Badma Bashankayev Explained

Term Start:	12 October 2021
Constituency:	Kalmykia-at-large (No. 15)
Birth Date:	16 June 1978
Education:	First Moscow State Medical University

Badma Nikolayevich Bashankayev (Russian: Бадма Николаевич Башанкаев; born 16 June 1978) is a Russian surgeon and politician.

Career

Bashankayev was born in 1978 in Pyatigorsk. In 2002 he graduated from the First Moscow State Medical University. He is a surgeon by profession.^[1]

Politics

He was a United Russia candidate in the 2021 Russian legislative election. He was elected to the State Duma in the Kalmykia constituency with 40.55 percent of the vote, replacing Marina Mukabenova who did not get re-nominated.^[2] On June 13, 2023 he was appointed chair of the health committee.^[3]

Family

He is married and has a child (for 2021).^[4]

Sanctions

Sanctioned by the UK government in 2022 in relation to Russo-Ukrainian War. ^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Известный российский хирург Бадма Башанкаев провел семинар в Республике Калмыкия. 2021-12-22. minzdrav.gov.ru. ru.
2. Web site: Кандидат от "Единой России" Башанкаев побеждает в Калмыкии на выборах в Госдуму. 2021-12-22. ТАСС.
3. Web site: Loft . Media . All my colleagues who were out of politics are now going to the front. Sergei Rybakov on the mass emigration of prominent doctors from Russia. . 2023-10-22 . www.medialoft.eu . en.
4. Web site: Башанкаев Бадма Николаевич - официальная декларация . 2024-06-19 . declarator.org . ru.
5. Web site: CONSOLIDATED LIST OF FINANCIAL SANCTIONS TARGETS IN THE UK . 16 April 2023.