Anatoly Artamonov
Anatoly Artamonov | |
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Анатолий Артамонов | |
Artamonov in 2012 | |
| Russian Federation Senator from Kaluga Oblast | |
| Assumed office 14 February 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Yury Volkov |
| 4th Governor of Kaluga Oblast | |
| In office 12 November 2000 – 12 February 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Valery Sudarenkov |
| Succeeded by | Vladislav Shapsha |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 May 1952 Krasnoye, Khvastovichsky District, Kaluga Oblast, RSFSR, USSR |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Political party | United Russia |
| Spouse | Zoya Iosifovna Artamonova |
Anatoly Dmitriyevich Artamonov (Russian: Анато́лий Дми́триевич Артамо́нов; born 1952, in Krasnoye, Kaluga Oblast, USSR) is a 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.
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, and for creating a pro-business environment. 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.
He is reportedly an admirer of former Singaporean prime minister Lee Kuan Yew. In 2013 Artamonov was found guilty of defamation by a Krasnoyarsk Krai court for calling Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska "a crook".