Governors of the "new generation": requirements for personal qualities

The article is devoted to the study of the actual political and psychological selection criteria applicable to the governors of the "new wave" by the federal government. Methods of secondary analysis of data from different analytical centers of the country, expert interviews and case-study were used in the study. A number of the political and psychological criteria were identified for the personality of the "novice" governor: compliance with the "administrator" political style, extraversion in interpersonal relations, the dominance of the achievement motive, the presence of high self-esteem, sociability, empathy, etc.