Career
He previously worked at the Prosecutor" General’ s Office of Kostroma Oblast. Born in Lenger (Kazakhstan), Shershunov was elected governor in 1996 and re-elected in 2000 with a large majority. In 2005, he was reappointed by Vladimir Putin after direct elections for governors was replaced with presidential appointment.
He died on 20 September 2007, aged 56, in a car crash in Moscow Oblast.