Alexander Gurov (politician)

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

On July 25, 1973, Junior Lieutenant of the Police Alexander Gurov shot and killed the Berberov family's pet lion, King, who was at the time participating in the filming of Unbelievable Adventures of Italians in Russia [1][2] [3] at the time, after it attacked a person.

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.