title: Mikhail Pavlov (politician)
text: # Mikhail Pavlov (politician)
  
  Mikhail Yakovlevich Pavlov (1 September 1952 – 6 June 2010) was a Belarusian politician who was mayor of Minsk from 2000 to 2010.
  
  ## Biography
  
  He graduated from a secondary school in Mogilev, Machine-Building Institute and the Academy of National Economy by the Government of Russian Federation. He has specialized as an engineer-technician for welding equipment and technologies and manager of higher qualification.
  
  He started working as an electric welder in Valozhyn region. After serving in the army, for ten years he headed several big machine-building enterprises in the city of Baranovichi as a general manager and he was elected to the post of the Mayor of Baranovichi in 1997. He was elected into Council of the Republic of Belarus of the National Assembly of Belarus twice, in 2000 and 2004.
  
  He was the Chairman of Minsk City Executive Committee (mayor) from 28 March 2000 until his death.
  
  He was married, and is survived by a daughter.
  
  