Who led the cycle. Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation

Not everyone knows that one of the most recognizable women in Russian public life began her career as an electronics repairman. By education, the head of the CEC is an electronics engineer. After leaving school in 1970, Ella Pamfilova tried to enter Moscow State University. Lomonosov at the Faculty of Journalism, but failed due to non-payment of Komsomol dues and lack of publications - as a result, the future politician entered the Moscow Energy Institute.

Head of the Central Election Commission Ella Pamfilova during the presentation of the Information Center of the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation in Moscow, which will work on the day of the presidential elections in Russia on March 18, March 15, 2018

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Ella Pamfilova is known to Russians as the first woman in the country's history to run for president. She ran for president in 2000 and finished seventh with just over 1% of the vote.

In 2002, Pamfilova was appointed chairman of the Presidential Commission on Human Rights, which, after reorganization in 2004, became known as the Presidential Council for the Promotion of Civil Society Institutions and Human Rights (also known as the Human Rights Council, HRC).

In 2010, a photograph of Ella Pamfilova hit the “enemies of the people” alley at the Seliger-2010 youth forum. In front of the alley, a poster “You are not welcome here” was unfurled and poles with photos of human rights activists, as well as Russian and Ukrainian politicians wearing helmets with fascist symbols, were displayed. The Nashi movement, which organized the action, had already been in conflict with Pamfilova and demanded her resignation. In July of the same year, Pamfilova announced her resignation from the post of head of the HRC - she explained her decision by the fact that "it is no longer possible to qualitatively change the situation with rights and freedoms, primarily political ones."

The head of the CEC is known for her emotionality:

one of the Russian officials who worked with Pamfilova told Gazeta.Ru that during the period of economic transformation in the 1990s, while defending social benefits, she could not hold back her tears and moved the then prime minister Yegor Gaidar, who agreed with her arguments.

ABOUT personal life Little is known about the chairman of the Central Election Commission: Pamfilova has a daughter and granddaughter, some sources reported that the head of the CEC was fond of gardening and cooking. Pamfilova does not often talk about herself in interviews.

In a conversation with Kommersant twenty years ago, she casually mentioned her musical preferences. “I’m driving in a car, listening to the music of Vivaldi, Rachmaninoff - I admire. I love Vysotsky, Okudzhava. I like to dance in the morning - this is a charge for the whole day, ”Pamfilova shared then.

Chairman Wizard: Vladimir Churov

Ella Pamfilova's predecessor as head of the CEC, Vladimir Churov, began his political career in the foreign relations committee of the St. Petersburg administration. Churov was elected head of the Central Election Commission in 2007, during his chairmanship he led the parliamentary (2007, 2011) and presidential (2008, 2012) elections.

During his time as head of the CEC, Churov was given the nickname "magician" - this is how Dmitry Medvedev called him in 2011.

This happened when Churov, in a conversation with the then President of the Russian Federation, boasted that his forecast of the election results turned out to be more accurate than that of the leading sociological companies. “You are almost a magician. Some party leaders call you that,” Medvedev joked in response.

Churov has a very unusual sense of humor and fell in love with the Russians with his "pearls". So, once the head of the CEC swore that if the elections were not fair, he would shave off his beard. The beard, by the way, is the pride of Churov. “The beard is well-deserved - she is 41 years old,” the head of the Central Election Commission once said.

Chairman of the Central Election Commission of Russia Vladimir Churov at a meeting of the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation in Moscow, December 30, 2015

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Churov is a very versatile person - the ex-CEC chairman has dozens of scientific papers and several hundred publications on various social and political topics. He is also the author of a number of historical and popular science books. In addition, the "wizard" is an avid collector. In the arsenal of the ex-head of the CEC there are more than a thousand models and photographs of tanks, as well as big collection theater programs.

After leaving the post of head of the Central Election Commission, Churov continued to work, but already in the field of diplomacy - since 2016 he has been the Ambassador-at-Large of the Russian Foreign Ministry.

Chairman-sailor: Alexander Veshnyakov

Before chairmanship of the CEC professional activity Alexandra Veshnyakova was closely associated with the maritime industry. Which is not surprising - Veshnyakov lived near the White Sea since childhood. He was educated at the Arkhangelsk Naval School and worked as a sailor on the ships of the Northern Shipping Company.

