| Office: | Member of the State Duma for Chelyabinsk Oblast |
| Term Start: | 5 October 2016 |
| Predecessor: | constituency re-established |
| Constituency: | Magnitogorsk (No. 192) |
| Office3: | Mayor of Magnitogorsk |
| Term Start3: | 28 October 2015 |
| Term End3: | 27 September 2016 |
| Predecessor3: | Serget Berdnikov |
| Successor3: | Evgeny Teftelev |
| Birth Date: | 12 August 1961 |
| Birth Place: | Magnitogorsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast, USSR |
| Alma Mater: | Magnitogorsk State Technical University |
Vitaly Viktorovich Bakhmetyev (Russian: Виталий Викторович Бахметьев; born 12 August 1961, Magnitogorsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast) is a Russian political figure, deputy of the 7th and 8th State Duma convocations.[1] He was born in the family of metallurgists. Later he graduated from the Magnitogorsk State Technical University. In 1984 he started working at the Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works,[2] and eight years later, he headed the metal forming and foundry workshop of the plant.[1] [3]
In 2005 Bakhmetyev was elected as a deputy to the Magnitogorsk City Council of the 3rd convocation, where he was allocated to the committee on budget and fiscal policies. Three years later, Bakhmetyev became the commercial director for material and technical resources of the Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works. In 2012, he was among the confidants of Vladimir Putin in the Russian presidential election. In 2015 Bakhmetyev was appointed the Mayor of Magnitogorsk;[4] he left the post on 27 September 2016, as he was elected to the State Duma of the 7th convocation.[5] He continued his service as a deputy in the 8th State Duma. He ran with the United Russia.[1] [6]
Vitaly Bakhmetyev is married and has three children.[1]
Sanctioned by the UK government in 2022 in relation to Russo-Ukrainian War. [7]