Ernest Mackevičius

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Ernest Mackevičius
Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union
CitizenshipRussian
Alma materMoscow State University
Occupations
  • Journalist
  • television presenter

Ernest Gedrevich Mackevičius (Russian: Эрне́ст Гедревич Мацкя́вичюс; Lithuanian: Ernestas Mackevičius; 25 November 1968) is a Russian journalist and TV host. Presenter of the programs Good Morning, Russia (2002–2005) and Vesti (since 2006).

Biography

Born on 25 November 1968 in Vilnius. Ernest's father is theatre director Giedrius Mackevičius.[1] Mother Marina Mackevičienė is a journalist with the newspaper Vechernyaya Moskva. He graduated from the Moscow school No. 579,[2] then he passed military service in the border troops. In 1994[3][4] he graduated from the newspaper department of the MSU Faculty of Journalism. He studied on the same course with his future colleagues on the NTV Vladimir Lensky, Sergey Gaponov, Vyacheslav Grunsky, Sergey Dedukh, Andrey Cherkasov, Alexander Khabarov and Vladimir Chernyshev. He also studied for some time on the same course with Andrey Malakhov[5] and Dmitry Lesnevsky,[6] who, due to various circumstances, graduated from the university later.

He has worked in television since 1991, starting as the TV company VIDgital correspondent. He commented for the VGTRK for the Eurovision Song Contest 2016.

Ernest was awarded the Medal of the Order for Services to the Fatherland I class (2008)[7] and the Order of Friendship (2014).[8]

He is married to Alina Akhmetova and has a daughter Dahlia (born 2004).[9][10]

References

  1. ^ Сайт Гедрюса Мацкявичюса
  2. ^ История родной школы
  3. ^ "Наш дом на Моховой" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 February 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  4. Московский комсомолец
    . 7 June 2002.
  5. ^ "Моему однокашнику посвящается". StarHit. 25 November 2018.
  6. ^ "Когда умрёт телевидениe". MediaMetrics. 29 May 2018.
  7. ^ Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 23 апреля 2008 г года No. 553
  8. ^ СМИ: 300 журналистов получили от Путина награды за Крым
  9. ^ Эрнест Мацкявичюс стал папой
  10. ^ "Эрнест Мацкявичюс: "Пришла пора мне учиться во второй раз". Утро 1 сентября для ведущего программы "Вести" Эрнеста Мацкявичюса выдалось особенно волнительны". Archived from the original on 10 February 2015. Retrieved 24 February 2019.

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