Alexander Gurov (politician)

This name uses Eastern Slavic naming customs; the patronymic is Ivanovich and the family name is Gurov.

Alexandr Ivanovich Gurov (Militsiya Lt. Gen., Professor) (Russian: Александр Иванович Гуров; born November 17, 1945 in Tambov Oblast) is a Russian politician and earlier career Soviet police detective in the 1980s who made his name researching the Soviet organized crime and commenting it for the media.

In 1999 he co-founded the pro-government Unity Party of Russia. Since 1999, Gurov has been a member of the State Duma, its Unity and United Russia factions, and Committee for Security.

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