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Before the collapse of the USSR, Veshnyakov managed to work as a secretary of the Northern River Shipping Company, a secretary of the Arkhangelsk City Committee of the CPSU and a deputy of the Arkhangelsk City Council of People's Deputies, and in 1993 he became an adviser to the Department of Maritime Transport of the Russian Ministry of Transport.

As Veshnyakov himself said, his first chairman, Nikolai Ryabov, invited him to work at the Central Election Commission. Five years after joining the Central Election Commission, Veshnyakov headed the commission, replacing Alexander Ivanchenko as chairman.

Later, in an interview, Veshnyakov said that he was "obsessed" with democratic elections, this was very important to him. He proudly claims to have held "the most democratic elections in our nation's history." Under him, Duma (1999, 2003) and presidential (2000, 2004) elections were held twice.

After leaving the CEC, Veshnyakov went into diplomacy and was Russia's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Latvia from 2008 to 2016.

Chairman-policeman: Oleksandr Ivanchenko

Oleksandr Ivanchenko took office as chairman of the Central Election Commission in 1996. Prior to that, Ivanchenko served in law enforcement - he was educated at the Higher School of the USSR Ministry of Internal Affairs and worked in the Moscow police. In addition, Ivanchenko taught constitutional law.

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Ivanchenko's career in politics began in 1988, initially he worked in the apparatus of the Supreme Soviet of Russia, where he dealt with the organization and conduct of elections. In 1993, he became deputy to the first chairman of the CEC, Nikolai Ryabov, and three years later he himself headed the Central Election Commission.

An interesting fact is that during the three years of Ivanchenko's presidency, not a single federal election was held in Russia.

By the way, so far Ivanchenko is the only former head of the CEC who, after leaving the post of chairman of the commission, continued to work in the field of electoral technologies. In 1999, the ex-head of the commission became chairman of the board of directors of the Independent Institute for Elections, and after that he became the head of the Center for Training in Electoral Technologies at the CEC. In a 2003 interview with Kommersant, Ivanchenko said that when he was chairman, the elections were "much more democratic."

“When I was the chairman of the CEC, the elections were more democratic and there were enough surprises. But now there are more and more negative precedents in the elections. And the more unpleasant stories, the more passive the voters - it seems to them that nothing depends on them, and everything has already been decided, ”complained the former chairman of the CEC.

Chairman-tractor driver: Nikolai Ryabov

Before joining the CEC, Ryabov worked as a tractor driver at a stud farm, as an engineer, teacher and deputy of the Salsk Agricultural College. His political career began in 1990, when he received a leading position in the Committee on Legislation of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR. He quickly moved up the career ladder and already in 1992 became deputy chairman of the Supreme Soviet of Russia.

Chairman of the Central Election Commission for elections to the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation Nikolai Ryabov, May 01, 1993

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In September 1993, Ryabov was appointed the first chairman of the Central Election Commission. During his three years in this position, Ryabov led the elections to the State Duma in 1993 and 1995, as well as presidential elections 1996, as a result of which Boris Yeltsin was re-elected.

After the 1996 elections, Ryabov was appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Russia to the Czech Republic. Then he worked as the Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Azerbaijan, and the last paragraph of his political biography became the post of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Moldova.

TASS-DOSIER. On March 27, 2016, the five-year term of office of the current sixth composition of the Central Election Commission (CEC) of the Russian Federation expires. On March 28, the first meeting of its new composition will take place, during which a new chairman of the Central Election Commission will be elected. Vladimir Churov, who has headed the commission since 2007, was not reappointed.

The Central Election Commission is a state collegial body, the main task which is to organize elections and referendums in Russia. The procedure for the formation and status of the commission is established by the federal law "On Basic Guarantees of Electoral Rights and the Right to Participate in a Referendum of Citizens of the Russian Federation" dated June 12, 2002, and other legislative acts.

