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Alexander Lebed 1996 presidential campaign
| Campaigned for | 1996 Russian presidential election |
|---|---|
| Candidate | Alexander Lebed Vice-chairman of the Congress of Russian Communities Member of the State Duma (1995-96) Second-in-Command of the Russian Airborne Troops Commander of the 14th Guards Army (1992-1995) Commander of the 106th Guards Airborne Division (1988-91) |
| Affiliation | Congress of Russian Communities/Honor and Motherland |
| Status | Nominated by KRO: 11 January 1996 Registered: 19 April 1996[1] Lost election: 16 June 1996 |
The Alexander Lebed presidential campaign, 1996 was General Alexander Lebed's campaign in the 1996 Russian presidential election. Lebed ran as the nominee of the Congress of Russian Communities (KRO). Although Lebed came in at a surprisingly strong third place in the first-round of the election, his failure to finish in the top two disqualified him from the second round. He endorsed Boris Yeltsin in the second-round.[2] Yeltsin's victory, which surprised Western analysts,[3] paved the way for his Prime Minister, Vladimir Putin, to rise to power.
- ^ "Russian Election Watch, May 9, 1996". 9 May 1996. Archived from the original on 4 January 2001. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
- ^ McFaul, Michael (1997). Russia's 1996 Presidential Election: The End of Polarized Politics. Stanford University in Stanford, California: Hoover Institution Press.
- ^ Treisman, Daniel (1996). "Why Yeltsin Won". Foreign Affairs. 75 (5): 64–77. doi:10.2307/20047744. ISSN 0015-7120.
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