Career
During his presidency, he was responsible for much of the economic development in Mari El. At the same time, he was criticised for his autocratic ideology, accused of supporting Chechen rebels, and his supposed "cult of personality". Since then, his political whereabouts are left unknown.
Kislitsyn was born in 1948 in the Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic of the Soviet Union.
Prior to serving in the Soviet Army, he was trained as mechanic in a specialized vocational school in Tomsk. He graduated from the Tomsk Railway College.
After serving in the Army from 1971, he worked as the chairman of the District Committee for Physical Culture and Sports, the instructor of the Executive Committee Medvedevsky District Council. In 1978 he graduated from the Faculty of History, Mari State Pedagogical Institute.
He began his political career during the Soviet Union, where he eventually became President of Mari El.
Kislitsyn is married, and he has one daughter.