Nikolay Vladimirovich Vinogradov (born April 22, 1947) is the governor of Vladimir Oblast

Vladimir Oblast

Vladimir Oblast is a federal subject of Russia . Its administrative center is the city of Vladimir, which is located east of Moscow...

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Political career

In 1973 Vinogradov joined the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

Communist Party of the Soviet Union

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. He served in various roles in local party committees and the city administration for Vladimir

Vladimir

Vladimir is a city and the administrative center of Vladimir Oblast, Russia, located on the Klyazma River, to the east of Moscow along the M7 motorway. Population:...

 until he was elected as governor (now as a member of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation

Communist Party of the Russian Federation

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) for the oblast in 1996. Vinogradov won re-election in 2000 and 2004, and after elections for governors were scrapped in favor of direct appointments by the Kremlin

Kremlin

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, was re-appointed as governor in 2009 by President Dmitry Medvedev

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. Vinogradov was also a member of the Federation Council

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from 1997 until 2001, where his was on the budget, tax policy, financial, currency and customs regulation, and bank activity committees.