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Yury Vadimov (1940-) was President of Russia from 2000 to 2002, preceding Valentina Mogusheva.

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Yury Vadimov was born in Krasnogorsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union in 1940, and he worked as an economist during the Perestroika era. During the 1990s, he became involved in politics with the conservative United Russia members, and he was elected to the State Duma in 2000 as party leader before winning the presidential election with 50.6% of the vote to LDPR leader Valentina Mogusheva's 49.4%.

During Vadimov's presidency, the Duma rebelled against the government by voting 18-16 to approve an income tax. It also voted 23-8 to approve public housing and 29-2 to approve agriculture research. In late 2000, United Russia fell to 48.17% of the vote and 17 seats, while the LDPR rose to 35.58% and 12 seats and the KPRF rose to 16.25% and 6 seats. However, the Duma voted 25-7 to abolish the housing tax in a victory for the government, and Vadimov narrowly won re-election in a 50-50 vote, defeating Mogusheva. He was involved in a corruption scandal just two months after returning to office, damaging his popularity. Under Vadimov, the Duma voted 18-6 in favor of a bus transport service. In early 2001, United Russia dropped to 41.02% and 14 seats, the LDPR rose to 36.72% and 13 seats, and the CPRF rose to 22.27% and 8 seats. Vadimov remained in power after another 50-50 tie with Mogusheva in the presidential election. The Duma then voted 17-7 to approve an unpopular compulsory vote for citizens, with only the CPRF opposing it. The Duma then voted 22-3 to approve a two-term limit for Presidents and voted 32-0 in favor of a road maintenance program. In the mid-2001 elections, United Russia was reduced to 36.36% and 13 seats, the LDPR rose to 39.22% and 14 seats, and the CPRF rose to 24.41% and 8 seats. Despite losing his parliamentary majority, Vadimov was re-elected President with 50.4% of the vote. The Duma voted 14-11 against a housing tax, 32-0 in favor of public libraries, and 30-3 in favor of a school bus tax. In the early 2002 elections, the LDPR dropped to 35.91% and 13 seats, UR dropped to 32.69% and 11 seats, and the CPRF rose to 31.40% and 11 seats. In the ensuing presidential election, Mogusheva won with 53.2% to Vadimov's 46.8%, finally unseating him.

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