Between 2006 and 2009, Tsydenov served as deputy director of the railway policy department at the
Ministry of Transport. Following that, he held the position of deputy director at the Department of Industry and Infrastructure until 2012. In 2011, he pursued additional education at the
Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration. From December 2011 to May 2012, Tsydenov led the
Federal Agency for Railway Transport. Then, from 18 June 2012, to 7 February 2017, he served as Deputy
Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation. Additionally, in 2016, he became a member of the board of directors of
Russian Railways. On 7 February 2017, President Vladimir Putin appointed Tsydenov as the acting head of the Republic of Buryatia until the newly elected individual took office. and was inaugurated on 22 September of the same year, marking the first time an ethnic Buryat assumed leadership of the republic. In September 2022, Tsydenov was re-elected as Head with a reported 86% of the vote. In response to his involvement in conscripting citizens to fight in Ukraine, Tsydenov was
sanctioned by the United States on 24 February 2023, the first anniversary of
Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Tsydenov's official civil service
rank is "Active State Counsellor of the Russian Federation, 2nd class adviser," and he declared a total income of 3.3 million
rubles for 2015. He is married and has four children. ==References==