1993 Russian gubernatorial elections

28 February – 26 December 1993

12 Heads of Federal Subjects from 89

Gubernatorial elections in 1993 took place in twelve regions of the Russian Federation.

Race summary

Federal Subject[1]DateIncumbentIncumbent statusCandidatesGovernor-elect
Ingushetia28 FebruaryViktor PolyanichkoHead of interim administrationGreen tick Ruslan Aushev 99.9% (ran unopposed)Ruslan Aushev
Kalmykia11 AprilIlya BugdayevChairman of the Council of People′s Deputies
Kirsan Ilyumzhinov
Lipetsk Oblast11 AprilVladimir ZaytsevInterim governorGreen tick Mikhail Narolin 49.8%Mikhail Narolin
Oryol Oblast11 AprilNikolay YudinAppointee
Yegor Stroyev
Penza Oblast11 AprilAleksandr KondratyevAppointeeGreen tick Anatoly Kovlyagin 71%Anatoly Kovlyagin
Krasnoyarsk Krai[2]11 & 25 AprilValery ZubovInterim governor
  • Green tickY Valery Zubov 24.19% / 73.12%
  • Valery Sergiyenko 7.73% / 19%
Valery Zubov
Amur Oblast11 April, 25 AprilAlbert KrivchenkoAppointee
Aleksandr Surat
Bryansk Oblast11 April, 25 AprilVladimir BarabanovAppointee
Yury Lodkin
Chelyabinsk Oblast11 April, 25 AprilVadim SolovyovAppointee
  • Green tickY Pyotr Sumin 58.4% / 48.2%
  • Vladimir Grigoriadi 6.4% / 35.4%
Pyotr Sumin[3]
Smolensk Oblast25 AprilValery FateyevAppointee Anatoly Glushenkov
Bashkortostan12 DecemberMurtaza RakhimovChairman of the Supreme Soviet
Murtaza Rakhimov[4]
Chuvashia12 December, 26 DecemberEduard KubarevChairman of the Supreme Soviet
Nikolay Fyodorov

Following the escalation of 1993 Russian constitutional crisis the governors had to choose whether to support the parliament or the president. Those who chose the losing side, were later removed from office by the president. Among them were governors of Amur and Bryansk Oblasts Aleksandr Surat and Yury Lodkin,[5] both serving only six months.

Ingushetia

1993 Ingush presidential election

28 February 1993
 
Candidate Ruslan Aushev
Running mate Boris Agapov
Percentage 99.94%[6]

On 28 February 1993, presidential election was held in Ingushetia. Major General Ruslan Aushev, formerly head of provisional administration of Ingushetia, ran unopposed. He was sworn in as president on 7 March 1993.[7] A snap election was held a year after, along with the constitutional referendum and election of the People's Assembly.

Kalmykia

1993 Kalmyk presidential election

11 April 1993
 
Candidate Kirsan Ilyumzhinov
Running mate Valery Bogdanov[8]
Percentage 65.37%[6]

Presidential election in the Republic of Kalmykia was held on Sunday, 11 April 1993, 17 months after the previous voting of 1991, which did not reveal the winner. People's deputy of Russia Kirsan Ilyumzhinov won the presidency, defeating General Valery Ochirov (29.22%)[9] and president of the Farmers Association of Kalmykia Vladimir Bambayev (1.55%).[10] Aged 31, Ilyumzhinov became the youngest holder of governor-level office in Russia.[11]

References

  1. Gubernatorial elections — 1993, politika.su
  2. Valery Mikhailovich Zubov, "Federal Investigation Agency"
  3. Chelyabinsk confrontation, International Institute for Humanities and Political Studies
  4. Inauguration of the president of Bashkortostan coincides with the 10th anniversary of the presidency, Bashinform (25 December 2003)
  5. Decree of the President of Russia of September 25, 1993 No. 1453 "On the Head of administration of Bryansk Oblast", kremlin.ru
  6. 1 2 Ivanov 2019, p. 268.
  7. "20 лет назад — 28 февраля 1993 года – был избран Первый Президент Ингушетии Руслан Аушев". 06news.ru (in Russian). 28 February 2013. Archived from the original on 21 January 2015.
  8. "Богданов Валерий Петрович". gorod-elista.ru (in Russian).
  9. Ivanov 2019, p. 269.
  10. Kynev 2020, p. 83.
  11. "Лицом к событию: Кирсан Илюмжинов". RFE/RL (in Russian). 22 July 2001. Archived from the original on 1 May 2020.

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