Ivan Petrovich Sklyarov

Ivan Sklyarov
2th Governor of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
In office
13 Jule 1997 – 5 August 2001
Preceded by Boris Nemtsov
Succeeded by Gennady Hodyrev
Personal details
Born (1947-03-22) 22 March 1947
Susanino, Kostroma Oblast
Political party United Russia
Profession Farmer then Coach

Ivan Petrovich Sklyarov (June 22 1948, p Evstratova, Voronezh Oblast — February 26 2007, Nizhny Novgorod) — the mayor of Nizhny Novgorod in 1994-1997, Governor in 1997-2001, honorary citizen of Nizhny Novgorod.

Education

He Graduated from the Arzamas instrument-making technical College and then the Moscow aviation Institute (MAI), specialty-engineer-mechanic. Worked on Arzamas instrument plant.

Political career

  • 1985 to 1991 — Chairman of the Arzamas city Executive Committee of Soviet of people's deputies in 1991 as the first Secretary of the Arzamas city Committee of the CPSU
  • 1990-1993 — member of the Supreme Council of the RSFSR
  • 1991-1994 — Vice-Governor of Nizhny Novgorod region
  • 1994-1997 — the mayor of Nizhny Novgorod
  • 1997-2001 — Governor of Nizhny Novgorod region. As the Governor entered the Council of the Federation, was Chairman of the Committee on Federation Affairs, Federal Treaty and regional policy.
  • 2005-2007 — member of the Legislative Assembly of Nizhny Novgorod region.

Activities as Governor

In the elections received the support of the Association of Industrialists and entrepreneurs, the agro-industrial Union region, stood as the successor to Nemtsov. Despite this, shortly after the election announced conducted by the predecessor policy is wrong, and "the only political force on which he focuses," called mayor Yuriy Luzhkov. Positioning itself as a "good Manager", Sklyarov seeks to maximize the participation in the management of the region's economy. Most notable was a project of creation on the basis of the Kstovo refinery regional oil refining company on the model of "Moscow oil company". The first time the policy Sklyarov had a significant impact Sergei Kiriyenko, and after his resignation from the post of Prime Minister of Russia in the region began to increase the influence of big business. In 2000, Kstovskiy refinery (NORSI) came under the control of "LUKOIL", the leading petrochemical enterprises of the region included in SIBUR, and the GAZ came under the management of the group "Russian aluminium" Oleg Deripaska. In 1998, for the upcoming 200-year anniversary of the Pushkin Sklyarov appealed to the Russian Orthodox Church with a proposal to rank the poet canonized,[1][2][3] to which the Chairman of the Synodal Commission on the glorification of the saints, Metropolitan Juvenal (Poyarkov) said: "a Politician who calls himself Orthodox, should know what to make of the proposal of canonization is the prerogative only of priests".[4] Sklyarov was also known for other strange initiatives (for example, was going to apply for carrying out in Nizhni Novgorod the Olympic games or to give the President of the Republic of Tatarstan Kazan icon of the mother of God — a symbol of victory over the Tatars) and meaningless or grammatically incorrect statements[5] was "not sparkling education".[6] Despite the revival in the economy, social sphere and living standards of Nizhny Novgorod has left much to be desired and the region intensified protests. As a result, the 2001 elections with low voter turnout Ivan Sklyarov lost member of the Communist Gennady Hodyrev.

After retirement

After the resignation of Governor Ivan Sklyarov-Deputy General Director of JSC "Nizhegorodsvyazinform" (2002 — OJSC "VolgaTelecom". In 2005 he was elected Deputy of the Legislative Assembly, headed the Committee on state and local governments. Ivan Petrovich Sklyarov died after a long illness on February 26, 2007 Buried at the Bugrovsky cemetery (Red cemetery) in Nizhny Novgorod.

References

  1. ↑ Radio "Liberty", July 19, 2001
  2. ↑ True. Ru, July 27, 2001
  3. ↑ Face. Ru, July 13, 2001
  4. ↑ Olga Morozova, Yulia Polyakova. Why Pushkin is not to be considered Holy. "Vremya MN". Daily newspaper. 1998, No. 43, August 5
  5. ↑ True. Ru, July 27, 2001
  6. ↑ Face. Ru, July 13, 2001
  • I. P. Sklyarov — brief biography on the website of the Nizhny Novgorod city Duma.
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