Vladimir Alexandrovich Torlopov is a Russian politician, who was the president of the Komi Republic

Komi Republic

The Komi Republic is a federal subject of Russia .-Geography:The republic is situated to the west of the Ural mountains, in the north-east of the East European Plain...

, a federal subject

Federal subjects of Russia

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 of Russia

Russia

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. In December 2001, he won elections with 40% of the vote, defeating incumbent President Yury Spiridonov resulting in Spiridonov becoming one of few incumbent administrative division leaders in Russia to be defeated between the period 1991-2005 when these leaders were directly elected. Torlopov took office in January 2002 and left on 15 January 2010.

In 1995 he became Chairman of the State Council of the Komi Republic

State Council of the Komi Republic

The State Council of the Komi Republic is the unicameral legislature of the Komi Republic in Russia. Its thirty deputies are elected for four years by secret ballot on the basis of universal suffrage in accordance with the federal legislation...

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