Gennady Seleznev is a deputy of the State Duma of Russia with many years of experience, who happened to occupy the speaker's chair. In addition, this person is known as a journalist and an active public and scientific figure, who left behind many different publications and several books.
The start of the journey
Gennady Seleznev was born on November 6, 1947 in the small town of Serov, in the Sverdlovsk region, in the family of Nikolai Stepanovich Seleznev and Vera Ivanovna Fokina. After school, he entered a vocational school, which he graduated in 1964. He did not want to remain a resident of the province. Therefore, he moved to Leningrad, where he worked for a year as a turner at a defense enterprise. And then the guy was drafted into the army.
Returning to the "citizen", Gennady Seleznev, whose biography had not been anything special before, began his journey to the heights. He showed himself to be an active member of the Komsomol and even rose to the rank of department head of the Vyborg District Committee of the Komsomol, and then replaced the head of the committee at the regional level.
Journalism
The profession of a turner did not satisfyambitious and capable young man. Therefore, Seleznev received another education, graduating from the journalism faculty of Leningrad State University in 1974. In the same year, he took the post of deputy editor, and then editor of the Smena newspaper. The publication was regional. And he worked in it for 6 years.
In 1980, Gennady Seleznev was entrusted with the post of deputy head of the propaganda and agitation department of the Komsomol Central Committee. At that time, he was already a member of the bureau of this organization. From this year until the 88th, the future speaker of the State Duma edited the Komsomolskaya Pravda, and from the 88th to the 91st - the Teacher's Newspaper. Gennady Seleznev combined his work in the latest edition with the position of the head of the journalism department at the Institute of Youth of the State Committee for Labor of Russia.
In February 1991, Seleznev was appointed deputy editor of the Union's main newspaper Pravda. And after the August coup, he became its editor and at the same time vice president of the newly created Pravda International Joint Stock Company. Seleznev held the post of editor of Pravda for two years. In 1993, Shumeiko, who heads the Russian Press Committee, fired him by his order. But Gennady Nikolayevich retained the position of vice president at JSC Pravda International.
At that time, his political career was already developing. And in 1995, he headed the press organ of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Pravda on a voluntary basis. Its editor, Gennady Seleznev, whose photo was increasingly flashed in the media, remained until the 96th.
Political activities
Seleznev became a member of the Central Committee of the CPSU back in 1991, and after the collapse of the Union he joined the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, from which, as a deputy, he got into the Duma of the first convocation in the 93rd. Here he de alt with issues of information policy and communications, replacing the chairman of the relevant committee. And in 1995 he became Deputy Chairman of the State Duma itself. Party work was also successful for the man whom the communists elected as their secretary. Since December 17, 1995, Gennady Seleznev has been a deputy of the State Duma of the second convocation, and since 1996, its speaker.
The last year of the second millennium was marked for Gennady Nikolayevich by two important events: he entered the Security Council of Russia, and also ran for governor of the Moscow region and even won in the first round. But in the second "round" Gromov defeated him. In the ninety-ninth year, Seleznev again ended up in the State Duma. And he was again elected speaker, which was the reason for the deprivation of the party card. The leadership of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation demanded that Gennady Nikolayevich resign from the post of Chairman of the Duma, which he did not want to do. And fellow communists expelled him from their ranks.
In the same 2002, Seleznev founded and headed his own political force called the Party of the Revival of Russia, which 4 years later was renamed the Patriotic Forces. For the motherland. In 2003, Gennady Nikolayevich received a deputy mandate for the fourth time. But he no longer ran for speaker. But he planned to participate in the 2005 presidential campaign, which, however, remained only an intention. On theIn the 2007 elections, Gennady Seleznev went to the Duma from the Patriots of Russia party, which did not get enough votes. Two years later, the former speaker almost completely “tied up” with politics.
Retired
Departing from political activities, Seleznev in 2009 headed the board of directors of the Moscow Regional Bank. No longer participating in government, he closely watched what was happening in the country. He actively criticized the railway reform, putting forward his proposals, and also tried to contribute to Russia's party building. He is the author of several books on the law and politics of Russia, as well as a number of publications on this subject.
Family
Gennady Seleznev was married to Irina Borisovna Selezneva (nee Maslova). They raised their only daughter, Tatyana, who gave the ex-speaker two granddaughters, Lisa and Katya.
Death
In the last years of his life, Seleznev was seriously ill. Throughout his adult life, being a heavy smoker, he periodically suffered from various lung diseases. And ended up getting cancer. From him he died on July 19, 2015 in Moscow. He was dying at home, because medicine had signed its helplessness, and all the doctors could do was to anesthetize the process. But even this, according to his wife, Gennady Nikolaevich refused. And in life, and in politics, and in journalism, he has established himself as a strong and courageous person.
