Oleg Alexeyevich Bogomolov is the governor of Kurgan Oblast

Kurgan Oblast

Kurgan Oblast is a federal subject of Russia . Its administrative center is the city of Kurgan. Population: -History:The oblast was formed on February 6, 1943, just when the Soviet Army decisively defeated Hitler's forces near Stalingrad...

. He was born in Petukhovo

Petukhovo

Petukhovo is a town and the administrative center of Petukhovsky District of Kurgan Oblast, Russia, situated on the Ishim Plain southeast of Kurgan. Population:...

, Kurgan Oblast, Russia

Russia

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 on October 4, 1950. He became a member of the duma

Duma

A Duma is any of various representative assemblies in modern Russia and Russian history. The State Duma in the Russian Empire and Russian Federation corresponds to the lower house of the parliament. Simply it is a form of Russian governmental institution, that was formed during the reign of the...

 of the Kurgan Oblast in 1994. http://russiaprofile.org/resources/whoiswho/alphabet/b/bogomolov.wbp He has been governor of Kurgan Oblast since 1996, being re-elected in 2000. http://www.peoples.ru/state/politics/bogomolov/ He is a member of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation

Communist Party of the Russian Federation

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. He has recently agreed to join President Putin's United Russia Party.