Alexander Gurov (politician)
Russian politician
Intro | Russian politician | |
A.K.A. | Aleksandr Ivanovich Gurov | |
A.K.A. | Aleksandr Ivanovich Gurov | |
Places | Russia | |
is | Politician | |
Work field | Politics | |
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Birth | 17 November 1945, Tambov Oblast | |
Age | 79 years |
Alexandr Ivanovich Gurov (Militsiya Lt. Gen., Professor) (Russian: Александр Иванович Гуров; born November 17, 1945 in Tambov Oblast) is a Russian politician and previously a Soviet police detective in the 1980s who made his name researching Soviet organized crime and commenting on it for the media.
In 1999, he co-founded the pro-government Unity Party of Russia. Since 1999, Gurov has been a member of the State Duma, its Unity and United Russia factions, and Committee for Security.