Alexander Berdnikov
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Alexander Vasilyevich Berdnikov ' onMouseout='HidePop("89602")' href="/topics/Gorno-Altaysk">Gorno-Altaysk
) is a Russian
politician, current Chairman of the Government of the Altai Republic
, and the head of the republic.
He took office on January 20, 2006. He was a candidate in the December 2001 election for that position, receiving 9.6% of the vote and coming in sixth place. In 2004, a new law stopped direct elections for Russian administrative division leaders. In December 2005, Berdnikov was nominated by Vladimir Putin
and confirmed by the State Assembly of the Altai Republic
, succeeding Mikhail Lapshin
.
Gorno-Altaysk
Gorno-Altaysk is the capital town of the Altai Republic, Russia, situated east of Moscow. Population: This only town of the republic lies in a narrow Mayma Valley in the foothills of the Altay Mountains...
) is a Russian
Russians
The Russian people are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Russia, speaking the Russian language and primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries....
politician, current Chairman of the Government of the Altai Republic
Altai Republic
Altai Republic is a federal subject of Russia . Its capital is the town of Gorno-Altaysk. The area of the republic is . Population: -Geography:...
, and the head of the republic.
He took office on January 20, 2006. He was a candidate in the December 2001 election for that position, receiving 9.6% of the vote and coming in sixth place. In 2004, a new law stopped direct elections for Russian administrative division leaders. In December 2005, Berdnikov was nominated by Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin served as the second President of the Russian Federation and is the current Prime Minister of Russia, as well as chairman of United Russia and Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Union of Russia and Belarus. He became acting President on 31 December 1999, when...
and confirmed by the State Assembly of the Altai Republic
State Assembly of the Altai Republic
The State Assembly of the Altai Republic is the unicameral legislature of the Russian Altai Republic. It comprises 41 deputies popularly elected every four years. It succeeded the Supreme Council in 1994....
, succeeding Mikhail Lapshin
Mikhail Lapshin
Mikhail Ivanovich Lapshin was the President of the Altai Republic in Russia from 2002 to 2006.Lapshin was born in Setovka, Altai Krai. He became President of the Altai Republic in January 2002. He defeated incumbent Semyon Zubakin in the December 2001 elections with 68% of the vote...
.