Russian Veteran Regional Leaders. Top 20

Rank in the rating Name Federation subject Position Total experience as leader of the region*

1 Magomed-Ali Magomedov Republic of Dagestan Chairman of the State Council 15 years 4 months

2 Egor Stroev Orel Region Governor 14 years 8 months

3 Mintimer Shaimiev Republic of Tatarstan President 14 years 3 months

4-5 Leonid Potapov Buryat Republic President 13 years 8 months

4-5 Murtaza Rakhimov Republic of Bashkortostan President 13 years 8 months

6 Anatoly Guzhvin Astrakhan Region Governor 12 years 3 months

7-10 Vladimir Chub Rostov Region Head of the Administration (Governor) 12 years 2 months

7-10 Viktor Ishaev Khabarovsk Territory Governor 12 years 2 months

7-10 Viktor Kress Tomsk Region Governor 12 years 2 months

7-10 Mikhail Prusak Novgorod Region Governor 12 years 2 months

11-12 Leonid Polezhaev Omsk Region Governor 12 years 1 month

11-12 Konstantin Titov Samara Region** Governor 12 years 1 month ***

13-14 Aleksandr Filipenko Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Area–Yurga**** Governor 12 years

13-14 Nikolai Volkov Jewish Autonomous Area Governor 12 years

15 Valery Kokov Kabardino-Balkar Republic President 11 years 11 months

16 Sherig-ool Oorzhak Republic of Tuva President 11 years 9 months

17 Yury Luzhkov Moscow Mayor 11 years 6 months

18 Anatoly Lisitsyn Yaroslavl Region Governor 11 years

19 Kirsan Ilyumzhinov Republic of Kalmykia President 10 years 8 months

20 Eduard Rossel Sverdlov Region Governor 10 years 3 months
*Total length of service in high office in the region (in the Soviet period—first
secretary of the regional committee of the KPSS) rounded to the nearest whole
month, with consideration of tenure as acting office holder (if necessary).
Calculated as of the situation on December 7, 2003.

**Formerly Kuibyshev Region.

***With allowance for his dismissal in 2000.

****Formerly Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Area.

The rating participants are ranked in order of length of service; in case of
equal figures, they are listed alphabetically.

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