Leonid Simanovsky Explained

Honorific Suffix:MP
Office:Member of the State Duma (Party List Seat)
Term Start:29 December 2003
Birth Date:19 July 1949
Birth Place:Kuybyshev, RSFSR, USSR
Party:United Russia
Spouse:Sofia Kimovna Simanovskaya
Children:Svetlana (daughter)
Education:Kuybyshev Planning Institute

Leonid Yakovlevich Simanovsky (Russian: Леонид Яковлевич Симановский; July 19, 1949) is a Russian businessman and political figure, serving as a deputy in the State Duma from the United Russia party list since 2003.[1]

From 1996 to 2001, Simanovsky was a vice-president at Yukos, then one of the largest petroleum firms in Russia. In 2000, he founded and headed the company "Khimpromindustriya". In 2003, 2007, 2011, 2016, and 2021, he was consecutively elected as a deputy for the 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th convocations of the State Duma.[1] [2] As a deputy, he belongs to the State Duma Committee on Budget & Taxes.[3]

In 2021, Simanovsky was 85th on the Forbes list of 200 wealthiest Russian businessmen.[4]

Sanctions

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

He is one of the members of the State Duma the United States Treasury sanctioned on 24 March 2022 in response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Симановский, Леонид Яковлевич. Simanovsky, Leonid Yakovlevich. TASS. ТАСС Энциклопедия. ru. 2022-02-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20230528164257/https://tass.ru/encyclopedia/person/simanovskiy-leonid-yakovlevich. 2023-05-28.
  2. Web site: Список избранных депутатов Государственной Думы РФ восьмого созыва. 2021-09-25. Российская газета. ru. 2022-02-18. 2021-10-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20211006172242/https://rg.ru/2021/09/24/spisok.html. live.
  3. Web site: Симановский Леонид Яковлевич . Simanovsky Leonid Yakovlevich . duma.gov.ru . . 30 April 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230924232820/http://duma.gov.ru/duma/persons/99110096/ . 24 September 2023 . . ru.
  4. Web site: Леонид Симановский. Forbes. ru. 2022-03-16. 2022-02-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20220223060915/https://www.forbes.ru/profile/leonid-simanovskii. live.
  5. Web site: CONSOLIDATED LIST OF FINANCIAL SANCTIONS TARGETS IN THE UK . 16 April 2023.
  6. Web site: U.S. Treasury Sanctions Russia's Defense-Industrial Base, the Russian Duma and Its Members, and Sberbank CEO . 2022-04-10 . U.S. Department of the Treasury . en.