Guard Colonel of the Airborne Forces Lebed Alexei Ivanovich became the first popularly elected head of the Government of the Republic of Khakassia (he held this post from 1997 to 2009). It happened in 1996. The future politician served for almost a quarter of a century in the army, which taught him a lot and tempered him a lot. Such experience helped in fostering a sense of responsibility, developing the ability to understand others, instantly switching from one topic to another, and making quick decisions.
Lebed Alexey Ivanovich: biography
Date of birth - April 14, 1955. Place of birth - the city of Novocherkassk. His father was Ukrainian by nationality, his mother was Russian. He graduated from such educational institutions as the Ryazan Higher Airborne Command Twice Red Banner School. Lenin Komsomol (1976), Military Academy. M. V. Frunze (1989).
After the end of the first of them and until 1979, the younger brother of Alexander Lebed served in the Belarusian, Leningrad and Siberian military districts. In 1979-1982, he was a participant in the hostilities in Afghanistan: at first, a reconnaissance company was under his command, after that - a paratrooperbattalion.
The next stage of his biography is connected with the Pskov Airborne Division. A. I. Lebed served here since 1982. After were the cities of Chisinau and Abakan. The command of the regiment in Chisinau coincided with the period of the State Emergency Committee. In 1991, due to "conflicts of sovereignty", the regiment was transferred to the city of Abakan.
No conditions were created for the regiment here, it turned out to be practically abandoned by the state. Alexei Lebed had to defend normal conditions for his subordinates. Apparently, at that time, he showed a desire to replay the situation and head, against all odds, the Government of the Republic of Khakassia.
1995 - dismissal from the army. Lacking financial resources and acquaintances in the political sphere, Aleksey Ivanovich Lebed decides to participate in the election campaign to the State Duma. The old Zhiguli at that time became his main means of transportation in Khakassia. The goal was achieved, and Alexey Lebed is now a State Duma deputy.
The first popularly elected head of the Government of the Republic of Khakassia
In 1996, when he went to the polls, the issues of social protection, employment and wages were among the most acute and urgent. In his election program Lebed Alexei Ivanovich gave priority to their decision. The people believed him. The swan is used to fulfilling the words given to someone. It took him exactly a year to restore order in the republic.
At the time when he headed the Government of the Republic of Khakassia, on thisThere were two stably operating enterprises on the territory: the Sayan aluminum plant and the Sayano-Shushenskaya hydroelectric power station. Only aluminum workers were regularly paying taxes. Residents for several months did not hold real money in their hands: wages (usually irregularly) were given out in canned fish, nails, and teapots. There was a delay in pension payments, benefits were not paid at all.
During his leadership of the republic, the socio-economic situation has changed significantly. Literally a few years later, Khakassia became a self-sufficient dynamically developing region. A. I. Lebed and his team were especially proud of the complete liquidation of debt in the budgetary and pension sectors. Thanks to the introduction of tax holidays, it was possible to revive a number of enterprises.
In the spring of 2002, Alexander, the governor of the neighboring Krasnoyarsk Territory, died in a plane crash. Aleksey Lebed puts forward his candidacy for early gubernatorial elections. But he changes his mind in the last days of registration. In 2005, he became a member of the United Russia party.
The period after the leadership of the republic
Having resigned in 2009, Lebed Alexei Ivanovich becomes a State Duma deputy on the lists of his party. In 2011, he announced his withdrawal from the United Russia party. His next intention was to become the head of the republican list of the Communist Party. But the matter did not progress further than plans: referring to he alth problems, Lebed left the list and decided to stop active political activity.
A. I. Lebed's awards
Among his awards are the Badge of Honor of the St. Andrew the First-Called Foundation, the Certificate of Honor of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Kharkiv. "Keeper of the Earth" - such a title was given to A. I. Lebed by the International environmental organization "World Wildlife Fund".
A. I. Lebed's family
In 1975 Alexei Lebed gets married. He met his future wife Elizabeth at a student meeting. A year later, a joyful event occurs in a young family - a daughter appears.
Despite the frequent departures of her husband, it was a strong family. Once in 1985 in Abakan, the spouses had to be content with a rented house, in which there were neither amenities nor normal heating. In 1987, the second child appeared in the family - the son Oleg.
Among the hobbies of A. I. Lebed are football, billiards, table tennis, skiing.