Powers of the commission

The Central Election Commission exercises control over the observance of the electoral rights of citizens of the Russian Federation, ensures the preparation and conduct of elections and referendums, organizes their financing and controls the distribution of budgetary funds, checks the receipt and expenditure of funds from candidates, establishes the voting results, and also provides legal, organizational, technical and other assistance to election commissions. Also, the powers of the CEC include the development of the Russian electoral system, the introduction of automation tools for elections, the consideration of complaints against decisions of the electoral commissions of the constituent entities of the Federation, etc.

History

The Central Election Commission for elections to the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation was established by decree of the President of the Russian Federation Boris Yeltsin dated September 24, 1993.
The first composition of the commission - 20 people - was approved by the head of state on September 29, 1993. Ten of them - at the suggestion of regional parliaments, ten - by the executive authorities of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation. A prerequisite was that applicants have a higher legal education or a degree in law (then, since 2007, higher education was required).
After the parliamentary elections in December 1993, the department was renamed the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation. The Federal Law "On the Basic Guarantees of the Electoral Rights of Citizens of the Russian Federation" dated December 6, 1994 established that the CEC operates on a permanent basis and manages the activities of election commissions for the election of the president, State Duma deputies, other federal state bodies, as well as for holding a referendum of the Russian Federation. The term of office of the commission was set at four years, and the number of its members was reduced to 15 people, five of whom are appointed by the State Duma, five by the Federation Council and five by the President of the Russian Federation.
In December 1994 - March 1995, a new CEC was formed. Subsequently, the commission was formed every four years - in 1999, 2003, 2007 and 2011. In 2010, the term of office of the CEC was extended to five years, in accordance with this, its sixth composition worked from 2011 to 2016.

CEC leaders

Since its inception, the Central Election Commission has had four chairmen. The first head of the commission in September 1993 was Nikolai Ryabov, deputy head of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Federation (re-elected in March 1995). At the head of the CEC, he organized the parliamentary elections in 1993 and 1995, as well as the presidential elections in 1996.
In November 1996, after Ryabov was appointed Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the Czech Republic, Alexander Ivanchenko was elected head of the CEC. He led the Central Election Commission for three years, during which no federal election campaign was held in Russia. In 1999, Ivanchenko headed the board of directors of the Independent Institute for Elections, later - the Center for Training in Electoral Technologies under the Central Election Commission.
The third composition of the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation in March 1999 elected Alexander Veshnyakov as chairman, who worked in this post until 2007. Four election campaigns were held under him: in 1999 and 2003. - Elections to the State Duma, in 2000 and 2004. - presidential elections. In 2007, he was not included in the fifth composition of the commission, a year later he was appointed Ambassador of the Russian Federation to Latvia.
In March 2007 Vladimir Churov took the place of the CEC Chairman (re-elected in March 2011). Managed the parliamentary (2007, 2011) and presidential elections (2008, 2012). In 2016, when forming the new composition of the CEC, he was not included in the number of its members.

Composition and structure of the CEC

The Commission consists of 15 voting members. Five of them are appointed by the State Duma of the Russian Federation from among the candidates proposed by factions and deputy associations. Five - the Federation Council at the suggestion of the heads and parliaments of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation. Another five members of the CEC are appointed by the head of state by decree. The commission elects by secret ballot the chairman, his deputies and the secretary of the CEC of the Russian Federation from among its members.
The CEC also includes members with an advisory vote. They can participate in the meetings of the commission, but they are not entitled to vote on certain issues considered by the CEC. These are representatives of the parties participating in the parliamentary elections, registered candidates for the presidency of the Russian Federation, as well as initiative groups for holding a referendum.
Ensuring the activities of the commission and the implementation of its decisions is entrusted to the apparatus of the CEC. In its composition, according to the staffing table, - 277 people.
The Federal Center for Informatization has been established under the Central Election Commission, which is engaged in information support for the activities of the CEC, as well as the creation and operation of the State Automated System "Elections" (GAS "Vybory"). Also, the Russian Center for Training in Electoral Technologies, the Control and Auditing Service and the Public Scientific and Methodological Advisory Council operate under the CEC.

