Alexey Kazannik
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Alexey Kazannik | |
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Алексей Казанник | |
.jpg) Kazannik in 1993 | |
| Deputy Governor of Omsk Oblast | |
| In office 12 March 1995 – 30 September 2003 | |
| Governor | Leonid Polezhayev |
| Prosecutor-General of Russia | |
| In office 5 October 1993 – 14 March 1994 | |
| President | Boris Yeltsin |
| Preceded by | Valentin Stepankov |
| Succeeded by | Yury Skuratov |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 26 July 1941 Perepis, Horodnia Raion, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Died | 2 June 2019 (aged 77) Omsk, Russia |
Alexey Ivanovich Kazannik (Russian: Алексе́й Ива́нович Каза́нник; 26 July 1941 – 2 June 2019) was a Russian lawyer and politician.
Biography
[edit]Born in Horodnia Raion, Ukrainian SSR, he studied law at Irkutsk State University, graduating in 1967.[1] In 1989, he gained notability for granting his seat in the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union to Boris Yeltsin. Between 1993 and 1994, Kazannik was Prosecutor-General of Russia.[2][3] Kazannik later served as Deputy Governor of Omsk Oblast from 1995 to 2003. Additionally, he taught law at Omsk State University.[4]
Kazannik died following a long illness on 2 June 2019 in Omsk, at the age of 77.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Казанник Алексей Иванович". KVnews.ru (in Russian). 19 November 2008. Archived from the original on 22 November 2011.
- ^ Felkay, Andrew (2002). Yeltsin's Russia and the West. Bloomsbury Academic. p. 28. ISBN 978-0275965389.
- ^ Goldberg, Carey (14 May 1994). "Former Top Russian Official Blames 'Immoral Power' for Nation's Crisis : Politics: Alexei Kazannik, who gave up his post as prosecutor general, says Yeltsin is manipulated by his top aides". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
- ^ a b "Russia's most famous ex-prosecutor dies". Crime Russia. 2 June 2019. Archived from the original on 2 June 2019. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
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