Igor Morozov | |
Native Name Lang: | ru |
Office: | Russian Federation Senator from Ryazan Oblast |
Term Start: | 26 October 2017 |
Predecessor: | Larisa Tyurina |
Term Start1: | 7 December 2012 |
Term End1: | 26 October 2017 |
Predecessor1: | Rafgat Altynbayev |
Successor1: | Oleg Kovalyov |
Term Start2: | 22 August 2001 |
Term End2: | 7 December 2003 |
Predecessor2: | Vladimir Fedotkin |
Successor2: | Yury Chaplin |
Office3: | Member of the State Duma |
Term Start3: | 2003 |
Term End3: | 2007 |
Constituency3: | Shilovo |
Birth Date: | 10 December 1956 |
Birth Place: | Spassk-Ryazansky, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
Allegiance: | / |
Branch: | KGB / FSK |
Serviceyears: | 1974–1994 |
Rank: | Lieutenant colonel |
Education: | Moscow Higher Military Command School |
Igor Nikolayevich Morozov (Russian: И́горь Никола́евич Моро́зов; born December 10, 1956) is a Russian politician. He is a member of the Federation Council of the Ryazan Oblast since 2012 (from executive branch until 2017, and then from legislative branch, passing his former seat to ex-governor Oleg Kovalyov).[1] Morozov was candidate for governor of Ryazan Oblast (in the elections in 2004 and in 2012). Expert in the field of international economic relations, the author of several scientific papers.[2] He was once a special operative for the KGB, and completed at least one assignment to the Badakhshan Province in Afghanistan in 1982.[3]
He speaks English, German and Persian languages.
He was sanctioned by the UK government in 2022 in relation to the Russo-Ukrainian War.[4]