Nikolay Kiselyov (politician)

Nikolay Ivanovich Kiselyov (Russian: Николай Иванович Киселёв) is a Russian politician who was the governor of Arkhangelsk Oblast from 2004 to 2008.[1]

Nikolay Kiselyov
Николай Киселёв
3rd Governor of Arkhangelsk Oblast
In office
14 April 2004  14 April 2008
Preceded byAnatoly Yefremov
Succeeded byIlya Mikhalchuk
Personal details
Born (1950-12-21) 21 December 1950
Molotovsk, Arkhangelsk Oblast, RSFSR, Soviet Union

He was born in Severodvinsk in 1950. In 1974 he graduated from a technical institute at Sevmash with an electrical engineer qualification. He worked in Severodvinsk at the Northern Production Association "Arktika", at the "Polyarnaya Zvezda" plant. Kiselyov is married and has two daughters.[2]

In 2004 Kiselyov won the gubernatorial election in Arkhangelsk Oblast. Director of Arkhangelsk dairy factory, he was seemed as a dark horse candidate. Kiselyov's campaign was funded by various industrial enterprises and entities hostile to governor Yefremov (Lukoil, Solombala and Arkhangelsk Paper Mills etc.)[3] He gained 45% of the vote in the 1st round and 75% in the runoff.[4]

In July 2007, a footage of governor taking a bribe appeared on the Internet. It was perceived as a part of a conflict between Kiselyov and Alexander Donskoy, mayor of Arkhangelsk.[1] Kiselyov refused to resign from office and finished his four-year term in April 2008.[5] He was succeeded by Ilya Mikhalchuk.

References

  1. "Ex-governor reported missing". Barents Observer. 28 April 2008. Retrieved 10 July 2011.
  2. Kiselyov Nikolay Ivanovich, zaks.ru
  3. Ivanov, Vitaly (2020). Глава субъекта Российской Федерации. История губернаторов. Том I. История. Книга II [Head of the subject of the Russian Federation. History of governors. Volume I: History. Book II] (in Russian). p. 221-222.
  4. "Gubernatorial elections - 2004" (in Russian).
  5. "Как кино про взятку оставило Архангельск без власти". Komsomolskaya Pravda (in Russian). 2007-08-29.


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