| Vladimir Lukin | |
| Native Name Lang: | ru |
| Office: | Russian Federation Senator from Tver Oblast |
| Term Start: | 23 September 2016 |
| Term End: | 26 September 2021 |
| Predecessor: | Viktor Abramov |
| Successor: | Lyudmila Skakovskaya |
| Office2: | 3rd Commissioner for Human Rights |
| Term Start2: | 13 February 2004 |
| Term End2: | 18 March 2014 |
| President2: | Vladimir Putin Dmitry Medvedev Vladimir Putin |
| Predecessor2: | Oleg Mironov |
| Successor2: | Ella Pamfilova |
| Office3: | Ambassador of Russia to the United States |
| Term Start3: | 24 January 1992 |
| Term End3: | 8 February 1994 |
| President3: | Boris Yeltsin |
| Predecessor3: | Viktor Komplektov |
| Successor3: | Yuli Vorontsov |
| Birth Date: | 13 July 1937 |
| Birth Place: | Omsk, Russian SFSR, USSR |
| Nationality: | Russian |
| Party: | Yabloko (co-founder; 1993–2004, 2016–2020) |
| Otherparty: | CPSU (1960–1991) |
| Alma Mater: | Moscow State Pedagogical University |
Vladimir Petrovich Lukin, sometimes (rarely and erroneously) Lokin, (Russian: Влади́мир Петро́вич Луки́н|Vladímir Petróvich Lukín; born 13 July 1937) is a Russian politician who served as Human Rights Commissioner of Russia from February 2004 to March 2014. He was the President of the Russian Paralympic Committee from 1997 to 2021.[1] [2] He was the Russian Ambassador to the United States from 1992 to 1994.
In 1990s, Lukin was one of the founders of the liberal-democratic Yabloko Party (the letter L in "Yabloko" came from his name). He previously served as the deputy chairman of the Russian Duma, chair of the Duma's Foreign Affairs Committee and as Ombudsman. He is a director on the board of the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI), and is also a former Ambassador to the United States. He is considered a long-time specialist in U.S.-Soviet/Russian strategic arms control issues and is a member of Russia's Council on Foreign and Defense Policy, an independent association of national security experts.
On 18 February 2009, at President Medvedev's recommendation, the Russian Duma voted him another five-year term as human rights commissioner. This term expired in March 2014, and Lukin was replaced by Ella Pamfilova.
In 2014, Lukin was awarded the Paralympic Order.[3]