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Russian politician (born 1948)

Vadim Gustov
Вадим Густов
Russian Federation Senatorfrom Vladimir Oblast
In office28 February 2001 – 13 December 2011
Succeeded by Aleksandr Sinyagin
First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia
In office18 September 1998 – 27 April 1999
Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov
Succeeded by Sergei Stepashin
Governor of Leningrad Oblast
In office18 November 1996 – 11 September 1998
Preceded by Alexander Belyakov
Succeeded by Valery Serdyukov
Personal details
Born Vadim Anatolyevich Gustov (1948-12-26) 26 December 1948 (age 75)Kalinino, Alexandrovsky District, Vladimir Oblast, RSFSR, Soviet Union
Nationality Russian
Political party Independent
Children 2
Alma mater Moscow Geological Prospecting Institute
Awards

Vadim Gustov (Russian: Вадим Анатольевич Густов; born 26 December 1948) is a Russian politician who served as first deputy prime minister of Russia from 1998 to 1999 and a regional leader.

Early life and education

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Gustov was born in Kalinino, Alexandrovsky District, Vladimir Oblast in 1948.[1] He was educated in Sweden.[2]

Gustov was the head of the Leningrad Oblast Council of People's Deputies until it was dissolved in October 1993.[2] In 1994, he served as chairman of the Federation Council's Commonwealth of Independent States affairs committee.[3] He was elected as the governor of Leningrad Oblast in September 1996, taking 53% of the votes.[2] He was independent, but was supported by the Communist Party of the Russian Federation.[4] He replaced Alexander Belyakov in the aforementioned post.[4]

Gustov served as governor until his appointment as first deputy prime minister on 18 September 1998.[5][6] He was succeeded by Valery Serdyukov as the governor of Leningrad Oblast.[4]

Gustov, an independent politician, was one of two first deputy prime ministers in the cabinet of Yevgeny Primakov and was in charge of regional affairs and the relations with former Soviet republics.[7][8][9] Gustov's tenure lasted until 27 April 1999 when he was removed from post by Russian President Boris Yeltsin.[6][10] Gustov was succeeded by Sergei Stepashin in the post.[10][11]

In the 1999 and 2003 elections Gustov ran for the governorship of Leningrad Oblast, but he lost both elections.[12] In January 2002 he became a senator at the Federation Council, representing Vladimir Oblast.[13] He was again the chairman of the council's CIS affairs committee during this period.[14]

Since December 2011 Vadim Gustov is a member of the Legislative Assembly of Leningrad Oblast. He ran on the list of the United Russia party. On 4 July 2012, he was elected vice-speaker of the Legislative Assembly.[15]

Gustov was an anti-Yeltsin figure in the 1990s.[2] He was not a communist and did not support the concept of a planned economy.[2]

  1. ^ "Deputies \ GUSTOV Vadim Anatolyevich" (in Russian). Legislative Assembly of Leningrad Oblast.
  2. ^ a b c d e Laura Belin. "Russia's 1996 Gubernatorial Elections and the Implications for Yeltsin" (PDF). Demokratizatsiya. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
  3. ^ Zbigniew Brzezinski; Paige Sullivan (1997). Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States: Documents, Data, and Analysis. Armonk, NY: M. E. Sharpe. ISBN 978-0-8733-2414-4.
  4. ^ a b c Robert A. Saunders; Vlad Strukov (2010). Historical Dictionary of the Russian Federation. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press. p. 348. ISBN 978-0-8108-7460-2.
  5. ^ Michael Wines (3 November 1998). "Surprising Russian Stir on Unsurprising Issue: Corruption". The New York Times. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
  6. ^ a b Robert W. Orttung, ed. (2000). The Republics and Regions of the Russian Federation: A Guide to Politics, Policies, and Leaders. Armonk, NY; London: M.E. Sharpe. p. 304. ISBN 978-0-7656-0559-7.
  7. ^ Yevgeny Volk; Evgueni Volk (6 November 1998). "Who's Who in Primakov's New Russian Government" (Backgrounder #1232 on Russia). The Heritage Foundation. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
  8. ^ Richard Sakwa (2008). Russian Politics and Society. Vol. 4th. London; New York: Routledge. p. 122. ISBN 978-1-134-12016-1.
  9. ^ "Yeltsin fires Deputy Prime Minister". Associated Press. Moscow. 27 April 1999. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
  10. ^ a b "Is This Russia's Next Prime Minister?". Bloomberg Businessweek. 16 May 1999. Archived from the original on 25 August 2013. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
  11. ^ Valeria Korchagina (28 April 1999). "Stepashin Wins in Cabinet Shuffle". The Moscow Times. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
  12. ^ Dmitri A. Lanko (2007). "Russian Debate on the Northern Dimension Concept" (PDF). SGIR. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
  13. ^ "Russia Report: 14 January 2002". Radio Free Europe. 2 (2). 11 November 2008.
  14. ^ "Russian senator outlines progress in formation of Russian-Belarusian union". BBC Monitoring International Reports. Moscow. 17 February 2003. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
  15. ^ "Бывший глава Ленобласти избран вице-спикером местного парламента" [The former head of Leningrad Oblast was elected vice-speaker of the local parliament]. Rossiyskaya Gazeta (in Russian). 4 July 2012.