Vasily Bochkaryov

Vasily Bochkaryov
Василий Бочкарёв
Bochkaryov in 2011
Member of the Federation Council from Penza Oblast
In office
21 September 2015  22 June 2016
Preceded byVladimir Edalov
Succeeded byAlexey Dmitrienko
Governor of Penza Oblast
In office
2 June 1998  25 May 2015
Succeeded byIvan Belozertsev
Head of Administration of Penza Oblast
In office
18 April 1998  2 June 1998
Preceded byAnatoly Kovlyagin
Personal details
Born
Vasily Kuzmich Bochkaryov

(1949-04-29)29 April 1949
Iva, Nizhnelomovsky District, Penza Oblast, RSFSR, USSR
Died22 June 2016(2016-06-22) (aged 67)
Penza, Russia
NationalityRussian
Political partyCommunist Party of the Soviet Union
(1967–1991)
United Russia
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Vasily Kuzmich Bochkaryov (Russian: Васи́лий Кузьми́ч Бочкарёв; 29 April 1949 22 June 2016) was a Russian politician. He served as Head of Zheleznodorozhny District of Penza from 1987 to 1998, and was elected Head of the Administration of Penza Oblast in April 1998. He became Governor of Penza Oblast in June 1998, and since then has been re-elected two times – in 2002 and 2005. He won his 2002 election by a small margin over his Communist challenger. Since 2015 until his death, Bochkaryov represented Penza Oblast in the Federation Council of Russia.