| Krym Kazanokov | |
| Native Name: | Крым Казаноков |
| Native Name Lang: | ru |
| Office: | Russian Federation Senator from the Karachay-Cherkess Republic |
| Term Start: | 25 June 2019 |
| Predecessor: | Rauf Arashukov |
| Term Start1: | 5 February 2016 |
| Term End1: | 18 September 2016 |
| Predecessor1: | Vyacheslav Derev |
| Successor1: | Rauf Arashukov |
| Party: | United Russia |
| Birth Name: | Krym Oliyevich Kazanokov |
| Birth Date: | 19 July 1962 |
| Birth Place: | Kosh-Khabl, Russia, Soviet Union |
Krym Oliyevich Kazanokov (Russian: Крым Олиевич Казаноков; born on 19 July 1962), is a Russian politician who is currently a member of the Federation Council from the executive authority of Karachay-Cherkessia since 2019, after he had already briefly served as a senator in 2016.
Krym Kazanokov was born in the village of Kosh-Khabl of 19 July 1962.
He graduated from the Stavropol Polytechnic Institute with a degree in civil engineer and the North Caucasus Academy of Public Administration with a degree in state and municipal administration. He was a master of Sports of the Soviet Union in freestyle wrestling, and an honored Builder of the Karachay-Cherkess Republic.[1]
Kazanokov was a member of the People's Assembly (Parliament) of the Karachay-Cherkess Republic of the fifth convocation, and was the chairman of the People's Assembly Committee on Industry, Transport, Construction, Communications and Energy.
On 5 February 2016, Kazanokov was sworn in with the powers of as a member of the Federation Council - a representative of the executive body of state power of Karachay-Cherkessia.[2] In accordance with the unofficial agreement reached in 2011 on the distribution of posts on a national basis, the representative in the Federation Council from the government and the head of the government of Karachay-Cherkessia should be Circassian, as at the time of Kazanokov's appointment, the government was headed by his brother, Ruslan.[3]
On 18 September 2016, Rauf Arashukov had replaced Kazanokov to become a new member of the Federation Council from the executive authority of Karachay-Cherkessia.
In 2017, with the support of United Russia,Kazanokov was elected to the Duma of the municipal formation of Cherkessk.[4]
On 25 June 2019, the head of Karachay-Cherkessia, Rashid Temrezov, had appointed Kazanokov with the powers of a member of the Federation Council again in view of the arrest and removal of Arashukov.[5]
On 19 September 2021, the re-elected head of the republic, Temrezov, reappointed Kazanokov as the senator from the executive body of state power in the region.[6]
Sanctioned by the UK government in 2022 in relation to Russo-Ukrainian War. [7]