Alexander Chernogorov

Alexander Chernogorov
Alexander Chernogorov
Александр Черногоров
	Chernogorov in 2005
Governor of Stavropol Krai
	In office; 28 November 1996 – 16 May 2008
Preceded by	Pyotr Marchenko
Succeeded by	Valery Gayevsky
Personal details
Born	Alexander Leonidovich Chernogorov; July 13, 1959 (age 62); Vozdvizhenskoye, Apanasenkovsky District, Stavropol Krai, RSFSR, Soviet Union
Political party	CPRF (1993–2006)
Other political; affiliations	United Russia (2006–07),; CPSU (1983–91)
Alma mater	Kuban State Agrarian University
Awards

Alexander Leonidovich Chernogorov (born 13 July 1959) is a Russian politician who served as the in the Southern Russia.

Chernogorov was born in Vozdvizhenskoye, Stavropol Krai. From 1982 to 1990 he was a Komsomol functionary. In 1995 Chernogorov was elected member of the State Duma.

As candidate for the Communists he defeated his predecessor Pyotr Marchenko in 1996, and was re-elected governor in 2000. He holds the military rank of captain.[1] Chernogorov has decried Jehovah's Witnesses (calling them "Jehovists", the Soviet derogatory term for the religion) and Wahhabism as "dangerous cults" that threaten state order. [2] Stavropol Krai is not far from Chechnya.

In late 2005, news media in Russia were reporting that Chernogorov may not continue as governor after his current term. Chernogorov resigned in May 2008, moving to the Ministry of Agriculture as deputy minister. He left this post in 2013.

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Chernogorov's re-election process in 2005

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