| Valentin Zavadnikov | |
| Native Name Lang: | ru |
| Office: | Senator from Saratov Oblast |
| Term Start: | 30 January 2002 |
| Term End: | 25 November 2011 |
| Successor: | Mikhail Isayev |
| Birth Name: | Valentin Zavadnikov |
| Birth Date: | 30 April 1963 |
| Birth Place: | Kryvyi Rih, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Alma Mater: | Maritime State University |
Valentin Georgievich Zavadnikov (Russian: Валентин Георгиевич Завадников; born 30 April 1963) is a Russian politician who served as a senator from Saratov Oblast from 2002 to 2011.
Valentin Zavadnikov was born on 30 April 1963 in Kryvyi Rih, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. In 1985, he graduated from the Maritime State University. Afterward, he worked at the Primorsky Shipping Company of the city of Nakhodka, Primorsky Krai. From 1997 to 2001, he was a member of the Commission under the President of the Russian Federation for the preparation of agreements on the delimitation of jurisdiction and powers between federal state authorities and state authorities of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation. From January 2002 to November 2011, he represented Saratov Oblast in the Federation Council.[1]