Vadim Gustov

Vadim Anatolevich 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
Вадим Густов
First Deputy Prime Minister
In office
18 September 1998 – 27 April 1999
PresidentBoris Yeltsin
Prime MinisterYevgeny M. Primakov
Succeeded bySergei Stepashin
2nd Governor of Leningrad Oblast
In office
18 November 1996 – 11 September 1998
Preceded byAlexander Belyakov
Succeeded byValery Serdyukov
Personal details
Born
Vadim Anatolevich Gustov

(1948-12-26) 26 December 1948
NationalityRussian
Political partyIndependent

Early life and education

Gustov was born in 1948;[1] he was educated in Sweden.[2]

Career

Gustov was the head of the Leningrad oblast until it was dissolved in October 1993.[2] In 1994, he served as chairman of the Federation Council's the commonwealth of independent states (CIS) affairs committee.[3] He was elected as the governor of the Leningrad region in September 1996, taking 53% of the votes.[2] He was independent but he 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.[1][5][6] He was succeeded by Valery Serdyukov as the governor of the Leningrad region.[4]

Gustov, an independent politician, was one of two first deputy prime ministers in the cabinet of Yevgeny Primakov and he 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 the Leningrad region, but he lost both elections.[12] In January 2002 he became a senator at the Federation Council, representing the Vladimir Oblast.[13] He was again the chairman of the council's CIS affairs committee during this period.[14][15]

Views

Gustov was an anti-Yeltsin figure in the 1990s.[2] He was not communist and did not support for planned economy idea.[2]

References
  1. "Russian ministries, political parties". Rulers. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
  2. Belin, Laura. "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. Retrieved 1 September 2013.  – via Questia (subscription required)
  4. Robert A. Saunders; Vlad Strukov (13 May 2010). Historical Dictionary of the Russian Federation. Scarecrow Press. p. 348. ISBN 978-0-8108-7460-2. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
  5. Wines, Michael (3 November 1998). "Surprising Russian Stir on Unsurprising Issue: Corruption". The New York Times. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
  6. Robert W. Orttung; Danielle N. Lussier; Anna Paretskaya (1 January 2000). The Republics and Regions of the Russian Federation: A Guide to Politics, Policies, and Leaders. M.E. Sharpe. p. 304. ISBN 978-0-7656-0559-7. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
  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 (10 April 2008). Russian Politics and Society. Routledge. p. 122. ISBN 978-1-134-12016-1. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
  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. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
  11. Valeria Korchagina (28 April 1999). "Stepashin Wins in Cabinet Shuffle". Moscow Times. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
  12. Lanko, Dmitri A. (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). Retrieved 25 August 2013.
  14. "Should Russia incorporate Transdnestr?". Ria Novosti. 19 September 2006. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
  15. "Russian senator outlines progress in formation of Russian-Belarusian union". BBC Monitoring International Reports. Moscow. 17 February 2003. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
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