Nikolay Shaklein

Nikolay Ivanovich Shaklein (; 20 December 1943 – 16 May 2023) was a Russian politician who served as governor of Kirov Oblast in Russia. He rose in the ranks of the state prosecution service, becoming the deputy general prosecutor of the Russian Federation by 1999.

Shaklein was a deputy of the State Duma. He was elected governor in a run-off on 21 December 2003, and was sworn in on 14 January 2004. Nikita Belykh succeeded him in 2008.

Shaklein died on 16 May 2023, at the age of 79.

Biography Shaklein was born on 20 December 1943 in the village of Korshunikha, Kirov Oblast. In 1959, at the age of 16 he started working as a turner and fitter at the Kirov plant. In 1973 he graduated from the Law Faculty of Perm State University.

From 1969 he worked as a legal adviser at the plant Mayak in Kirov. From 1971 he worked in the Kirov Prosecutor's Office as assistant prosecutor, in 1978 he was promoted to prosecutor of the Oktyabrsky District of Kirov. From August 1981, he worked as an instructor of the Kirov Regional Committee of the CPSU, then as deputy prosecutor of the Kirov Oblast.

On 23 March 1997, he was elected to the 2nd State Duma. Worked in the State Duma Committee on Legislation and Judicial and Legal Reform.

From 16 March to 25 September 2007 he was a member of the Presidium of the State Council of the Russian Federation.

From 2009 to 2011 — member of the Federation Council representing Kirov oblast. He is buried at the Novomakarievsky cemetery of Kirov.