Birthday: Boris Yeltsin

Born in Sverdlovsk, Russia in 1931, Yeltsin was educated at the Urals Polytechnic Institute. While working as a construction worker he joined the Communist Party in 1961. In 1976 he became first secretary of the Sverdlovsk region and began working his way up the Communist Party. In 1985 he was appointed by Mikhail Gorbachev as Moscow party boss but was ousted from his post for criticizing many of Gorbachevs reforms. In 1991 after the fall of the Communist Party, Yeltsin became the first democratically elected President of Russia.

As President of Russia Yeltsin fought numerous economic battles as well as a rebellion in Chechnya. On December 31, 1999 Yeltsin resigned his presidency due to failing health.

If Boris Yelstin died today he would be worth 26 points for Dave.