Gennady Zyuganov
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Gennady Zyuganov Геннадий Зюганов Member of Parliament |
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| First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation | |
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Assumed office 14 February 1993 |
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| Preceded by | Valentin Kuptsov |
| First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Union of Communist Parties | |
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Assumed office 23 January 2001 |
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| Preceded by | Oleg Shenin |
| Leader of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation in the State Duma | |
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Assumed office 12 December 1993 |
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| Preceded by | Position established |
| Member of the State Duma | |
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Assumed office 12 December 1993 |
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Gennady Andreyevich Zyuganov 26 June 1944 Mymrino, Oryol Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Political party | Communist Party of the Russian Federation |
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Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1966–1991) |
| Spouse(s) | Nadezhda Vitalyevna |
| Children | Andrey (b. 1968) Tatiana (b. 1974) |
| Religion | Russian Orthodoxy |
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| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Soviet Union |
| Service/branch | Soviet Army |
| Years of service | 1963–1966 |
| Rank | Colonel |
Gennady Andreyevich Zyuganov (Russian: Генна́дий Андре́евич Зюга́нов; born 26 June 1944) is a Russian politician who has been the leader of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation since 1993. He has been Chairman of the Union of Communist Parties - Communist Party of the Soviet Union (UCP-CPSU) since 2001, a deputy in the State Duma since 1993, and a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe since 1996.
Zyuganov was born in Mymrino, a farming village in Oryol Oblast, on 26 June 1944. The son and grandson of schoolteachers, he followed in their footsteps. After graduating from a secondary school, his first job was working there for one year as a physics teacher in 1961.
In 1962, he enrolled into the Department of Physics and Mathematics of the Oryol Pedagogical Institute. From 1963 to 1966, he served in a Radiation, Chemical, and Biological Intelligence unit of the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany. Zyuganov joined the Communist Party in 1966.
He returned to the teachers' college in 1966. Three years older than most members of his class, he was already a party member and a popular college athlete. On his return, he also married his wife, Nadezhda. He completed his degree in 1969.
Zyuganov taught mathematics but soon turned to party work in Oryol Oblast, beginning in 1967. He became the First Secretary of the local Komsomol and the regional chief for ideology and propaganda. He emerged as a popular politician in the area. Among many other functions, Zyuganov organized parties and dances as a local Komsomol leader while he was rising through the ranks of the vast network of party apparatchiks. Zyuganov rose to be second secretary, or second in command, of the party in Oryol.
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