Candidates in the 2000 Russian presidential election
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This article contains the list of candidates associated with the 2000 Russian presidential election.
A total of 33 candidates were nominated; 15 submitted the application forms to the Central Electoral Committee, and ultimately 12 candidates were registered.[1]
Registered candidates
[edit]Candidates are listed in the order they appear on the ballot paper (alphabetical order in Russian).
| Candidate name, age, political party |
Political offices | Registration date | ||
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| Stanislav Govorukhin (64) Fatherland – All Russia |
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Deputy of the State Duma (1994-2003 and 2005–2018) Film director |
15 February 2000 | |
| Umar Dzhabrailov (41) Power of Reason |
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Businessman | 18 February 2000 | |
| Vladimir Zhirinovsky (53) Liberal Democratic Party (campaign) |
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Deputy of the State Duma (1993–present) Leader of the Liberal Democratic Party (1991–present) |
2 March 2000 | |
| Gennady Zyuganov (55) Communist Party (campaign) |
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Deputy of the State Duma (1993–present) Leader of the Communist Party (1993–present) |
28 January 2000 | |
| Ella Pamfilova (46) For Civic Dignity |
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Minister of Social Protection of the Population of Russia (1991-1994) |
15 February 2000 | |
| Alexey Podberezkin (47) Spiritual Heritage |
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Deputy of the State Duma (1995-1999) |
29 January 2000 | |
| Vladimir Putin (47) Independent Supported by Unity, OVR and SPS (campaign) |
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Acting President of Russia (1999-2000) Prime Minister of Russia (1999-2000) Director of the Federal Security Service (1998-1999) |
7 February 2000 | |
| Yury Skuratov (47) Independent (campaign) |
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Prosecutor General of Russia (1995-1999) |
18 February 2000 | |
| Konstantin Titov (55) Russian Party of Social Democracy (campaign) |
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Governor of Samara Oblast (1991-2007) |
10 February 2000 | |
| Aman Tuleyev (55) Independent (campaign) |
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Governor of Kemerovo Oblast (1997-2018) |
7 February 2000 | |
| Grigory Yavlinsky (47) Yabloko (campaign) |
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Deputy of the State Duma (1994-2003) Leader of the Yabloko party (1993-2008) |
15 February 2000 | |
Withdrawn candidates
[edit]| Candidate name, age, political party |
Political offices | Details | Registration date | Date of withdrawal | ||
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| Yevgeny Savostyanov (48) Independent |
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Kremlin Deputy Chief of Staff (1996-1998) |
Supported Grigory Yavlinsky. | 18 February 2000 | 21 March 2000 | |
Rejected nominations
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Declared candidates who withdrew without registering
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Possible candidates who did not run
[edit]The following individuals were included in some polls, were referred to in the media as possible candidates or had publicly expressed interest long before the elections but never announced that they would run.
- Viktor Anpilov
- Dmitry Ayatskov
- Sergey Baburin
- Alexander Barkashov
- Vladimir Bryntsalov
- Anatoly Chubais
- Yegor Gaidar
- Mikhail Gorbachev
- Tatyana Dyachenko
- Boris Fyodorov
- Svyatoslav Fyodorov
- Ilyukhin
- Anatoly Kulikov
- Mikhail Lapshin
- Alexander Lebed
- Alexander Lukashenko
- Yury Luzhkov
- Albert Makashov
- Boris Nemtsov
- Nikolaev
- Yevgeny Primakov
- Alla Pugacheva
- Alexander Rutskoy
- Eduard Rossel
- Gennady Seleznyov
- Sergey Shoygu
- Martin Shakkum
- Yuri Skokov
- Anatoly Sobchak (died 20 February 2000)
- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
- Sergei Stepashin
- Yegor Stroyev
- Sysoyev
- Nikolai Travkin
- Boris Yeltsin -constitutionally barred from running
References
[edit]- ^ White, S. (2001). The Russian presidential election, March 2000. Electoral Studies, 20(3).
- ^ Gessen, Masha (11 May 1999). "Viktor Chernomyrdin". Slate. Retrieved 14 November 2024.