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1996 Russian Gubernatorial Elections
Gubernatorial elections in 1996 took place in 53 regions of the Russian Federation. President of Tatarstan Mintimer Shaymiyev as well as mayors of Moscow and Saint Petersburg Yury Luzhkov and Anatoly Sobchak (all three elected in 1991) went to the re-election, while other regions held their first gubernatorial elections that year. All these campaigns were held after the 1996 Russian presidential election. Background In August 1996, two coalitions were presented, which formally became the main participants in the widespread elections. Our Home – Russia, Democratic Choice of Russia, Party of Russian Unity and Accord and 16 other parties and movements loyal to re-elected Boris Yeltsin were united through representation in the All-Russian Coordination Council (OKS). It was opposed by the People's Patriotic Union of Russia (NPSR) associated with the Communist Party of the Russian Federation and its allies. Former Kremlin Chief of Staff Sergei Filatov was appointed the head of OKS, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Current Heads Of Federal Subjects Of Russia
The following is a list of heads of the federal subjects of the Russian Federation. Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol were annexed by Russia in 2014 and, according to its constitution, are Federal subjects. However, internationally these entities are recognized as part of Ukraine. Current Former This is a complete list of the former heads of the federal subjects of Russia. *Republic of Adygea: Aslan Tkhakushinov (2007–2017), Khazret Sovmen (2002–2007), Aslan Dzharimov (1992–2002) *Altai Republic: Alexander Berdnikov (2006–2019), Mikhail Lapshin (2002–2006), Semyon Zubakin (1998–2002), Vladilen Volkov (1997-1998), Valery Chaptynov (1994–1997) *Republic of Bashkortostan: Rustem Khamitov (2010–2018), Murtaza Rakhimov (1993–2010) *Republic of Buryatia: Vyacheslav Nagovitsyn (2007–2017), Leonid Potapov (1991–2007) *Chechen Republic: Alu Alkhanov (2004–2007), Sergey Abramov (2004, acting), Akhmad Kadyrov (2003–2004), Anatoly Popov (2003, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tyumen Oblast
Tyumen Oblast (russian: Тюме́нская о́бласть, ''Tyumenskaya oblast'') is a federal subject (an oblast) of Russia. It is geographically located in the Western Siberia region of Siberia, and is administratively part of the Urals Federal District. The oblast has administrative jurisdiction over two autonomous okrugs: Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug and Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug. Tyumen Oblast including its autonomous okrugs is the third-largest federal subject by area, and has a population of 3,395,755 ( 2010). (The rank is given without the autonomous okrugs' populations; the population and percentages are given for the territory of the oblast with the autonomous okrugs) Tyumen is the largest city and capital of Tyumen Oblast, and the first Russian settlement east of the Ural Mountains. Tyumen Oblast is the largest producer of oil and natural gas in the country, and has experienced an oil boom since the early 2000s. The rapid growth of the fuel industry has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dmitry Ayatskov
Dmitry Fyodorovich Ayatskov (russian: Дми́трий Фёдорович Ая́цков; born November 9, 1950,) is a Russian politician, the head of administration (1996) and the Governor of the Saratov region (1996-2005). In 2005, after the abolition of elections of regional leaders, President Putin did not propose the candidature of Dmitry Ayatskov to override the governor of the region. Instead, in March 2005 Ayatskov was appointed Russian ambassador to Belarus. However, on 19 July 2005 at a press conference in Saratov, which he gave after the receipt of agreement, that is an official agreement on the visit to Minsk as an ambassador, Ayatskov offered Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko ''"stop blowing cheeks"''. These words caused a scandal, and the appointment did not take place. In autumn 2005 there was information that Dmitry Ayatskov will take the post of the President of Russia envoy assistant of Volga Federal District. In early 2006, Ayatskov opened in Saratov pu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saratov Oblast
