Gennady Andreyevich Zyuganov is a Russian politician who has been the general secretary of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation since 1993 and a member of the State Duma since 1994. He is also the chair of the Union of Communist Parties – Communist Party of the Soviet Union (UCP-CPSU) since 2001. Zyuganov ran for President of Russia four times, most notably in 1996, when he lost in the second round to Boris Yeltsin.
- Occupation
- politician, perennial candidate, military personnel, physicist
- Position held
- member of the State Duma, Special Guest of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Representative of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Representative of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
- Citizenship
- Soviet Union, Russia
- Born
- June 26, 1944
- Website
- https://kprf.ru/personal/zyuganov