Anatoly Lisitsyn | |
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| Анатолий Лисицын | |
.jpg) Lisitsyn in 2021 | |
| Member of the State Duma forYaroslavl Oblast | |
| Assumed office 12 October 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Andrei Kovalenko |
| Constituency | (No. 194) |
| Russian Federation Senator fromYaroslavl Oblast | |
| In office 22 November 2011 – 25 September 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Nikolay Tonkov |
| Succeeded by | Natalia Kosikhina |
| Member of the State Duma (Party List Seat) | |
| In office 24 December 2007 – 21 December 2011 | |
| 1st Governor of Yaroslavl Oblast | |
| In office 10 September 1992 – 13 December 2007 | |
| Preceded by | office established |
| Succeeded by | Sergey Vakhrukov |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1947-06-26)June 26, 1947 (age 78) |
| Political party | A Just Russia — For Truth (from 2020) |
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| Spouse | Raisa Lisitsyna (m. 1971) |
| Children | daughter Olga[1] |
| Alma mater | Leningrad Forestry Academy |
| Awards |     |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Soviet Union |
| Branch/service | Air Forces |
| Years of service | 1965–1966 |
| Rank | Sergeant |
Anatoly Ivanovich Lisitsyn (Russian:Анатолий Иванович Лисицын, born June 26, 1947) is a Russian politician, who was the first governor ofYaroslavl Oblast.
Anatoly Lisitsyn was born on 26 June 1947 in Bolshiye Smenki,Sonkovsky District of modernTver Oblast. In 1963 he got a job in "Svoboda" furniture factory,Rybinsk. In 1965–66 he served in theSoviet Air Forces under theGroup of Soviet Forces in Germany. He graduated from theLeningrad Forestry Academy in 1977, becoming director of "Svoboda" five years later.[2]
In 1987 Lisitsyn was elected chairman of the executive committee of the Rybinsk's Central District. He became mayor inRybinsk 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.[3]
He was appointed actingHead of Administration of Yaroslavl Oblast on 3 December 1991,[4] officially taking office in September next year. During the1993 Russian constitutional crisis his behavior was described as "careful".[3] In December 1993 Lisitsyn was elected member of the firstFederation Council with the support fromGaidar'sChoice of Russia bloc. Since 1995, a member of "Our Home – Russia" party and of its council.[3] In 1993, Lisitsyn signed an agreement on trade and economic cooperation with the unrecognizedPridnestrovian Moldavian Republic. Since 1994 he was the President of the Association ofCentral Russian regions.[1]
He waselected governor on December 17, 1995, with 51.5% of the vote, defeatingCommunist Vladimir Kornilov.[5] From 1996 to 2001, Lisitsyn (as well as other Russian governors) was anex officio member of the second Federation Council and was a member of its Committee on Foreign Affairs. On 1 October 1998 he left the "Our Home – Russia". A month later, Lisitsyn became a member of the preparational committee ofYury Luzhkov's Fatherland movement, and later of the political council of theFatherland-All Russia bloc. Lisitsyn supported the idea of nominating prime ministerVladimir Putin as a single candidate for the presidency in 2000 from Fatherland – All Russia andUnity.
Anatoly Lisitsyn was re-elected on December 19, 1999, with 63.8% of the vote; and again on December 7, 2003, with 73.1% of the vote. He was a member of theState Council, and in 2001 was the inaugural recipient of theRussian National Olymp "Governor of the Year" award.[6]
On 1 June 2004, at a meeting of the State Council, Lisitsyn expressed dissatisfaction with the fact that funds from the road tax began to be transferred to the federal budget, but not the regional one; Russian president Putin replied that the regions were provided with other means of income, but the Yaroslavl authorities "decided to spend this money not on roads, but on something else." This incident was followed by an audit performed byAccounts Chamber of Russia, which found that the budget lost 1.5 billion rubles as a result of the law "On stimulating the economic development", adopted by the local Duma in April 2001 and signed by governor Lisitsyn, which allowed local businesses to receive subsidies from the regional budget and tax exemption.[7]
On 20 August 2004, theProsecutor General's Office opened a criminal case under article 286, part 3 of theCriminal Code of Russia "abuse of office by a person holding the office of the head of a region with causing grave consequences." Lisitsyn was placed under recognizance not to leave. He denied guilt and described the June audits as an element of political persecution. In April 2005, the Prosecutor General's Office terminated the criminal prosecution of Lisitsyn due to the expiration of the statute of limitations for criminal prosecution. At the same time, it was found by the investigators that his policy caused damage to the regional budget in the amount of more than 1 billion rubles.
Lisitsyn's fourth term was to expire in December 2007, but in October 2006 he announced his early resignation. On October 13, during president Putin's working visit of toYaroslavl, Lisitsyn submitted a letter of resignation to the President, planning to take the same position again, but by a vote in Yarslavl Oblast Duma, as it was established since 2004 changes in the legislation. On 2 November 2006 42 out of 45 deputies present at the meeting supported his appointment for a new term.
On 2 December 2007,elections to the 5th State Duma of Russia took place. After summing up the results, Lisitsyn, as the head of the regional party list, hesitated for some time, accepted the mandate of a State Duma deputy. On 13 December he announced his resignation as governor of Yaroslavl Oblast. Lisitsyn became a member of Duma's committee on transport.[1]
On 22 November 2011, the Yaroslavl Oblast Duma adopted a resolution appointing Lisitsyn as its representative in theFederation Council of Russia. In September 2018, due to the expiration of the powers of the 6th Yaroslavl Regional Duma, his powers as a senator also expired.[1]
In January 2019, he was expelled from the presidium of the political council of the Yaroslavl branch of theUnited Russia party. The former governor did not agree with the renewal of the party leadership, but noted that he did not plan to stand up in opposition to the "president’s party" or leave it.[8] However, in March 2020, he left United Russia, explaining his decision by the fact that party membership "does not allow him to work for the people of the region."[9]
In June 2020 Lisitsyn joinedA Just Russia party.[10] In the same month, he was nominated from this party as a candidate for the by-election to the State Duma inYaroslavl constituency No. 194.[11] Lisitsyn lost to the United Russia candidate, former ice hockey playerAndrei Kovalenko. A year later, in theelection to the 8th State Duma, Lisitsyn won the constituency with 36.5% of the vote, while Kovalenko received 27.3%.[12][13]
Anatoly Lisitsyn is subject to sanctions imposed by the European Union, the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Switzerland, Australia, Japan, Ukraine, and New Zealand.[14]
In 1971 Anatoly Lisitsyn married his colleague Raisa. They have one daughter, named Olga.[15]
Lisitsyn is known as an inveterate hunter, spending ten days a year on mountain hunting inKyrgyzstan on a hunt forargali, an animal included in the Red Book of Russia. Among Lisitsyn's trophies is the head of the largest subspecies of argali, theMarco Polo sheep.[16]
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