The new composition of the commission

The seventh composition of the CEC of Russia was formed in February - March 2016, while the commission was updated by 60%. Six members of the sixth composition were appointed for a new term. Of these, according to the State Duma quota - Evgeny Kolyushin and Valery Kryukov; Federation Council - Maya Grishina, Siyabshah Shapiev and Anton Lopatin; according to the quota of the head of state - Boris Ebzeev.
Nine people became new members of the commission, including former Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation Ella Pamfilova (2014-2016), State Duma Vice Speaker Nikolai Levichev (2011-2016), Senator Nikolai Bulaev (2015-2016) and others.
The first elections to be held by the new CEC will be held on September 18, 2016. On this day, Russia will host a single voting day, combined with the elections of deputies to the State Duma of the Russian Federation of the seventh convocation.
The term of office of the seventh composition of the CEC expires in March 2021.

The Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation is a permanent collegial body of state power.
The Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation operates on the basis of the Federal Law "On Basic Guarantees of Electoral Rights and the Right to Participate in a Referendum of Citizens of the Russian Federation" dated September 5, 1997, as amended on March 30, 1999. It manages the activities of election commissions for the election of the President Russian Federation, deputies of the State Duma, as well as other federal government agencies stipulated by the Constitution of the Russian Federation and on holding a referendum of the Russian Federation.
The Central Electoral Commission consists of fifteen members and its term of office is four years. It is formed in a special way. Five members of the Central Election Commission are appointed by the State Duma. Candidates for these positions are proposed by parliamentary associations. Five members are appointed by the Federation Council. Candidates for these positions are proposed by the legislative and executive bodies of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, and five members of the Central Election Commission are personally appointed by the President of the Russian Federation. From among its members, the Central Electoral Commission elects a chairman, a deputy chairman and a secretary by secret ballot.
In its actions, the Central Election Commission is completely independent, it is not controlled and accountable to any state authority. The Central Electoral Commission issues instructions and explanations on issues of uniform application of the electoral legislation, issues of preparing and holding elections, determining their results, etc. The documents issued by the Central Electoral Commission regulate almost all spheres of preparation and conduct of elections.
In accordance with the law, the powers of the Central Electoral Commission are quite significant.

Together with the election commissions of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, it primarily:

exercises control over observance of the electoral rights of citizens of the Russian Federation and their right to participate in referendums, control over the legality of elections, organizes a nationwide voter registration system;
organizes the development of standards for technological equipment necessary for the work of election commissions, and exercises control over their observance;
takes measures to organize the system of financing elections and referendums, controls their targeted use;
provides legal, methodological, organizational and technical assistance to election commissions, etc.

The Central Election Commission approves the personal composition of territorial election commissions of territories, regions, cities of federal significance, an autonomous region, autonomous districts. The Central Electoral Commission is taking measures to organize a uniform system for tabulating the results of voting, using, among other things, the "GAS - elections" system. Members of the Central Electoral Commission work under the leadership of the chairman and can be early dismissed from their positions only by decision of the body that appointed them to this position. More specifically and in detail, the powers of the Central Election Commission are defined in the laws on the election of the President of the Russian Federation, the election of deputies of the State Duma, and the holding of a referendum in the Russian Federation.
Changes in the status of the Central Election Commission can only be made in connection with the adoption of new federal electoral laws.

The Central Election Commission (current) was created in December 1993 by Yeltsin, who carried out a coup d'état. To hold a "referendum" on the "constitution" and elections of the "state Duma".

Nikolai Timofeevich Ryabov, born in 1946, was appointed chairman, deputy chairman of the Supreme Soviet of Russia (and before being elected a deputy, deputy director of an agricultural technical school), who successfully defected to Yeltsin's side in October 1993, for which he is known as "Ryaba the little girl."
After the elections, a new composition of the Central Election Commission was created (from representatives appointed by the president, the Federation Council, the State Duma). Ryabov remained chairman of the CEC even in this composition. In November 1996 (that is, after Yeltsin's successfully rigged elections), he was removed from his post and sent as ambassador to the Czech Republic. Then the ambassador to Moldova.
They removed him, taking him away from responsibility - there was a chance that Yeltsin would soon give an oak tree, after which anything could happen, and there were enough people who wanted to hang him (and by the genitals). So he could well deservedly sit down for several years for election fraud.

