Yevgeny Kharitonov
Евгений Харитонов
3rd Governor of Krasnodar Krai
In office
2 August 1994  15 July 1996
Preceded byNikolai Yegorov
Succeeded byNikolai Yegorov
Personal details
Born (1946-10-04) 4 October 1946
stanitsa Mikhailovskya, Kurganinsky District, Krasnodar Krai, RSFSR, Soviet Union
Political partyOur Home - Russia
Awards

Yevgeny Mikhaylovich Khritonov (Russian: Евгений Михайлович Харитонов, born 4 October 1946) is a Russian agronomist and politician. He has served as governor of Krasnodar Krai in 1994–1996.

In 1971, Kharitonov graduated from the Kuban Agricultural Institute as an agronomist. Since 1973 he was a Communist Party functionary, holding senior positions in Labinsky and Kurganinsky Districts of Krasnodar Krai.[1]

In 1991–94 he was the head of Kurganinsky District administration. From August 1994 to July 1996 Kharitonov was the governor of Krasnodar Krai.[1] After he was removed from office by president Boris Yeltsin, he participated in the election of October 1996. Kharitonov finished fifth with 2% of the vote.[2]

From 1996 to 1998 he was a vice-chancellor of the Kuban State Agrarian University. In 1998-2015 he headed the All-Russian Research Institute of Rice.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Academician Kharitonov Yevgeny Mikhaylovich celebrates 70th birthday". Russian Academy of Sciences (in Russian). 2016-10-04.
  2. "Gubernatorial elections — 1996". politika.su (in Russian).
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