Vladimir Strelchenko
Vladimir Vladimirovich Strelchenko was mayor of Khimki since 2005 to 2012. He had made his career in the Soviet and Russian [Ground Forces|Russian army], participating in the Soviet–Afghan War in the late 1980s and retiring in 1999 as Colonel. Subsequently, he worked as an official in the Moscow and Moscow Oblast governments. From 2005 to 2010, he was a president of FC Khimki.