- Vladimir Churov
Vladimir Yevgenyevich Churov ( _ru. Владимир Евгеньевич Чуров; b.
March 17 1953 , inLeningrad ,Soviet Union ) is aRussia n official and politician. SinceMarch 26 2007 , he has been a member (delegated by theState Duma ) and the Chairman of theCentral Election Commission of Russia .In 1977 he graduated from the Department of Physics at
Leningrad State University .In 1992 – 2003 he worked on the Committee for External Relations of the Saint Petersburg Mayor's Office, in 1992 – 1996 under
Vladimir Putin , in 1995 – 2003 as a deputy head of the Committee.In December 2003 – March 2007 he was a deputy in theState Duma (ofLDPR faction).On
January 30 2007 , amendments to the Russian election legislation, which would allow people without higher education in law to become members of the Central Election Commission ( [http://www.rg.ru/2007/02/02/referendum-prava-dok.html] ), were passed by thePresident of Russia . [ [http://www.kommersant.ru/doc.html?docId=735390 Центризбирком открыт для опытных неюристов] by Syuzanna Farizova, Viktor Khamrayev, Irina Nagornykh.Kommersant ,January 20 2007 .] This enabled Churov to be elected to the Commission.References
External links
* [http://lenta.ru/lib/14179057/ Biography] ,
Lenta.ru (in Russian)
* [http://www.kommersant.ru/articles/2007/churov.html?page=1 Interview with Vladimir Churov] ,Kommersant ,April 9 2007 . (in Russian)
* [http://www.VisaVisWorld.com/archive/55 Vladimir Churov] atArmen Oganesyan 's talkshow "Vis-a-Vis with the World " (in English)
* [http://www.vizavi-s-mirom.ru/archive/34 Vladimir Churov at Armen Oganesyan's talkshow "Vis-a-Vis with the World"] (in Russian)
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