| Alexey Chernyak | |
| Native Name Lang: | ru |
| Office: | Member of the State Duma from Crimea |
| Term Start: | 12 October 2021 |
| Term End: | 3 September 2022 |
| Predecessor: | Andrey Kozenko |
| Successor: | Yury Nesterenko |
| Constituency: | Simferopol (No. 19) |
| Birth Date: | 27 August 1973 |
| Birth Place: | Almaty, Kazakh SSR, USSR |
| Party: | United Russia |
| Nationality: | Ukrainian (until 2014) Russian (2014-present) |
| Alma Mater: | Crimean Federal University (D.Sc.) |
Alexey Yuryevich Chernyak (Russian: Алексей Юрьевич Черняк; born 27 August 1973) is a Russian political figure and a former member of the State Duma.[1]
In 2018, Chernyak was granted a Doctor of Sciences degree in economics; he presented his thesis at the Baltic Academy of Tourism and Entrepreneurship. Chernyak has been engaged in politics since 1999 when he founded the youth public organization "Altamira" in Simferopol. In 2005–2011, he was the Chairman of the Crimean republican youth public organization "Union of Youth of the Regions of Ukraine". He was a member of the Party of Regions, and in 2006, he was elected as a deputy to the Verkhovna Rada of Crimea of the 5th convocation. From 2009 to 2010, he was the Deputy Minister for Youth Affairs, Family and Gender Policy of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. In September 2014, he was appointed head of the Crimean Parliament's Committee on Health-Resort Complex and Tourism.[2]
In 2014, Chernyak joined the United Russia. From 2014 to 2021, he was a deputy of the State Council of Crimea of the 1st and 2nd convocations. Since September 2021, he has served as a deputy of the 8th State Duma.[3]
Sanctioned by the UK government in 2022 in relation to Russo-Ukrainian War.[4]