Alexander Alexandrovich Volkov

Alexander Volkov Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович Во́лков
1st President of the Udmurt Republic
In office 3 November 2000 – 19 February 2014
Preceded by	Post Established
Succeeded by	Aleksandr Solovyov
Personal details
Born	(1951-12-25)25 December 1951 Bryansk, RSFSR, USSR
Died	20 May 2017(2017-05-20) (aged 65) Berlin, Germany
Nationality	Russian
Political party	United Russia
Spouse(s)	Nina Alexandrovna Volkova
Children	2
Profession	Politician

Alexander Alexandrovich Volkov (Udmurt and Russian: Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович Во́лков; 25 December 1951 – 20 May 2017) was the President of the Udmurt Republic. As President, Volkov was the highest official in the Udmurt Republic, the head of the republic's highest executive body, and leader of its two million citizens.

Volkov took office November 3, 2000, for a five-year term after the first presidential elections in the Udmurt Republic took place on October 15, 2000. Befor the elections, Volkov was the speaker of the Udmurtia Republican Legislature.

Volkov died on 20 May 2017 in Berlin, Germany, where he was being treated at a clinic for cancer at the age of 65.

Other websites

• Enc. Official Site Archived 2007-09-30 at Archive.today
• Gazprom.ru Gazprom's delegation visited machine building compainies in Perm region and Udmurtia Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine
• GDF.ru - 'The Mass Media in Udmurtia, Or A Summer Journey to Izhevsk', Alexander Mnatsakanyan Archived 2005-05-09 at the Wayback Machine
• Udmurt.ru Official President's webpage (Udmurt Republic Press Service) Archived 2007-04-23 at Archive.today
• Personal Life Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine