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Alexander Chernogorov

Russian politician

Александр Черногоров

Chernogorov in 2005

3rd Governor of Stavropol KraiIn office
28 November 1996 – 16 May 2008Preceded byPyotr MarchenkoSucceeded byValery GayevskyMember of the State DumaIn office
17 December 1995 – 28 November 1996 Personal detailsBorn (1959-07-13) July 13, 1959 (age 64)
Vozdvizhenskoye, Apanasenkovsky District, Stavropol Krai, RSFSR, Soviet UnionPolitical partyCPRF (1993–2006)Other political
affiliationsLDPR (2016),^[1]^[2]
United Russia (2006–07),^[3]^[4]
CPSU (1983–91)Alma materKuban State Agrarian UniversityAwards

Alexander Leonidovich Chernogorov (Russian: Александр Леонидович Черногоров; born 13 July 1959) is a Russian politician. The first popularly elected Governor of Stavropol Krai (1996—2008). Honorary member of the Russian Youth Union (1998).^[5]

Chernogorov was born in Vozdvizhenskoye, Stavropol Krai. From 1982 to 1990 he was a Komsomol functionary. In 1995 Chernogorov was elected member of the State Duma.

As candidate for the Communists he defeated his predecessor Pyotr Marchenko in 1996, and was re-elected governor in 2000. He holds the military rank of captain.^[6] Chernogorov has decried Jehovah's Witnesses (calling them "Jehovists", the Soviet derogatory term for the religion) and Wahhabism as "dangerous cults" that threaten state order.^[7] Stavropol Krai is not far from Chechnya.

In late 2005, news media in Russia were reporting that Chernogorov may not continue as governor after his current term. Chernogorov resigned in May 2008, moving to the Ministry of Agriculture as deputy minister. He left this post in 2013.

References

^ "Экс-губернатор Ставрополья стал кандидатом от ЛДПР на выборы в Госдуму". RIA Novosti (in Russian). 28 June 2016.
^ "На Ставрополье 40 кандидатов идут в Госдуму РФ". Regnum (in Russian). 25 July 2016.
^ "Губернатор Ставропольского края вступил в "Единую Россию"". RIA Novosti (in Russian). 13 November 2006.
^ "Ненастоящий медведь: Губернатора Ставропольского края исключили из "Единой России"". lenta.ru (in Russian). 16 March 2007.
^ "Награды Российского Союза Молодежи". Российский Союз Молодежи (in Russian).
^ "CHERNOGOROV, Alexander Leonidovich". Russia Profile. Archived from the original on 2008-10-13.
^ "Russia: Governor Links Jehovah's Witnesses And Islamic Militants As "Destructive Cults"". Institute on Religion and Public Policy. 29 November 2004. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27.