Leonid Korotkov
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Leonid Viktoryvich Korotkov (born January 10, 1965) was the governor
of Amur Oblast
in Siberia
in Russia
. He was born in Zavitinsk
. He graduated from Far Eastern University in 1987. He is a member of the Communist Party of Russia
. He became governor in 2001, when he defeated the incumbent Anatoly Belogenov in a runoff. He had been a distant second with only 20% of the vote in the first round, but the incumbent got less than 50% of the vote so Korotkov could participate in the runoff, which he narrowly won.
In February 2005, Korotkov was renominated by President Vladimir Putin
and confirmed for a second term by the local Parliament. He was one of the first governors to be elected in this way, as a law abolishing direct election of governors and presidents of the Russian republics had just taken effect.Putin sacked Korotkov from his position on May 10, 2007 after he was charged with abuse of power, appointing the oblast's agriculture minister Alexander Nesterenko as acting governor.Putin later appointed Nikolai Kolesov as Amur oblast's governor. President Dmitry Medvedev
sacked Kolesov in October 2008 when Putin's appointee faced charges of illegally building a country house in a nature reserve.
A court in Blagoveshchensk on 27 December 2010 acquitted Korotkov of the charges he had faced of raising electricity tariffs to illegally bankroll the local soccer team, buying vehicles at inflated prices and paying 16 million roubles (about $620,000) to a mining company for a controlling stake that was allegedly never transferred to the oblast government.
Governor
A governor is a governing official, usually the executive of a non-sovereign level of government, ranking under the head of state...
of Amur Oblast
Amur Oblast
Amur Oblast is a federal subject of Russia , situated about east of Moscow on the banks of the Amur and Zeya Rivers. It shares its border with the Sakha Republic in the north, Khabarovsk Krai and the Jewish Autonomous Oblast in the east, People's Republic of China in the south, and Zabaykalsky...
in Siberia
Siberia
Siberia is an extensive region constituting almost all of Northern Asia. Comprising the central and eastern portion of the Russian Federation, it was part of the Soviet Union from its beginning, as its predecessor states, the Tsardom of Russia and the Russian Empire, conquered it during the 16th...
in Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
. He was born in Zavitinsk
Zavitinsk
Zavitinsk is a town in Amur Oblast, Russia. Population: It is host to Zavitinsk air base....
. He graduated from Far Eastern University in 1987. He is a member of the Communist Party of Russia
Communist Party of Russia
Communist Party of Russia could reasonably refer to:* Russian Social Democratic Labour Party, the first incarnation of the Communist Party* Russian Communist Party , the second incarnation of the Communist Party...
. He became governor in 2001, when he defeated the incumbent Anatoly Belogenov in a runoff. He had been a distant second with only 20% of the vote in the first round, but the incumbent got less than 50% of the vote so Korotkov could participate in the runoff, which he narrowly won.
In February 2005, Korotkov was renominated by President 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 for a second term by the local Parliament. He was one of the first governors to be elected in this way, as a law abolishing direct election of governors and presidents of the Russian republics had just taken effect.Putin sacked Korotkov from his position on May 10, 2007 after he was charged with abuse of power, appointing the oblast's agriculture minister Alexander Nesterenko as acting governor.Putin later appointed Nikolai Kolesov as Amur oblast's governor. President Dmitry Medvedev
Dmitry Medvedev
Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev is the third President of the Russian Federation.Born to a family of academics, Medvedev graduated from the Law Department of Leningrad State University in 1987. He defended his dissertation in 1990 and worked as a docent at his alma mater, now renamed to Saint...
sacked Kolesov in October 2008 when Putin's appointee faced charges of illegally building a country house in a nature reserve.
A court in Blagoveshchensk on 27 December 2010 acquitted Korotkov of the charges he had faced of raising electricity tariffs to illegally bankroll the local soccer team, buying vehicles at inflated prices and paying 16 million roubles (about $620,000) to a mining company for a controlling stake that was allegedly never transferred to the oblast government.