Vyacheslav Alexandrovich Kislitsyn (russian: Вячеслав Александрович Кислицын) (born 1948) is a Russian politician who served as President of

Mari El The Mari El Republic (russian: Респу́блика Мари́й Эл, ''Respublika Mariy El''; Meadow Mari: ; Hill Mari: ) is a republic of Russia. It is in the European Russia region of the country, along the northern bank of the Volga Rive ...

in 1997–2001. During his presidency, he was responsible for much of the economic development in

. At the same time, he was criticised for his autocratic ideology, accused of supporting Chechen rebels, and his supposed 'cult of personality'. In the 2001 elections, he suffered a tight defeat against his opponent

Leonid Markelov Leonid Igorevich Markelov (russian: Леони́д И́горевич Марке́лов) (born 1963) is a Russian politician and lawyer, who is the former head of the Mari El republic in Russia. He took office on January 14, 2001 and resigned f ...

, where Kislitsyn received 25% of the vote. Since then, his political whereabouts are left unknown.

Biography

Kislitsyn was born in 1948 in the Mari ASSR of the

Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...

. Prior to serving in the Soviet Army, he was trained as mechanic in a specialized vocational school in Tomsk. He graduated from the Tomsk Railway College. After serving in the Army from 1971, he worked as the chairman of the District Committee for Physical Culture and Sports, the instructor of the Executive Committee Medvedevsky District Council. In 1978 he graduated from the Faculty of History, Mari State Pedagogical Institute. He began his political career during the

, where he eventually became President of

. Kislitsyn is married, and he has one daughter.

References

Biography
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