Vitaly Korolyov

Vitaly Gennadyevich Korolyov (; born 23 June 1980) is a Russian economist and statesman serving as acting Governor of Tver Oblast since November 2025. He holds the rank of 2nd class State Councillor of the Russian Federation.

Biography Korolyov was born on June 23, 1980, in Krasnoyarsk, Soviet Union.

In 2002, he graduated from the Krasnoyarsk State Agrarian University with a law degree, and a year later from the Krasnoyarsk State Pedagogical University with a degree in English studies. In 2007 he completed a master's degree in economics at Moscow State Institute of International Relations.

Since 2005, Korolyov has served in the Federal Antimonopoly Service. From 2008 to 2015, he was the chief of the Service's directorate for electrical energy industry control. In 2015, he became the Service's deputy executive.

In 2024, he was appointed Head of the Antimonopoly Regulation Department of Moscow State Institute of International Relations.

On November 5, 2025, President Vladimir Putin appointed Korolyov acting Governor of Tver Oblast, following previous Governor Igor Rudenya's transfer to the position of Presidential Envoy to the Northwestern Federal District.