Vadim Gustov

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.

Vadim Gustov
Russian Federation Senator
from Vladimir Oblast
In office
28 February 2001 – 13 December 2011
Succeeded byAleksandr Sinyagin
First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia
In office
18 September 1998 – 27 April 1999
Prime MinisterYevgeny Primakov
Succeeded bySergei Stepashin
Governor of Leningrad Oblast
In office
18 November 1996 – 11 September 1998
Preceded byAlexander Belyakov
Succeeded byValery Serdyukov
Personal details
Born
Vadim Anatolyevich Gustov

(1948-12-26) 26 December 1948
Kalinino, Alexandrovsky District, Vladimir Oblast, RSFSR, Soviet Union
NationalityRussian
Political partyIndependent
Children2
Alma materMoscow Geological Prospecting Institute
AwardsOrder of Honour

Early life and education

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

Career

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]

Views

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]

References
  1. "Deputies \ GUSTOV Vadim Anatolyevich" (in Russian). Legislative Assembly of Leningrad Oblast.
  2. 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. 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. 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. "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.
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