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'''Zakhar Alexivich Kreskov''' ([[Volkian language|Volkian]]: Захар Алексивич Кресков; born May 31, 1956) is a [[Volkia|Volkian]] politician and attorney who served as the 19th [[President of Volkia|president of Volkia]] from 2009 to 2017. A member of the [[Social Democratic Union]], he previously served as the [[Governor (Volkia)|Governor]] of [[Osinsky Oblast]] from 1999 to 2007 and as a [[Chamber of Deputies (Volkia)|People's Deputy]] from 1991 to 1999.

Kreskov was born in [[Koshki]], Osinsky Oblast, making him the first president from the oblast. He is also the first former Governor of Osinsky Oblast to become president. Kreskov graduated from [[Osinsky Federal University]] in 1978 and entered Volkgoroda Law School the following year. He graduated in 1982 and became a constitutional law attorney and academic, teaching at Petrovskoye School of Law from 1985 to 1991. As a constituional law attorney, Kreskov argued two cases before the [[Federal Supreme Court of Volkia|Federal Supreme Court]] successfully in 1988 and 1989. Kreskov would go on to represent Osinsky Oblast's 1st District in the [[Chamber of Deputies (Volkia)|Chamber of Deputies]] from 1991 to 1999, when he ran for governor. In 2007, Kreskov briefly stepped away from politics following his two terms as Governor and continued teaching at Petrovskoye. In 2008 he was nominated for president, and [[2008 Volkian presidential elections|in October 2008]] was handily elected with 57.76% of the first round vote and was inaugurated January 14, 2009 alongside running mate [[Andrei Borovsky]]. In 2012 Kreskov was [[2012 Volkian presidential election|re-elected]] with 61.21% of the first round vote.