Aleksandr Mikhailovich Semernyov (russian: Александр Михайлович Семернёв; born 7 November 1958), is a Russian politician who served as the

governor of Bryansk Oblast The governor of Bryansk Oblast (russian: Губернатор Брянской области) is the highest official of Bryansk Oblast, a Federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia. The Governor (Russia), governor heads the executive b ...

in 1996.

Biography

Aleksandr Semernyov was born on 7 November 1958 in the village of Kletnya, Bryansk Oblast. He graduated from the , and the Higher Komsomol School. He worked as an agronomist at the

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, and carried out

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work. From 1993 to 1996, Semernyov was the Deputy Governor of Bryansk Oblast. On 19 June 1996, by decree of the President of the Russia, Boris Yeltsin, Semernyov was appointed the 5th Governor (head) of Bryansk Oblast. While serving as governor, he openly defended Yeltsin's reforms. In the gubernatorial elections in December 1996, he lost the gubernatorial elections to the communist

Yury Lodkin Yury Yevgenyevich Lodkin (russian: Юрий Евгеньевич Лодкин; born 26 March 1938), is a Russian politician who served two terms as governor of Bryansk Oblast, the first in 1993, and the second from 1996 to 2004. Lodkin was also ...

, the former head of the regional administration, who was removed in 1993 after the dissolution of the Supreme Soviet of Russia. From 1996 to 2003, Semernyov was a Trade Representative of Russia in Bulgaria. Since 2003, he was elected a deputy of the

Bryansk Oblast Duma The Bryansk Oblast Duma (russian: Брянская областная дума, Bryanskaya oblastnaya duma) is the regional parliament of Bryansk Oblast, a federal subject of Russia. A total of 60 deputies are elected for five-year terms. Elect ...

, and was the leader of the Patriotic Bryansk movement, and the chairman of the Bryansk branch of the

People's Party of the Russian Federation The People's Party of the Russian Federation (russian: Народная партия Российской Федерации; НПРФ; ''Narodnaya partiya Rossiyskoy Federatsii'', NPRF) was a centrist political party in Russia. The leader of the ...

. In December 2004, he again ran for the position of governor of Bryansk Oblast, but placed fifth, receiving 4.87% of the vote.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Semernyov, Aleksandr 1958 births Living people People from Bryansk Oblast Governors of Bryansk Oblast Members of the Federation Council of Russia (1996–2000) People's Party of the Russian Federation politicians