This article contains the list of candidates associated with the 2000 Russian presidential election.

A total of 33 candidates were nominated; 15 submitted the application forms to the Central Electoral Committee, and ultimately 12 candidates were registered.White, S. (2001). The Russian presidential election, March 2000. Electoral Studies, 20(3).

Registered candidates Candidates are listed in the order they appear on the ballot paper (alphabetical order in Russian). Candidate name, age,political party Political offices Registration dateStanislav Govorukhin(64)IndependentDeputy of the State Duma(1994–2003 and 2005–2018)Film director15 February 2000Umar Dzhabrailov(41)Power of Reason Businessman18 February 2000Vladimir Zhirinovsky(53)Liberal Democratic Party(campaign)Deputy of the State Duma(1994–2022)Leader of the Liberal Democratic Party(1991–2022)2 March 2000Gennady Zyuganov(55)Communist Party(campaign)Deputy of the State Duma(1994–present)Leader of the Communist Party(1993–present)28 January 2000Ella Pamfilova(46)For Civic DignityDeputy of the State Duma(1994–2000)Minister of Social Protectionof the Population of Russia(1991–1994)15 February 2000Alexey Podberezkin(47)Spiritual HeritageDeputy of the State Duma(1996–2000)29 January 2000Vladimir Putin(47)IndependentSupported by Unity, OVR and SPS(campaign)Acting President of Russia(1999–2000)Prime Minister of Russia(1999–2000)Director of the Federal Security Service(1998–1999)7 February 2000Yury Skuratov(47)Independent(campaign)Prosecutor General of Russia(1995–1999)18 February 2000Konstantin Titov(55)IndependentSupported by RPSD(campaign)Governor of Samara Oblast(1991–2007)10 February 2000Aman Tuleyev(55)Independent(campaign)Governor of Kemerovo Oblast(1997–2018)7 February 2000Grigory Yavlinsky(47)Yabloko(campaign)Deputy of the State Duma(1994–2003)Leader of the Yabloko party(1995–2008)15 February 2000

Withdrawn candidates Candidate name, age,political party Political offices Details Registration date Date of withdrawalYevgeny Savostyanov(48)IndependentKremlin Deputy Chief of Staff(1996–1998)Chief of Moscow Directorate of the Federal Counterintelligence Service(1993–1994)Supported Grigory Yavlinsky. 18 February 2000 21 March 2000

Rejected nominations

Declared candidates who withdrew without registering

Viktor Chernomyrdin

Possible candidates who did not run The following individuals were included in some polls, were referred to in the media as possible candidates or had publicly expressed interest long before the elections but never announced that they would run.

Viktor Anpilov Dmitry Ayatskov Sergey Baburin Alexander Barkashov Vladimir Bryntsalov Anatoly Chubais Yegor Gaidar Mikhail Gorbachev Tatyana Dyachenko Boris Fyodorov Svyatoslav Fyodorov Viktor Ilyukhin Anatoly Kulikov Mikhail Lapshin Alexander Lebed Alexander Lukashenko Yury Luzhkov Albert Makashov Boris Nemtsov Andrei Nikolayev Yevgeny Primakov Alla Pugacheva Alexander Rutskoy Eduard Rossel Gennady Seleznyov Sergey Shoygu Martin Shakkum Yury Skokov Anatoly Sobchak (died 20 February 2000) Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Sergei Stepashin Yegor Stroyev Sysoyev Nikolai Travkin Boris Yeltsin -constitutionally barred from running

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