Anatoly Petrovich Guzhvin Анатолий Петрович Гужвин |
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1st Governor of Astrakhan Oblast | |
In office August 28, 1991 – August 28, 2004 |
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Succeeded by | Alexander Zhilkin |
Personal details | |
Born |
Akhtubinsk, Astrakhan Oblast, RSFSR, USSR |
March 25, 1946
Died | August 17, 2004 Sochi, Krasnodar Krai, Russia |
(aged 58)
Nationality | Russian |
Political party | United Russia |
Profession | Electrical Engineer |
Religion | Russian Orthodox Church |
Anatoly Petrovich Guzhvin (Russian: Анатолий Петрович Гужвин; March 25, 1946 – August 17, 2004) was a Russian politician and governor of Astrakhan Oblast
Between 1988 and the breakup of the Soviet Union, Guzhvin was a regional deputy in the Soviet Supreme Council. He assumed the governorship of the Astrakhan Oblast region in 1991, and re-elected on December 11, 1996 He was a member of the United Russia party.
He died of a heart attack aged 58 while holidaying in the resort town of Sochi on the Black Sea.