Igor Rudenya was born in Moscow on 15 February 1968. From 1986 to 1988, he served in the
Soviet Army. After demobilization, he worked in the internal affairs bodies. From 1989 to 1991, he served in the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for Moscow. In 1996, he became the general director of CJSC Roszerno. In 1998, he studied at the , with a specialty - economist-manager. In 2002, he finished the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russia, in advanced training. In 2002, he began work in the
Office of the Government of the Russia, heading the department for the Development of the Agro-Industrial Complex of the Office of the Government of Russia. In 2004, he was appointed deputy director of the Department for Sectoral Development of the Government of Russia. From 2005 to 2007, Runenya was the Secretary of State - Deputy Minister of Agriculture of Russia. On 15 November 2007, by the order of the Government of Rudenya, he was appointed director of the newly created Department of Regional Development and Agroindustrial Complex, transformed from the Department of Regional Monitoring of the Government. On 22 August 2008, Prime Minister
Vladimir Putin appointed Rudenya as the Director of the Department of Agro-Industrial Complex of the Government of Russia. In February 2009, when it became known about the upcoming resignation of
Alexey Gordeyev from the post of Minister of Agriculture, Rudenya was named one of the possible candidates for the post, but in the end,
Yelena Skrynnik was appointed head of the Ministry of Agriculture. In October 2009, Rudenya entered the list of candidates for the post of governor of the
Volgograd Oblast proposed by
Dmitry Medvedev. He became the General Director of CJSC Roszerno again from 2012 to 2016.
Governor of Tver Oblast On 2 March 2016, after the resignation of the Governor of the Tver Oblast,
Andrey Shevelyov, and by the decree of the President Putin, Rudenya was appointed acting head of the oblast. On 23 June 2016, Rudenya submitted documents to the Election Commission of the Tver Oblast for his nomination as a candidate for the post of regional governor. He won the elections on 18 September 2016, gaining 72.13% of the vote. On 23 September 2016, in the building of the Tver Regional Academic Drama Theater, as part of the 73rd extraordinary meeting of the Legislative Assembly of the Tver Region, a solemn ceremony of Rudenya's inauguration took place. From January 27 to December 21, 2020, he was the Member of the Presidium of the State Council of the Russia. Rudenya is a member of the General Council of the
United Russia party. He was the secretary of the Tver regional branch of the United Russia party.
Presidential envoy In September 2025, President Putin appointed Rudenya as presidential envoy to the
Northwestern Federal District. ==Sanctions==