Vladimir Ignatyevich Platov (russian: Владимир Игнатьевич Платов; 23 October 1946 – 16 April 2012) was a Russian politician, who served as governor of

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from 1995 to 2003.

Biography

Platov was born in 1946 in Ovechkino,

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, central Russia, to a family of shepherd. He had a brother and two sisters. He graduated from the Vladimir Aviation Technical School in 1967. He began his career at Bezhetskselmash, an agricultural equipment plant in Bezhetsk. From 1987 to 1992 he was director of that plant. Until 1990 Platov was a member of the

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. From 1992 to 1995 he was the head of administration of Bezhetsk and

Bezhetsky District Bezhetsky District (russian: Бе́жецкий райо́н) is an administrative and municipalLaw #4-ZO district (raion), one of the thirty-six in Tver Oblast, Russia. It is located in the east of the oblast and borders with Molokovsky District ...

. In December 1995, he won the first gubernatorial election in Tver Oblast, gaining 50.5% of the vote cast. He took office on December 26. From January 1996 to May 2001, he was ex officio member of the Federation Council of Russia. In 1999–2000 election, Platov narrowly defeated Communist Vladimir Bayunov and won his second four-year term. At the same time he acted as a "locomotive" candidate for

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party in 1999 legislative election (locomotive here means a locally or countrywide known person who runs for seat in parliament only to attract votes for specific party). In September 2003, Platov and his deputy Alexander Kotlyar were charged with abuse of office, "resulting in significant damage to the regional budget" estimated at 463 million rubles. Such circumstances have toppled Platov's re-election campaign. He won 12% of the vote in the 1st round and dropped out of the race. Two years after, in November 2005, the

Tagansky District Tagansky District (russian: Тага́нский райо́н) is a district of Central Administrative Okrug of the federal city of Moscow, Russia, located between the Moskva and Yauza Rivers near the mouth of the latter. Population: The di ...

Court of Moscow found Platov and Kotlyar guilty and sentenced them to five and four years in prison respectively. The former governor was released from prison in 2006. Vladimir Platov died in Vladimir in 2012 after a long illness. He was married and had two sons.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Platov, Vladimir 1946 births 2012 deaths People from Sobinsky District Governors of Tver Oblast Members of the Federation Council of Russia (1996–2000)