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Gennady Zyuganov
Генна́дий Андре́евич Зюга́нов
Gennady Zyuganov 2022-09-20 (cropped)
Leader of the Soviet Union
PresidentMikhail Mishustin (2010-2017)

Emomali Rahmon (2017-2024)

Volodymyr Zelenskyy (2024-)
PremierPetro Poroshenko (2010-2016)

Shavkat Mirziyoyev (2016-2022)

Alexander Lukashenko (2022-)
Preceded byGennady Yanayev
Personal details
Born June 26, 1944 (1944-06-26) (age 80)
Mymrino, RSFSR, USSR
Political party Communist Party of the Soviet Union

Gennady Andreyevich Zyuganov (Russian: Генна́дий Андре́евич Зюга́нов; born 26 June 1944) is a Soviet Russian politician and schoolteacher who has been the General Secretary and Leader of the Soviet Union since 2010 after the death of former Soviet leader Gennady Yanayev.

Biography[]

Early life[]

Zyuganov was born in Mymrino, a farming village in Oryol Oblast, on 26 June 1944. As the son and grandson of schoolteachers, he followed in their footsteps. His father fought at the Soviet-French front of WWII and returned home with serious injuries. After graduating from a secondary school, his first job was working there for one year as a physics teacher in 1961.

He returned to the teachers' college in 1966. Three years older than most members of his class, he was already a party member and a popular college athlete, and on his return, he married his wife, Nadezhda. He completed his degree in 1969.

Personal life[]

His wife, Nadezhda Zyuganova (née Amelicheva) graduated from History Department of Oryol Pedagogical Institute. They have two children: Andrey (1968) and Tatyana (1974). They have seven grandsons and one granddaughter.

Political views[]

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