Gennady Zyuganov 2012 presidential campaign

Gennady Zyuganov 2012 presidential campaignCampaigned for| 2012 Russian presidential election

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Candidate| Gennady Zyuganov
First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation
(1993-present)
Leader of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation in the State Duma (1993-present)
Member of the State Duma (1993-present)
Affiliation| Communist Party of the Russian Federation
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Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation

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* Early life
* Political positions

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Elections

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* 1996 (campaign)
* 2000 (campaign)
* 2008 (campaign)
* 2012 (campaign)

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The Gennady Zyuganov presidential campaign, 2012 was the presidential campaign of Gennady Zyuganov in the 2012 Russian presidential election. This was the fourth presidential campaign of Zyuganov, who had been a candidate in both the 1996, 2000, and 2008 elections.

## Campaigning

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In September 2011, Zyuganov became the CPRF's candidate for the 2012 presidential election. Zyuganov declared that the election would be a referendum on "a 20 year experiment" of the liberalization of the Russian political sphere.[1] Zyuganov referred to the existing government as a "gang of folks who...have humiliated the country."[1]

In the 2012 Russian presidential election on 4 March 2012, Zyuganov once again came in second place by receiving 17% of the vote.[2]

## Positions

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Main article: Political positions of Gennady Zyuganov

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Zyuganov promised a return to socialism and an end to Russia's economic decline.[1]

## See also

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* Gennady Zyuganov presidential campaign, 1996
* Gennady Zyuganov presidential campaign, 2000
* Gennady Zyuganov presidential campaign, 2008

## References

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1. ^ a b c "Zyuganov and Mironov: Back to the future". Al Jazeera. 26 February 2012. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
2. ^ the results of the presidential elections in Russia 2012

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Candidates in the 2012 Russian presidential election

Winner|

* Vladimir Putin (United Russia) campaign

Other candidates|

* Gennady Zyuganov (Communist Party) campaign
* Mikhail Prokhorov (Independent) campaign
* Vladimir Zhirinovsky (LDPR) campaign
* Sergey Mironov (A Just Russia)

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Communist Party of the Russian Federation

Chairmen|

* Gennady Zyuganov (1993–)

State Duma Chairmen|

* Gennadiy Seleznyov (1995–2002)

Presidential candidates|

* Gennady Zyuganov (1996 • campaign, 2000 • campaign, 2008 • campaign, 2012 • campaign)
* Nikolay Kharitonov (2004, 2024 • campaign)
* Pavel Grudinin (2018 • campaign)

Organization|

* Central Committee
* Komsomol
* State Duma faction
* Pravda

Related topics|

* Communist Party of the Donetsk People's Republic
* MFK KPRF
* National Patriotic Forces of Russia
* People's Patriotic Union of Russia
* Red Belt
* Sovetskaya Rossiya
* UCP-CPSU

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