Vadim Gustov | |
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Russian Federation Senator from Vladimir Oblast | |
In office 28 February 2001 – 13 December 2011 | |
Succeeded by | Aleksandr Sinyagin |
First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia | |
In office 18 September 1998 – 27 April 1999 | |
Prime Minister | Yevgeny Primakov |
Succeeded by | Sergei Stepashin |
Governor of Leningrad Oblast | |
In office 18 November 1996 – 11 September 1998 | |
Preceded by | Alexander Belyakov |
Succeeded by | Valery Serdyukov |
Personal details | |
Born | Vadim Anatolyevich Gustov 26 December 1948 Kalinino, Alexandrovsky District, Vladimir Oblast, RSFSR, Soviet Union |
Nationality | Russian |
Political party | Independent |
Children | 2 |
Alma mater | Moscow Geological Prospecting Institute |
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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.
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]