- Vladimir Ryzhkov
Vladimir Aleksandrovich Ryzhkov ( _ru. Владимир Александрович Рыжков) (born
September 3 1966 inRubtsovsk ,Altai Krai ,Soviet Union ) is a Russian independent politician. Since2006 , Ryzhkov has been affiliated with the Russian opposition coalition groupThe Other Russia .Vladimir Ryzhkov represented the city of
Barnaul in the Siberian Altai Region in the RussianState Duma in 1993-2007. He was first elected in 1993 and later headed a group of deputies fromRussia's Choice (Выбор России), the main pro-Kremlin party under Russian PresidentBoris Yeltsin . In1997 , he was elected Deputy President of the State Duma, becoming the youngest Speaker in its history. OnSeptember 19 1998 , Ryzhkov was appointed Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation on social issues, but turned down the offer only days later. In the general elections of 1999, he ran as an independent, but later joined the pro-Yeltsin coalitionUnity Party of Russia . AfterVladimir Putin 's election in2000 , Ryzhkov was dismissed from the coalition.In 2003 general elections, Vladimir Ryzhkov successfully ran as an independent, becoming one of the last liberal voices to remain in parliament. In
2005 , he became head of theRepublican Party of Russia (Республиканская партия России), which in 2007 was refused registration for the parliament elections later this year. After passage of a new law requiring all candidates be elected from lists submitted by political parties, Ryzhkov won't be able to run as an independent in the general elections either.See also
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Yevgeny Primakov's Cabinet References
* [http://www.ryzkov.ru/ Владимир Рыжков - Депутат Государственной Думы Российской федерации] Official site
* [http://www.duma.gov.ru/index.jsp?t=deputat/99100342.html Рыжков, Владимир Александрович] Russian State Duma official sitePersondata
NAME=Ryzhkov, Vladimir Aleksandrovich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=Рыжков, Владимир Александрович (Russian)
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Russian liberal politician
DATE OF BIRTH=September 3 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH=Rubtsovsk ,Altai Krai ,Soviet Union
DATE OF DEATH=living
PLACE OF DEATH=
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