Gennadiy Seleznyov

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Gennadiy Seleznyov
Геннадий Селезнёв
7th Chairman of the State Duma
In office 17 January 1996 – 29 December 2003
Preceded by	Ivan Rybkin
Succeeded by	Boris Gryzlov
Member of the State Duma
In office 12 December 1993 – 2 December 2007
Leader of the Party of Russia's Rebirth
In office 29 October 2002 – 19 July 2015
Succeeded by	Viktor Arkhipov (acting) Igor Ashurbeyli
Personal details
Born	Gennadiy Nikolayevich Seleznyov (1947-11-06)6 November 1947 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^[1] from 1996 to 2003.^{[citation needed]}

Early life and career

Born at

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Chairman of the State Duma

First term

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

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.

Apartment bombings

Seleznyov gained a degree of infamy during his time as speaker for his announcement, shortly before an apartment bombing in Moscow, that an apartment building in Volgodonsk had been bombed.

“Recollect, Gennady Nikolaevich, you told us on Monday that the apartment block in Volgodonsk had been blown up. Three days before the explosion… The State Duma knew that the apartment block had been blown up on Monday, and it was blown up on Thursday… We in Moscow knew about the explosion three days before it had happened!" — Vladimir Zhirinovsky.^[3]

Dissident Alexander Litvinenko later described the incident as a case of the FSB mixing up the dates of the planned bombings,^[4] though controversy still surrounds the cause of the early announcement.^[5]

Second term

Seleznyov originally supported the new President

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Following his expulsion, Seleznyov remained the Duma Speaker. However, he was frequently attacked by both the leftists and the rightists. He received support from former Soviet President

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Moscow Oblast gubernatorial candidacy

In 1999 Gennadiy Seleznyov also ran for Governor of Moscow Oblast. However, he lost to the former general and vice presidential candidate Boris Gromov.^{[citation needed]}

Personal life and death

Seleznyov had a son,

Honours and awards

• Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class
• Order of Friendship of Peoples
• Medal of Merit for the Stavropol Krai (2003)
• Order of Francysk Skaryna (Belarus, 2001)
• "Person of the Year" award
• "Silver Cross" of the Russian Biographical Institute
• Gold badge of honour "Public Recognition"
• "Dove of Peace" of the International Public Foundation "World Without Wars" (Moscow)
• Academician and Member of the International Academy of Social Sciences
• Associate Professor of the Moscow University for the Humanities
• Honorary Professor of Journalism, Saint Petersburg State University
• Member of the International Academy of Information Technology

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Political offices
Preceded by Ivan Rybkin	Chairman of the State Duma 17 January 1996 – 29 December 2003	Succeeded by Boris Gryzlov