Mikhail Pawlaw

Mikhail Yakovlevich Pavlov (1 September 1952 – 6 June 2010 ) was a Belarusian politician who was mayor of Minsk from 2000 to 2010.

Biography Pavlov graduated from a secondary school in Mogilev, a Machine-Building Institute and the Russian Government-funded Academy of National Economy. He specialized as an engineer-technician for welding equipment and technologies, as well as a manager of higher qualification.

He began his working career as an electric welder in the Valozhyn region. After serving in the army, he functioned as general manager for several big machine-building enterprises in the city of Baranovichi for a decade. He was elected to the post of Mayor of Baranovichi in 1997. In 2000 and in 2004, he was further elected into the Council of the Republic of Belarus of the National Assembly of Belarus.

He was the Chairman of the Minsk City Executive Committee, making him the mayor of Minsk, from 28 March 2000 until his death.

He was married, and is survived by a daughter.