Vyacheslav Kislitsyn Explained

Vyacheslav Kislitsyn
Nationality:Russian
Order:2nd President of Mari El
Term Start:January 5, 1997
Term End:January 14, 2001
Predecessor:Vladislav Zotin
Successor:Leonid Markelov
Birth Date:September 4, 1948
Birth Place:Kosolapovo, Mari ASSR, RSFSR, USSR
Profession:Historian
Party:Communist Party of the Russian Federation
Native Name Lang:ru

Vyacheslav Alexandrovich Kislitsyn (Russian: Вячеслав Александрович Кислицын) (born 1948) is a Russian politician who served as President of Mari El in 1997–2001. During his presidency, he was responsible for much of the economic development in Mari El. At the same time, he was criticised for his autocratic ideology, accused of supporting Chechen rebels, and his supposed 'cult of personality'. In the 2001 elections, he suffered a tight defeat against his opponent Leonid Markelov, where Kislitsyn received 25% of the vote. Since then, his political whereabouts are left unknown.

Biography

Kislitsyn is of Russian descent.[1] [2] [3] Kislitsyn was born in 1948 in the Mari ASSR of the Soviet Union. Prior to serving in the Soviet Army, he was trained as mechanic in a specialized vocational school in Tomsk. He graduated from the Tomsk Railway College. After serving in the Army from 1971, he worked as the chairman of the District Committee for Physical Culture and Sports, the instructor of the Executive Committee Medvedevsky District Council. In 1978 he graduated from the Faculty of History, Mari State Pedagogical Institute. He began his political career during the Soviet Union, where he eventually became President of Mari El. Kislitsyn is married, and he has one daughter.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Список депутатов Совета Федераций Федерального Собрания Российской Федерации, избранных по двухмандатным избирательным округам. . 2015-01-28 . 2015-12-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151201020324/http://cikrf.ru/banners/vib_arhiv/sovfed/1993_sov_fed.html . live .
  2. Web site: Религиозная политика властей и православие. . 2015-01-28 . 2014-07-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140719150118/http://bookucheba.com/istoriya-religiy-knigi/religioznaya-politika-vlastey-34755.html . live .
  3. Web site: Кислицын Вячеслав Александрович. . 2015-01-28 . 2016-03-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304193758/http://flb.ru/persprint/23.html . live .