-paper-mill-finally-shuts-down-a28543|access-date=2021-02-04|website=The Moscow Times|language=en}} First Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Irkutsk Oblast (2010–2012), Minister of Economic Development, Labor, Science and Higher Education of the Irkutsk Oblast (2008), Vice Mayor of the city of Bratsk (2005).

He is also the general director of ZAO Vneshtorgservis, a company used to manage confiscated industries in the DPR and LPR.{{Cite web|title=UAWire - Media: the Ukrainian factories seized in the Donbas are managed by the former governor of Russia's Irkutsk region|url=http://www.uawire.org/news/media-reports-reveal-that-seized-factories-in-the-donbas-are-managed-by-the-former-governor-of-irkutsk|access-date=2021-02-04|website=www.uawire.org}}{{Cite web|title=Russia installs former top Siberian official as prime minister of proxy Donbas republic|url=http://khpg.org//en/1581033956|access-date=2021-02-04|website=Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group}}