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About Nikolay Merkushkin
- Nikolay Ivanovich Merkushkin (Russian: ??????? ???????? ?????????, Moksha: ???? ?????????) (born February 5, 1951 in Novye Verkhissy, Mordovia) is a former Governor of Samara Oblast and a former head of the Republic of Mordovia in Russia.
- He held the latter office from September 22, 1995 to May 10, 2012.
- From January 24 to September 22, 1995 he was the Chairman of the State Assembly of Mordovia. Merkushkin was an electrical engineer before entering politics.
- He was reelected president of Mordovia in 1998 and 2003 with 80% of the vote.
- He has maintained popularity by having a relatively stable economy in the republic and paying salaries and pensions on time.
- He has prevented opponents from running against him by disqualifying candidates which seem to have more than 3% invalid signatures.
- Merkushkin is married to Taisiya Merkushina, an ethnic Erzyan and has two sons. On 10 May 2012 Merkushkin resigned to become Acting Governor of Samara Oblast.
- He was replaced by his PM Vladimir Volkov. On 25 September 2017 he was removed from the position of Governor of the Samara Region.
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