Alexander Vladimirovich Rutskoy (born 16 September 1947) is a Russian politician and a former Soviet military officer. Rutskoy served as the only Vice President of Russia from 10 July 1991 to 4 October 1993, and as the Governor of Kursk Oblast from 1996 to 2000. In the course of the Russian constitutional crisis of 1993, he was proclaimed acting President of Russia, in opposition to Boris Yeltsin.