Igor Vasilyev was born on 31 May 1961 in Leningrad. His father, Vladimir, was a military and polar pilot, his mother was a librarian. Vasilyiev graduated from the Physics and Mathematics School, in 1983 - the Faculty of Applied Mathematics and Control Processes of the Leningrad State University, and in 1990 - the Yu. V. Andropov Red Banner Institute. After that, he served for nine years in the artillery troops and in the KGB of the USSR (from 1985 to 1988 - employee of the Directorate of the KGB of the USSR for Leningrad and the Leningrad Region, from 1988 to 1992 - employee of the First Main Directorate of the KGB of the Soviet Union). 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. From 1992 to 2003, Vasilyev worked in various commercial enterprises; what kind of firms they were is not reported in any biographical note. 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. From 2004 to 2010, Vasilyev represented the Komi Republic in the Federation Council. 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 13 May 2010, the Federation Council appointed Vasilyev as an auditor of the Accounts Chamber, as he was in charge of tax and customs services, the Federal Property Management Agency. on 25 September 2013 he was dismissed as the auditor. From 2014 to 2016, Vasilyev was the head of Rosreestr. For three times, in 2006, 2010 and 2013, Vasilyev was considered as a candidate for the head of the
Komi Republic. However, both times the presidential administration chose a different option.
Governor of Kirov Oblast 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. United Russia nominated Vasilyev for early elections. His competitors were initially Nikolai Barsukov from the
Communists of Russia party and the self-nominated candidate Anton Dolgikh, but Dolgikh later withdrew his candidacy, and the candidates Sergei Mamaev from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation and Kirill Cherkasov from the Liberal Democratic Party were added. On 10 September 2017, Vasilyev was
elected governor, receiving 64.03% of the votes. On 19 September, Vasilyev took office for a 5-year term. On 8 December 2018, on the basis of the decision taken by the delegates of the XVIII Congress of the political party "United Russia", Vasilyev was inducted into the Supreme Council of the party. Since 21 December 2020, he is a member of the Presidium of the
State Council of Russia. In September 2021, Vasilyev was elected to the State Duma of the VIII convocation on the regional party list of United Russia. He was number one on the list, and the party scored the worst ever result of 29.57%. He however refused to be a deputy, as he handed over his mandate to
Maria Butina, who was not elected to the State Duma. On May 10, 2022, Igor Vasilyev announced the resignation of the governor in connection with the end of his term of office. ==Personal life==