Russian President Dmitry Medvedev warned...
p>"A fourth term will be a rare exception," the president said during a live video link-up with Yoshkar-Ola, the capital of the Russian Volga republic of Mari El.Out of Russia"s 83 regional leaders, 29 have held their posts since the last century. Mintimer Shaimiyev, the president of another Russian Volga republic, Tatarstan, Yugra (West Siberia) governor Alexander Filipenko, the heads of west Siberia"s Omsk and Tomsk regions, Leonid Polezhayev and Viktor Kress, and Rostov Region governor Vladimir Chub came to power in 1991.
Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov, Belgorod Region governor Yevgeny Savchenko, Kalmyk President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, Bashkir leader Murtaza Rakhimov and Chuvash President Nikolai Fyodorov have also been in office for more than a decade.
Governors are appointed by presidential decree.
Medvedev said last week new governors were appointed in about a fifth of Russia"s regions over the last year and a half.
GORKI, December 29 (RIA Novosti)
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