Ivanchenko Oleksandr Volodymyrovych Chairman of the CEC from November 1996 to March 1999.

Born on January 8, 1954 in the Krasnodar Territory; graduated higher school Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR in 1980, Doctor of Law; worked in the Moscow police; 1983-1988 - taught constitutional law; 1988-1993 - worked in the apparatus of the Supreme Council of the Russian Federation, dealt with the organization and conduct of elections; in September 1993 he was appointed Deputy Chairman of the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation; in December 1994 he was appointed to the new composition of the Central Election Commission on a quota State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, in March 1995, at the first meeting of the new composition of the Central Election Commission, he was elected deputy chairman of the commission; November 1996 - March 1999 - Chairman of the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation.
Now - Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Independent Institute of Elections, i.е. no one to call.

Biography from the website of the Central Election Commission.
Born on November 24, 1952 in the village of Baikalovo, Primorsky District Arkhangelsk region. He graduated from the Arkhangelsk Naval School, the Leningrad Higher Marine Engineering School, the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.
In 1968, after an eight-year school, he entered the Arkhangelsk Naval School, from which he graduated with honors. From 1973 to 1979 he worked on the ships of the Northern Shipping Company, at the same time studying at the Leningrad Higher Marine Engineering School. Admiral S.O. Makarov, where he received a higher engineering education.
In 1979 he was elected deputy secretary of the Komsomol Committee of the Northern Shipping Company, then worked as a senior inspector of the department for organizing work with seafarers of the shipping company abroad. In 1983 he was elected deputy secretary of the party committee, and in 1985 - secretary of the party committee of the Northern River Shipping Company.
From 1987 to 1990 he worked as a secretary of the Arkhangelsk City Committee of the CPSU, was elected a deputy of the Arkhangelsk City Council of People's Deputies. At this time, he studied at the Leningrad Higher Party School.
In March 1990, he was elected a People's Deputy of the RSFSR, then Deputy Chairman of the Council of the Republic of the Supreme Council of the RSFSR, and later was Chairman of the subcommittee of the Commission of the Council of the Republic on Transport, Communications, Informatics and Space. He combined his work in the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR with his studies at the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation with a degree in international law, from which he graduated in 1995.
From November 1993 to March 1994 he worked as an adviser to the Maritime Transport Department of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation.
Since March 1994 A.A. Veshnyakov worked in the Office of the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation, and in 1995 the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation was appointed a member of the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation and then elected Secretary of the Commission. In 1999, the State Duma was again appointed to the CEC of Russia and in March of the same year was unanimously elected its Chairman. In March 2003, by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation, he was again appointed to the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation and unanimously elected Chairman of the CEC of Russia.
A.A. Veshnyakov actively participated in the development and implementation of conceptual solutions for the reform of the electoral legislation in the Russian Federation, aimed at ensuring the electoral rights of citizens in accordance with the Constitution of the Russian Federation, at establishing federal standards for democratic elections, mandatory for use at all levels.
On the initiative and with the participation of A.A. Veshnyakov, the federal laws “On political parties”, “On the State Automated System of the Russian Federation “Vybory”, proposals were made and implemented for the comprehensive improvement and adoption of a new edition federal laws“On the Basic Guarantees of Electoral Rights and the Right to Participate in a Referendum of Citizens of the Russian Federation”, “On the Election of Deputies of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation”, “On the Election of the President of the Russian Federation”, the Federal Constitutional Law “On the Referendum of the Russian Federation”.
A.A. Veshnyakov performed the functions of the official representative of the President of the Russian Federation V.V. Putin during the consideration by the chambers of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the draft federal laws mentioned above, submitted to the parliament as a legislative initiative.
With the participation of A.A. Veshnyakov, legal foundations and conditions were created for the participation of citizens living in the territory of the Chechen Republic in the formation of Russian and republican bodies of state power, in 2003 a referendum was held in the Chechen Republic on the adoption of the Constitution, electoral laws of the republic and elections of the President of the Chechen Republic.
Under the leadership of A.A. Veshnyakov, there was a process of formation and development of the State Automated System of the Russian Federation "Elections", the development of its legal basis for use and operation. With his participation, the “Program for the development of the GAS “Vybory” for 2001-2004” approved by the CEC of Russia was prepared and implemented.
A.A. Veshnyakov is the author of a number of scientific papers on international and electoral law, as well as numerous publications on the subject of elections and referendums in print periodicals. The Chairman of the CEC of Russia is the executive editor and one of the authors of the textbook for universities "Suffrage and the electoral process in the Russian Federation", published in 2003.
In November 1999, A.A. Veshnyakov was elected to the Executive Board of the Association of Electoral Organizers of Central and of Eastern Europe(AOCEEE), and in 2002 - 2004 was its Chairman.
The draft European Convention on Standards for Elections, Electoral Rights and Freedoms, prepared by the CEC of Russia within the framework of AECEEE, was recommended by the PACE session and the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe for adoption as a basis as one of the international legal documents of the Council of Europe.
At the initiative of A.A. Veshnyakov, the Convention on Standards for Democratic Elections, Electoral Rights and Freedoms in the States Members of the Commonwealth of Independent States, which entered into force in 2003, was prepared.
A.A. Veshnyakov - candidate of legal sciences. In 1997 he defended his thesis on the topic “Electoral standards in international law and their implementation in the legislation of the Russian Federation”.
A.A. Veshnyakov was awarded the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" III and IV degrees, medals "Defender of Free Russia", "300 Years of the Russian Fleet", "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of MOSCOW", and other medals.
For personal contribution to the formation of Russian democracy A.A. Veshnyakov in 2003 was awarded the All-Russian public award - the prize "Russian National Olympus" with the award of the "Order of Civil Honor".
A.A. Veshnyakov is a laureate of the Peter the Great National Public Prize in the nomination “For Outstanding Personal Contribution to the Development of Democracy and Improvement of the Electoral System of the Russian Federation”, the national award “Person of the Year-2003” - the Grand Prix “For Personal Contribution to the Formation of Russian Democracy” with the presentation Order “Glory to Russia”, awarded by the Union of Journalists of Russia “For openness in dealing with the press”, and other public awards.
Married, has a son and a daughter.

