Aleksandr Mikhailovich Semernyov (; born 7 November 1958), is a Russian politician who served as the

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in 1996.

Biography

Aleksandr Semernyov was born on 7 November 1958 in the village of Kletnya,

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. He graduated from the , and the Higher Komsomol School. He worked as an

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at the

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, and carried out

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work. From 1993 to 1996, Semernyov was the Deputy Governor of Bryansk Oblast. On 19 June 1996, by decree of the President of the Russia,

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, Semernyov was appointed the 5th Governor (head) of Bryansk Oblast. While serving as governor, he openly defended Yeltsin's reforms. In the gubernatorial elections in December 1996, he lost the gubernatorial elections to the communist

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, the former head of the regional administration, who was removed in 1993 after the dissolution of the

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. From 1996 to 2003, Semernyov was a Trade Representative of Russia in

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. Since 2003, he was elected a deputy of the Bryansk Oblast Duma, and was the leader of the Patriotic Bryansk movement, and the chairman of the Bryansk branch of the

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. In December 2004, he again ran for the position of governor of Bryansk Oblast, but placed fifth, receiving 4.87% of the vote.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Semernyov, Aleksandr 1958 births Living people People from Bryansk Oblast Governors of Bryansk Oblast Members of the Federation Council of Russia (1996–2000) People's Party of the Russian Federation politicians