1996 Russian presidential candidates
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This article contains the list of candidates associated with the 1996 Russian presidential election.

Registered candidates

Candidate name, age,
political party 		Political offices Campaign Registration date
Vladimir Bryntsalov
(49)
Russian Socialist Party 		Deputy of the State Duma
(1995–2003) 		campaign 26 April 1996[1][2]
Mikhail Gorbachev
(65)
Independent 		Leader of the Soviet Union
General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
(1985-1991)
President of the Soviet Union
(1990–1991)
Chairman of the Supreme Soviet
(1989-1990)
Chairman of the Presidum of the Supreme Soviet
(1988-1989) 		campaign 12 April 1996[1][2]
Svyatoslav Fyodorov
(69)
Party of Workers' Self-Government 		People's Deputy of the Soviet Union
(1989-1991)
Deputy of the State Duma
(1995-1999) 		campaign 19 April 1996[1][2]
Alexander Lebed
(46)
Congress of Russian Communities 		Deputy of the State Duma
(1995–1996) 		campaign 19 April 1996[1][2]
Martin Shakkum
(44)
Independent 		Leader of the Socialist People's Party campaign 22 April 1996[1][2]
Yury Vlasov
(60)
Independent 		Deputy of the State Duma
(1993–1995) 		campaign 26 April 1996[1]
Grigory Yavlinsky
(44)
Yabloko 		Chairman of Yabloko
(1993–2008)
Deputy of the State Duma
(1993–2003) 		campaign 19 April 1996[1][2]
Boris Yeltsin
(65)
Independent 		President of Russia
(1991–1999) 		campaign 3 April 1996[1][2]
Vladimir Zhirinovsky
(50)
Liberal Democratic Party 		Leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia
(1991–present)
Deputy of the State Duma
(1993–present) 		campaign 5 April 1996[1][2]
Gennady Zyuganov
(52)
Communist Party 		First Secretary of the Central Committee
of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation
(1993–present)
Deputy of the State Duma
(1993–present) 		campaign 4 March 1996[1][2][3]

Withdrawn candidates

Candidate name, age,
political party 		Political offices Campaign Details Registration date Date of withdrawal
Aman Tuleyev
(52)
Independent 		Chairman of the Kemerovo Oblast Council of People's Deputies campaign He was registered as a candidate on 26 April 1996, but withdrew his candidacy on 8 June 1996 to support Gennady Zyuganov. Since Tuleyev withdrew his candidacy after the deadline, he was included in the ballots and even received 308 votes during the early voting. 26 April 1996[1][2] 8 June 1996

Rejected candidates

78 voter initiative groups were authorized by the Central Election Commission to collect signatures. However, only seventeen candidates managed to submit petitions with one million signatures by the deadline on April 16.[4] Six of these were rejected by the Central Election Commission.

Declared candidates who withdrew without registering

Candidates nominated by political movements and initiative groups
who withdrew without registering[7][8]
Candidate Positions Party/movement
Mavsar Kh. Aduev Editor of World Democratic Union newspaper[5] Independent
Anatoly G. Akinin Director of the Union of Manufacturing Concerns[5] Independent
Vladimir Aksyonov Former cosmonaut[5] Independent
Aleksandr S. Alekseev Chairman of National Association of Russian Trade Unions[5] National Labor Party
Viktor Anpilov Head of Communists - Working Russia - For the Soviet Union[5] RKKP
Alexander Barkashov Leader of Russian National Unity[5][9][10] Russian National Unity
Tamara V. Bazyleva President of Human Ecology International Concern Independent
Vladimir S. Borovkov Deputy Chairman of the All-Russia Lifeguard Society Independent
Konstantin Borovoi Chairman of the Party of Economic Freedom Party of Economic Freedom
Bashir Chakhiev Head of the Archives Service of Ingushetia Independent
Viktor Chechevatov Commander of the Far Eastern Branch Independent
Vasily Chernyshev Publisher Independent
Nikolay Dalsky President of the "General Agreement" Foundation Independent
Boris Fyodorov Minister of the State Duma (1993-1998), Deputy Prime Minister(1992-1994) Minister of Finance of Russia (1993-1994), Minister of Finance of the RSFSR (1990) Go Russia
Victor Fedosov Union of Soviet Stalinists
Sergey Fomintsev Director of ZOA Fomintsev Fund Independent
Yegor Gaidar Deputy of the State Duma, Prime Minister of Russia (1992), First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia (1992; 1993-1994), Minister of Finance (1991-1992) Democratic Choice of Russia
Leonid Kazkov Economist Independent
Oleg Khabarov Director of Interozon Independent
Irina Khakamada Deputy of the State Duma Common Cause
Jan Koltunov
Vladislav Kuznetsov Businessman Independent
Alexander Lobanov Independent
Andrey Lychakov Director of Ozon Independent
Sergey Mavrodi Independent
Nikolay Maslov Chairman of the Party of National Accord Party of People's Consent
Vladimir Miloserdov Chairman of the Russian Party Russian Party
Vladimir Morozov Director of Inyurkon Independent
Vyacheslav Onegin Independent
Alexey Popov Scientist Independent
Valery Popov Scientist Independent
Peter Romanov Deputy of the State Duma Assembly of National-Democratic and Patriotic Forces
Alexander Rutskoy Vice President of Russia (1991-1992)[11][12][13] Power
Nikolay Ruzavin Farmer Independent
Marat Sabirov
Alexander Sarychev People's Patriotic Union
Victor Semyonov Independent
Galina Sharova Independent
Alexey Shevchenko Independent
Anatoly Sidorov Director of the Institute of Economics and Entrepreneurship Independent
Vyacheslav Silaev Union of the Creative Forces of Russia
Sergey Skvortsov Editor-in-chief of Narodnaya Gazeta CPSU-2
Valery Smirnov Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Federal Tax Service National Salvation Front
Mikhail Smirnov Lawyer Independent
Anatoly Stankov Deputy of the Moscow City Duma Independent
Sergey Sulakshin Deputy of the State Duma Independent
Stanislav Terekhov Chairman of the Union of Officers Indpependent
Vasily Terentyev The Anti-Communist People's Party
Sergey Aminovich Tokhtabiev President of the International Fund for the Development of Small Peoples and Ethnic Groups Independent
Alexander Vasilyev Leader of Peace with God Independent
Andrey Volkov Independent
Arkady Volsky President of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs Independent
Vladimir Voronin Movement for the National Revival of Russia
Andrei Zavidia President of the Garland Group Russian Republican Party
Sergey Zyryanov President of ICP "Life" Independent
Other declared candidates

Possible candidates who did not run

Candidates who refused nominations by political movements and initiative groups[7][8]
Candidate Positions Party/movement
Boris Gromov Deputy of State Duma; vice-presidential candidate in 1991 My Fatherland
Boris Nemtsov Governor of Nizhny Novgorod Independent
Valery Zorkin Judge of the Constitution Court of Russia Independent

The following individuals were included in some polls, were referred to in the media as possible candidates or had publicly expressed interest long before the elections but never announced that they would run.

References

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