Georgy Sergeyevich Poltavchenko (Russian: ???´???? ?????´???? ?????´??????, IPA: [g??'org??j s??r'g?ej?v??t? p?l'taft??nk?]; born on 24 February 1953, in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union (today Azerbaijan) is a Russian politician.
He became Governor of Saint Petersburg in 2011.
On 3 October 2018, Russian President Vladimir Putin replaced him by Alexander Beglov on an interim basis until the 2019 city election.
Previously, he served as the Presidential Envoy to the Central Federal District.