Saratov Oblast (russian: Сара́товская о́бласть, ''Saratovskaya oblast'') is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located in the Volga Federal District. Its administrative center is the types of inhabited localities in Russia, city of Saratov. As of the Russian Census (2010), 2010 Census, its population was 2,521,892. Geography The oblast is located in the southeast of European Russia, in the northern part of the Lower Volga region. From west to east its territory stretches for , and from north to south for . The highest point of Saratov Oblast is an unnamed hill of the Khvalynsk Mountains reaching above sea level. The oblast borders on: * Volgograd Oblast to the south * Voronezh Oblast, Voronezh and Tambov Oblast, Tambov oblasts to the west * Penza Oblast, Penza, Samara Oblast, Samara and Ulyanovsk Oblast, Ulyanovsk oblasts to the north; * Kazakhstan (West Kazakhstan Region) to the east Natural resources Of particular ag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valery Shantsev
Valery Pavlinovich Shantsev (russian: Валерий Павлинович Шанцев), born 29 June 1947 in Susanino, Kostroma Oblast, is the former governor of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast from 8 August 2005, when he replaced Gennady Khodyrev until his resignation on 26 September 2017.(9 August 2005)Valery Shantsev Given a Shovel, ''Kommersant'' Prior to his appointment as governor, Shantsev was the deputy mayor of Moscow. He also led Moscow's bid for the 2012 Summer Olympics. Personal life Shantsev was born in 1947, and was a factory worker. Valery Shantsev was born on 29 June 1947 in the village of Susanino, Kostroma Region. Up to 7 years he was brought up in the village with his grandmother, afterwards he moved to Moscow to his parents. He graduated from the 8th form of school No. 743, after which he entered the aviation technical school. Later he graduated from the evening department of the Moscow Institute of Radio Engineering, Electronics and Automation and the Academy of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayor Of Moscow
The Mayor of Moscow (russian: Мэр Москвы, Mer Moskvy) is the head and the highest-ranking official of Moscow, who leads the Government of Moscow, the main executive body of the city. Moscow is both a city and separate federal subject, according to the Constitution of Russia. Most federal subjects are headed by governors, but the office of the head of Moscow is called ''Mayor of the City of Moscow'', according to the Charter of the city of Moscow. Sergey Sobyanin, the incumbent Mayor of Moscow, was re-elected for a new term in 2018. Responsibilities The separate office of the ''Premier of the Government of Moscow'' existed in 1991-2001 (Yuri Luzhkov was the only officeholder), but it was merged with the office of Mayor of Moscow. 1999 Moscow mayoral election was the last time when the mayor ran together with the vice-mayor. Mayor of Moscow heads Government of Moscow. The mayor's office administers all city services, public property, police and fire protection, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vladimir Anatolyevich Yakovlev
Vladimir Anatolyevich Yakovlev ( rus, Влади́мир Анато́льевич Я́ковлев, p=vlɐˈdʲimʲɪr ɐnɐˈtolʲjɪvʲɪtɕ ˈjakəvlʲɪf; born November 25, 1944, in Olyokminsk, Yakutia, Soviet Union) is a former Russian politician. Biography Yakovlev is an ethnic Ingrian Finn according to his mother's bloodline. He is a candidate of technical sciences, a doctor of economics, a professor of the department of urban economy at Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University, an honorary doctor of St. Petersburg State University of Economics and Finance, and an academician of the International Academy of Engineering. During 1996–2003, he was the Governor of Saint Petersburg. During 2003–2004, prior to the Beslan school hostage crisis, he was Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Southern Federal District. From 13 September 2004 until 24 September 2007, he was Russia's Minister for Regional Development in Mikhail Fradkov's Second Cabinet. 28 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Semyonovich Belyakov
Alexander Semyonovich Belyakov (russian: Алекса́ндр Семёнович Беляко́в; born 20 May 1945) is a Russian politician who served as Governor of Leningrad Oblast in 1991–1996 and member of the State Duma of the Russian Federation in 1999–2005. Biography Alexander Belyakov was born in Sortavala, Karelo-Finnish SSR in 1945. He was elected governor of Leningrad Oblast in 1991 and joined the pro-Boris Yeltsin Our Home is Russia political party in 1995. He was defeated by an independent, Communist Party of the Russian Federation-backed candidate, Vadim Gustov in the election in 1996. Belyakov served as president of the SBS Agro Bank in 1997–1998 before being elected to the State Duma of the Russian Federation in 1999 and serving as chairman of its national resources committee. He was re-elected as a United Russia candidate in 2003. Belyakov is currently president of the Russian Association of Paper & Pulp Organizations and Enterprises (RAO BUMPROM). [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuri Sevenard
