Mikhail Gorbachev 1996 presidential campaign

Mikhail Gorbachev 1996 presidential campaign
Campaigned for1996 Russian presidential election
CandidateMikhail Gorbachev
Leader of the Soviet Union and General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
(1985–1991)

President of the Soviet Union
(1990–1991)

Chairman of the Supreme Soviet
(1989–1990)

Chairman of the Presidum of the Supreme Soviet (1988–1989)
AffiliationIndependent

Mikhail Gorbachev, a former president of the Soviet Union and General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, ran in the 1996 Russian presidential election. Gorbachev's candidacy was beset by the obstacles of both minimal media coverage and a high level of disdain towards him amongst the Russian populace. Gorbachev's candidacy ended in defeat during the first round of the election. The effort was the first and only electoral campaign of Gorbachev's post-Soviet political career.