Anatoly Guzhvin | |
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Анатолий Гужвин | |
![]() Guzhvin in 2002 | |
1st Governor of Astrakhan Oblast | |
In office August 28, 1991 – August 17, 2004 | |
Succeeded by | Alexander Zhilkin |
Personal details | |
Born | Akhtubinsk, Astrakhan Oblast, RSFSR, USSR | March 25, 1946
Died | Sochi, Krasnodar Krai, Russia | August 17, 2004 (aged 58)
Nationality | Russian |
Political party | United Russia |
Profession | Electrical Engineer |
Anatoly Petrovich Guzhvin ( Russian: Анатолий Петрович Гужвин; March 25, 1946 – August 17, 2004) was a Russian politician and governor of Astrakhan Oblast. [1]
Between 1988 and the breakup of the Soviet Union, Guzhvin was a regional deputy in the Soviet Supreme Council. He assumed the governorship of the Astrakhan Oblast region in 1991, and re-elected on December 11, 1996. [1] He was a member of the United Russia party.
He died of a heart attack aged 58 while holidaying in the resort town of Sochi on the Black Sea.