Gennady Seleznyov
| Gennadiy Seleznyov Геннадий Селезнёв |
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| 7th Chairman of the State Duma | |
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In office 17 January 1996 – 29 December 2003 |
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Boris Yeltsin Vladimir Putin |
| Preceded by | Ivan Rybkin |
| Succeeded by | Boris Gryzlov |
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Gennadiy Nikolayevich Seleznyov 6 November 1947 Serov, Sverdlovsk Oblast, RSFSR |
| Died | 19 July 2015 (aged 67) Moscow, Russia |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Political party | Communist Party (1968–2002) Party of Russia's Rebirth (2002–2015) |
| Spouse(s) | Irina Seleznyova |
| Children | Tatyana Seleznyova and Kirill Seleznyov |
| Alma mater | Saint Petersburg State University |
Gennadiy Nikolayevich Seleznyov (Russian: Геннадий Николаевич Селезнёв; 6 November 1947 – 19 July 2015) was a Russian politician, the Chairman of the State Duma from 1996 to 2003.
Born at Serov in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Gennadiy Seleznyov went to school from 1954 to 1964. He went to study journalism and joined the communist party. In 1969 he finished university and started working for the Pravda newspaper. After the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was outlawed in 1991 Seleznyov quit it. In 1993, however, he joined the Communist Party of the Russian Federation led by Gennadiy Zyuganov.
In the 1995 Parliamentary elections in Russia the Communist Party took the majority. However, Zyuganov did not become the speaker of the Duma as he was too busy with his 1996 Presidential campaign. Instead, he offered the job to his fellow communist Gennadiy Seleznyov. Seleznyov took office in 1996.
As speaker Seleznyov protested against many reforms of President Boris Yeltsin and the Party rejected several reforms like the proposed complete denationalization of land in 1998. When Prime Minister Sergei Kiriyenko opened the markets, Seleznyov protested saying the Russian economy wasn't ready yet. In 1999 the Communist Party once again took the largest number of seats and Seleznyov was re-inaugurated.
In 1999 Gennadiy Seleznyov also ran for Governor of Moscow Oblast. However, he lost to the former general and vice presidential candidate Boris Gromov
Seleznyov originally supported the new President Vladimir Putin when the latter made a majority, making an alliance with the centrists and the ultra-rightist Liberal Democratic Party of Russia. He supported Putin on most issues. When in 2001 the communists lost many seats he surprisingly did not protest. Seleznyov then said that the Communist Party had to adapt to the new generation and to adopt liberal social values creating a Eurocommunist party. However, party leader Gennadiy Zyuganov dismissed such calls and in 2002 Seleznyov was expelled from the party.
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