Yuriy Konstantinovich Sevenard (russian: Ю́рий Константи́нович Севена́рд; 29 June 1935 – 23 June 2021) was a Russian politician. A member of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, he served in the State Duma from 1993 to 1999. He was born in what is now East Kazakhstan Region to a family of a hydraulic engineer. Yuri's mother was Celina Kschessinska, niece of ballet dancer Mathilde Kschessinska. In 1958 he graduated from the V. V. Kuibyshev Moscow Engineering and Construction Institute. Sevenard participated in construction of the Aswan Dam in the 1960s. His younger son Konstantin Yuryevich was born there. In 1980 he was appointed director of the "Lengidroenergospetsstroy" association, which guided the Saint Petersburg Dam construction. Sevenard headed Lengidroenergospetsstroy for 21 years. During the democratization process in the Soviet Union, Sevenard was elected to the Leningrad city council. In June 1991, he ran for mayor of Lenin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yury Boldyrev
Yury Yurievich Boldyrev (russian: Юрий Юрьевич Болдырев, born May 29, 1960) is a Russian economist and politician, he was a Senator from St. Petersburg from 1993 to 1995, and Deputy Chairman of the Accounts Chamber of Russia from 1995 to 2001. Boldyrev was one of the founders of the Yabloko party, but left in 1995. Biography Born in 1960 in Leningrad in family of a military sailor. He graduated from Saint Petersburg Electrotechnical University (1983) and Saint Petersburg State University of Economics (1989). From 1989 to 1991, he was a Deputy of the USSR from Moscowsky, district of Leningrad. From 1990 to February 1992, Boldyrev was member of the Supreme consultative and coordinating Council under the Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR, and then under President Boris Yeltsin. In February 1992, he was advisor to the government of Russia. From March 1992 to March 4, 1993 — Chief State inspector of the RSFSR, the chief of control management of pres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Governor Of Saint Petersburg
The Governor of Saint Petersburg (Губернатор Санкт-Петербурга) is the head of the executive branch of Saint Petersburg City Administration. The governor's office administers all city services, public property, police and fire protection, most public agencies, and enforces all city and state laws within all districts of the City of Saint Petersburg. The governor's office is located in Smolny Institute and appoints many officials, including deputy governors and directors (heads of city departments). Under the Soviet regime, until 1991 the head of the city administration was called chairperson of the executive committee. Between 1991 and 1996, the head of the administration was called Mayor after which they were called Governor. Between 1991 and 2006 the mayor/governor was elected by direct vote of city residents. Between 2004 and 2014, the governor was nominated by the President of the Russian Federation and approved (or disapproved) by the City Legislative ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
President Of The Republic Of Tatarstan
The president of the Republic of Tatarstan (russian: Президент Республики Татарстан; tt, Татарстан Республикасы Президенты) is the regional head of Tatarstan, Russia. The office was established in 1991. Title In 2017, following the expiration of the 1994 agreement between Moscow and Kazan which granted Tatarstan substantial autonomy, the title of ''president'' was expected to be replaced with ''head'', as it was done with other republics in Russia. The government of Tatarstan however resisted attempts to have the title abolished and the federal government declined to press the issue. However, shortly after legislative elections in September 2021, deputies in the State Duma prepared a bill to unify the titles of the leaders of all of Russia's regions to ''head''. The bill, seen as directly aimed at Tatarstan, would reserve the title of ''president'' exclusively for the president of Russia. In response, lawmakers in T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
