Anatoly Artamonov
Анатолий Артамонов
Russian Federation Senator
from Kaluga Oblast
Assumed office
14 February 2020
Preceded byYury Volkov
4th Governor of Kaluga Oblast
In office
12 November 2000 – 12 February 2020
Preceded byValery Sudarenkov
Succeeded byVladislav Shapsha
Personal details
Born (1952-05-05) 5 May 1952
Krasnoye, Khvastovichsky District, Kaluga Oblast, RSFSR, USSR
NationalityRussian
Political partyUnited Russia
SpouseZoya Iosifovna Artamonova

Anatoly Dmitriyevich Artamonov (Russian: Анато́лий Дми́триевич Артамо́нов; born 1952, in Krasnoye, Kaluga Oblast, USSR) is Russian politician, former governor of Kaluga Oblast. In November 1996, Artamonov was elected vice-governor of Kaluga Oblast. On 12 November 2000 he was elected governor of Kaluga Oblast with 56.72% of the vote; and re-elected on 14 March 2004 with 66.86% of the vote. On 21 July 2005, President Vladimir Putin nominated Artamonov to retain his position; the nomination was confirmed by the Kaluga duma on 26 July. In 2002, Artamonov was named governor of the year by the Russian Biographical Institute.[1]

Artamonov has been praised for managing to promote Kaluga Oblast as a destination for foreign investors, leading to the establishment of an automotive cluster in the region,[2][3] and for creating a pro-business environment.[4] Because of this, he managed to reorient the local economy away from Soviet-era military industries and promoted infrastructure spending on projects like the reconstruction of Kaluga Airport.[5]

He is reportedly an admirer of former Singaporean prime minister Lee Kuan Yew.[6] In 2013 Artamonov was found guilty of defamation by a Krasnoyarsk Krai court for calling Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska "a crook".[7]

Sanctions

Sanctioned by the UK government in 2022 in relation to Russo-Ukrainian War. [8]

References

  1. ↑ RAP Archived 4 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ "Russian automotive: Kaluga creates cluster template". Financial Times. Archived from the original on 9 April 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  3. ↑ "Q&A: How to Make Foreign Business Love Russia". Moscow Times. Archived from the original on 9 April 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  4. ↑ "Putin's Next Move in Russia: Observations from the 8th Annual Valdai International Discussion Club | Brookings Institution". Brookings. 8 April 2017. Archived from the original on 8 April 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  5. ↑ "Bright spark". The Economist. Archived from the original on 22 March 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  6. ↑ "The Curse of Lee Kuan Yew". POLITICO Magazine. Archived from the original on 28 April 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  7. ↑ "Russian mogul Oleg Deripaska wins 1-ruble defamation suit against governor". RAPSI. Archived from the original on 9 April 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  8. ↑ "CONSOLIDATED LIST OF FINANCIAL SANCTIONS TARGETS IN THE UK" (PDF). Retrieved 16 April 2023.
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