| Anatoly Artamonov | |
| Nationality: | Russian |
| Office: | Russian Federation Senator from Kaluga Oblast |
| Term Start: | 14 February 2020 |
| Predecessor: | Yury Volkov |
| Office1: | 4th Governor of Kaluga Oblast |
| Term Start1: | 12 November 2000 |
| Term End1: | 12 February 2020 |
| Predecessor1: | Valery Sudarenkov |
| Successor1: | Vladislav Shapsha |
| Birth Date: | 5 May 1952 |
| Birth Place: | , Khvastovichsky District, Kaluga Oblast, RSFSR, USSR |
| Spouse: | Zoya Iosifovna Artamonova |
| Party: | United Russia |
| Native Name Lang: | ru |
Anatoly Dmitriyevich Artamonov (ru|Анато́лий Дми́триевич Артамо́нов; born 1952, in, Kaluga Oblast, USSR) is Russian politician, former governor of Kaluga Oblast. In November 1996, Artamonov was elected vice-governor of Kaluga Oblast. On 12 November 2000 he was elected governor of Kaluga Oblast with 56.72% of the vote; and re-elected on 14 March 2004 with 66.86% of the vote. On 21 July 2005, President Vladimir Putin nominated Artamonov to retain his position; the nomination was confirmed by the Kaluga duma on 26 July. In 2002, Artamonov was named governor of the year by the Russian Biographical Institute.[1]
Artamonov has been praised for managing to promote Kaluga Oblast as a destination for foreign investors, leading to the establishment of an automotive cluster in the region,[2] [3] and for creating a pro-business environment.[4] Because of this, he managed to reorient the local economy away from Soviet-era military industries and promoted infrastructure spending on projects like the reconstruction of Kaluga Airport.[5]
He is reportedly an admirer of former Singaporean prime minister Lee Kuan Yew.[6] In 2013 Artamonov was found guilty of defamation by a Krasnoyarsk Krai court for calling Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska "a crook".[7]
Sanctioned by the UK government in 2022 in relation to Russo-Ukrainian War. [8]