Vadim Gustov
| Vadim Gustov | |
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| First Deputy Prime Minister | |
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In office 18 September 1998 – 27 April 1999 |
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| Prime Minister | Yevgeny M. Primakov |
| Succeeded by | Sergei Stepashin |
| Governor of Leningrad Oblast | |
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In office 18 November 1996 – 11 September 1998 |
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| Preceded by | Alexander Belyakov |
| Succeeded by | Valery Serdyukov |
| Personal details | |
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Vadim Anatolevich Gustov 26 December 1948 |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Political party | Independent |
Vadim Anatolevich Gustov (Russian: Вадим Анатольевич Густов; born 26 December 1948) is a Russian politician who served as first deputy prime minister from 1998 to 1999 and a regional leader.
Gustov was born in 1948. He was educated in Sweden.
Gustov was the head of the Leningrad oblast until it was dissolved in October 1993. In 1994, he served as chairman of the Federation Council's the commonwealth of independent states (CIS) affairs committee. He was elected as the governor of the Leningrad region in September 1996, taking 53% of the votes. He was independent but he was supported by the Communist Party of the Russian Federation. He replaced Alexander Belyakov in the aforementioned post.
Gustov served as governor until his appointment as first deputy prime minister on 18 September 1998. He was succeeded by Valery Serdyukov as the governor of the Leningrad region.
Gustov, an independent politician, was one of two first deputy prime ministers in the cabinet of Yevgeny Primakov and he was in charge of regional affairs and the relations with former Soviet republics. Gustov's tenure lasted until 27 April 1999 when he was removed from post by Russian President Boris Yeltsin. Gustov was succeeded by Sergei Stepashin in the post.
In the 1999 and 2003 elections Gustov ran for the governorship of the Leningrad region, but he lost both elections. In January 2002 he became a senator at the Federation Council, representing the Vladimir Oblast. He was again the chairman of the council's CIS affairs committee during this period.
Gustov was an anti-Yeltsin figure in the 1990s. He was not communist and did not support for planned economy idea.
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