Anatoly Lisitsyn
Russian politician
Anatoly Ivanovich Lisitsyn (Russian: Анатолий Иванович Лисицын, born June 26, 1947) is a Russian politician, who was the first governor of Yaroslavl Oblast.
Early life
Anatoly Lisitsyn was born on 26 June 1947 in Bolshiye Smenki, Sonkovsky District of modern Tver Oblast. In 1963 he got a job in "Svoboda" furniture factory, Rybinsk. In 1965–66 he served in the Soviet Air Forces under the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany. He graduated from the Leningrad Forestry Academy in 1977, becoming director of "Svoboda" five years later.
Political career
In 1987 Lisitsyn was elected chairman of the executive committee of the Rybinsk's Central District. He became mayor in Rybinsk in 1990. Lisitsyn was nominated for the post of chairman of the Yaroslavl Oblast executive committee, but lost the vote in parliament to Vladimir Kovalyov.
Governorship
He was appointed acting Head of Administration of Yaroslavl Oblast on 3 December 1991, officially taking office in September next year. During the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis his behavior was described as "careful".
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