Valentin Pavlovich Gerasimov (Russian: Валентин Павлович Герасимов; born on 28 May 1940), is a Russian politician and party figure, who had served as the first
Governor (Head) of Kurgan Oblast from 1991 to 1995.
Biography
Valentin Gerasimov was born on 28 May 1940 into a working-class family in the working village of
Shumikha,
Shumikhinsky District,
Chelyabinsk Oblast, now the
administrative centre of the Shumikhinsky Municipal District,
Kurgan Oblast. He is Russian. His father died in 1942.
In 1965, he graduated from the with a degree in automotive and tractor mechanical engineering. The same year, he worked at the
Kurgan Bus Plant, where he went through all the stages - from design engineer to chief engineer from 1975 to 1979.
In 1967, he joined the
Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
Since 1979, he was carrying out party work. He successively held the positions of second secretary of the committee of the CPSU of the city of
Kurgan
A kurgan is a type of tumulus constructed over a grave, often characterized by containing a single human body along with grave vessels, weapons and horses. Originally in use on the Pontic–Caspian steppe, kurgans spread into much of Central As ...
, first secretary of the committee of the CPSU of the city of Kurgan, first secretary of the Kurgan city committee of the CPSU, second secretary of the Kurgan regional committee of the CPSU.
He had been elected deputy of the
Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR's XI convocation from 1984 to 1989.
In 1985, he graduated from the .
In June 1988, he became chairman of the Kurgan Regional Executive Committee of the Council of People's Deputies.
In April 1990, he was elected a
People's Deputy of the RSFSR, was a member of the Communists of Russia faction.
From November 1990 to October 1991, he was chairman of the Kurgan Regional Council of People's Deputies.
On 24 October 1991, Gerasimov became the first
Governor (Head) of Kurgan Oblast, as was one of the last ones to be appointed head of the administration of the federal subjects of Russia.
He was a member of the Council of the Association for Economic Interaction of Regions and Republics of the Ural Region, and a Member of the Council of the All-Russian Public Movement "
Our Home – Russia
Our Home – Russia (NDR; russian: Наш дом – Россия; НДР; ''Nash dom – Rossiya'', ''NDR'') was a Russian political party that existed from 1995 to the mid-2000s.
History
Our Home – Russia was founded in 1995 by then Russian P ...
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On 9 August 1995, on the eve of the parliamentary and presidential elections, Gerasimov was removed from his post, and replaced by Deputy Governor (Head) who was appointed governor.
After his resignation, for two compositions, from 1995 to 2003, he headed the Kurgan Regional Electoral Commission.
Family
His father, Pavel, died in 1942.
He has two children, daughter Larisa, (born 1962), and Aleksey (born 1975).
Hobbies
He likes music, fishing, hunting, and football.
References
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1940 births
Living people
People from Kurgan Oblast
Recipients of the Order of Friendship of Peoples
Governors of Kurgan Oblast
Russian Academy of State Service alumni
Our Home – Russia politicians
Members of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, 1985–1990