Tanas Gruzdev

Tanas Shaposhnikov Gruzdev (born 3 March 1951) is a Yarovan politician serving as the sixteenth and current of the United Federated Districts since 2020. He previously served as of Buguznogorsk Oblast from 1984 to 1985 and again from 1994 to 2004, as  for the federal government from 1985 to 1994, and as  from 2004 to 2020. He co-founded the People of Yarova political party in 1979 and has served as its leader since 2004. Coming from a  political background and self-describing as a "modern traditionalist", he has promoted fiscally conservative and populist policies during his administration.

Family and personal life
Gruzdev was born in Oktyashikha, a remote town in north-eastern Buguznogorsk Oblast, to which his family had moved from Borisopol in the 1940s. His parents were Vitomir Gruzdev (1909–74) and Selena Gruzdeva (née Shaposhnikova; 1922–2008). His parents were greengrocers and owned a store on Oktyashikha's Main Street.

Allied Eastern States and Graznava People's Republic
On 14 April 2020, Gruzdev signed Executive Order o.1, titled "Cessation of Agreement between the United Federated Districts of Yarova, United Zaporizhia, the United Republics of Aukalnia and Sartland, and the Graznava People's Republic", which saw the dissolution of YZAGA. Pursuant of this executive order, by 17 April, the Yarovan Land Forces had entirely withdrawn its operations from the BSVY Dzyatlovo and BSVY Vetka bases in the Graznava People's Republic. The Federal Armed Forces of Yarova had been stationed in Graznava since 2012 to protect the country from the threat of Rovsnoski invasion. Gruzdev emphasised that the withdrawal did not equate "closing the door to [Yarova's] neighbours" but, rather, was the extension of an to all states in Eastern Artemia, including the membership of the Allied Eastern States. The military pull-out from Graznava paved the way for an occupation of the country by Rovsnoska, which resulted in the establishment of the partially-recognised South Kryzhelovschina. Shchyokhov recognises the Provisional Government as the legitimate administration of the country. Gruzdev has actively sought closer diplomatic, economic and political ties to Rovsnoska and Lestykhol. During Gruzdev's presidency, Yarova has become a partner of the bloc, along with Aukalnia and Sartland.