Leonid Korotkov

Leonid Viktoryvich Korotkov (born January 10, 1965 in Zavitinsk, Amur Oblast) was the governor of Amur Oblast in Siberia in Russia. He was born in Zavitinsk. He graduated from Far Eastern University in 1987.[1] He is a member of the Communist Party of Russia. He became governor in 2001, when he defeated the incumbent Anatoly Belogenov in a runoff. He had been a distant second with only 20% of the vote in the first round, but the incumbent got less than 50% of the vote so Korotkov could participate in the runoff, which he narrowly won.[2]

Political activity

In February 2005, Korotkov was renominated by President Vladimir Putin and confirmed for a second term by the local Parliament.[1] He was one of the first governors to be elected in this way, as a law abolishing direct election of governors and presidents of the Russian republics had just taken effect.[3] Putin sacked Korotkov from his position on May 10, 2007 after he was charged with abuse of power, appointing the oblast's agriculture minister Alexander Nesterenko as acting governor.[4] Putin later appointed Nikolai Kolesov as Amur oblast's governor.[5] President Dmitry Medvedev sacked Kolesov in October 2008 when Putin's appointee faced charges of illegally building a country house in a nature reserve.[6]

A court in Blagoveshchensk on 27 December 2010 acquitted Korotkov of the charges he had faced of raising electricity tariffs to illegally bankroll the local soccer team, buying vehicles at inflated prices and paying 16 million roubles (about $620,000) to a mining company for a controlling stake that was allegedly never transferred to the oblast government.[7]

References
  1. Governor of Amur Oblast, Government of Amur Oblast website. (in Russian)
  2. Governor elections 2001, Politics internet newspaper. (in Russian)
  3. Why is Amur Oblast criticized?, Alpha channel. (in Russian)
  4. Amur Governor Gets the Boot Archived 2008-12-10 at the Wayback Machine
  5. Amur Region lawmakers to consider governor nomination June 1, RIA Novosti, 29 May 2007.Accessed: 6 April 2011.
  6. Medvedev sacks Far East region governor after year in office, RIA Novosti, 16 October 2008.Accessed: 6 April 2011.
  7. Court acquits ex-governor, RIA Novosti, 27 December 2010.Accessed: 6 April 2011.


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