Churov Vladimir Evgenievich - Chairman of the CEC since March 2007.

A physicist by profession (and for 23 years of work), Putin's employee in the mayor's office of St. Petersburg, deputy of the godma from the Liberal Democratic Party.

/ITAR-TASS/. Vladimir Churov was born in St. Petersburg on March 17, 1953. He received his new appointment 10 days after he turned 54 years old. Churov is non-partisan, although he was elected to the State Duma in 2003 on the list of the Liberal Democratic Party. New head The CEC is one of two members of the Central Election Commission who do not have a legal education. He graduated from the Faculty of Physics of the Leningrad state university named after Zhdanov. And as he said the day before in an interview with ITAR-TASS, at the same time he studied at the two-year public faculty of journalism of the same university and even worked in the St. Petersburg media.
Vladimir Churov professor, owns English language. From 1977-1990 he was an employee of the design bureau of aerospace equipment "Integral" at Leningrad State University. In 1990-1993 - a deputy of the Leningrad / St. Petersburg / City Council of People's Deputies. And from 1991 to 2003 he worked in the Committee for External Relations of the St. Petersburg City Hall, which was headed by Vladimir Putin. In 2003, Vladimir Churov was elected to the fourth convocation of the State Duma of the Russian Federation and became deputy chairman of the Committee for CIS Affairs and Relations with Compatriots. On March 9, he was appointed by the State Duma a member of the CEC of the Russian Federation. The appointment of Churov political analysts of the media predicted everything last days. The press noted that Churov has experience in elections, since he was part of the mission of international observation of elections, including during the "color revolutions" in Ukraine and Kyrgyzstan.

Brief comment.
(Thoughtfully) So he was assigned to carry out the "color revolution" or to prevent it?

Let me emphasize that the election of a new chairman of the Central Election Commission right now, in March 2007, is a regular event. Once every 4 years, a new composition of the CEC is created and in March it elects its chairman.