| Native Name Lang: | ru |
| Width: | 170px |
| Nationality: | Russian |
| Office: | Russian Federation Senator from the Republic of Ingushetia |
| Term Start: | 11 March 2004 |
| Term End: | 3 March 2010 |
| Predecessor: | Igor Kamenskoy |
| Successor: | Musa Keligov |
| Office1: | Permanent Representative from Russia to the European Union |
| Term Start1: | 5 May 1998 |
| Term End1: | 11 March 2003 |
| Predecessor1: | Ivan Silayev |
| Successor1: | Mikhail Fradkov |
| Office2: | Chairman of the State Council of Tatarstan |
| Term Start2: | 1 March 1995 |
| Term End2: | 27 May 1998 |
| Predecessor2: | office established |
| Successor2: | Farid Mukhametshin |
| Office3: | Vice President of Tatarstan |
| Term Start3: | 4 July 1991 |
| Term End3: | 30 March 1995 |
| Predecessor3: | office established |
| Successor3: | office eliminated |
| President3: | Mintimer Shaimiev |
| Birth Date: | 5 January 1952 |
| Birth Place: | Gorky, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Education: | Kazan State University |
| Degree: | PhD in Law, professor |
| Spouse: | Nina F. Likhachyova |
Vasily Nikolayevich Likhachyov (Russian: link=no|Василий Николаевич Лихачёв; 5 January 1952 – 8 April 2019)[1] was a Russian politician, the Permanent Representative for Russia to the European Council (1998),[2] and Deputy Minister of Justice in Russia. Since 2011 until his death he was a Russian State Duma deputy from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation.[3]
Likhachyov was the son of Nina F. Likhachyova and was married to Nailya Imatovna Taktasheva and had two daughters.[4]
In 1975 he graduated from Kazan State University and obtained a degree of PhD in Law.[5] He was a Fellow of Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, an Associate Member of Tatarstan Republic Academy of Sciences.[6]
In 1978–1988 he was an associate professor in Kazan University. During the period of 1982–1983 he was lecturing in National Law school of Guinea-Bissau Republic. In 1987–1988 he was a lecturer in the University of Madagascar Republic.
From 1991 to 1995 he was holding an office of Vice-president of Tatarstan Republic. In 1995–1998 he was a Chair of the National Council of Tatarstan Republic and a chairman assistant of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation. From 1998 to 2003 he was a Permanent Representative from Russian Federation in European Communities, Brussel.[7] In 2004 he was elected as a representative from the legislative body of Republic Ingushetia government to the Federation Council. In 2010 he was appointed a Deputy Minister of Justice of Russian Federation and stayed in this office till 2011.[8] [9] He was a member of Duma Committee on the Commonwealth of Independent States and Connections with Countrymen.[10] He authored ten monographs and more than 500 scientific articles. He had a diplomatic rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.[8]