Aleksandr Nazarov

Aleksandr Viktorovich Nazarov (Russian: Александр Викторович Назаров; born on 24 February 1951) is a Kazakh-born Russian statesman. He served as the first Governor of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug and as the Auditor of the Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation. Biography Aleksandr Nazarov was born on 24 February 1951. He began to work in government posts in 1983. From 1991 to 2000, he served as the first Governor of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug. During his leadership in Chukotka, there was a sharp decline in industrial production, the population decreased several times, and most of the workers' settlements were eliminated. The name of the governor appeared in several cases related to tax and financial offenses - non-return of loans, illegal sale of quotas for the extraction of aquatic biological resources, and misappropriation of budget funds. Immediately before the next gubernatorial elections in 2000, Nazarov was summoned for questioning by the Federal Tax Police Service, shortly after which he withdrew his candidacy. According to Lyudmila Ainana, the author of the Chukchi language textbook, the famine in Chukotka continued until the end of the 1990s.