Vyacheslav Kislitsyn Politician
Vyacheslav Alexandrovich Kislitsyn (Russian: Вячеслав Александрович Кислицын) (born 1948) is a Russian Politician who served as President of Mari El in 1997–2001. During his presidency, he was responsible for much of the economic development in Mari El. At the same time, he was criticised for his autocratic ideology, accused of supporting Chechen rebels, and his supposed 'cult of personality'. In the 2001 elections, he suffered a tight defeat against his opponent Leonid Markelov, where Kislitsyn received 25% of the vote. Since then, his political whereabouts are left unknown.
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