Vyacheslav Timchenko (politician) explained

Vyacheslav Timchenko
Native Name Lang:ru
Office1:Senator from Kirov Oblast on legislative authority
Term Start1:6 October 2016
Office2:Senator from Kirov Oblast on legislative authority
Term Start2:24 September 2014
Term End2:September 2016
Predecessor2:Yury Isupov
Successor2:Oleg Kazakovtsev
Office3:Member of the State Duma
Term Start3:2003
Term End3:24 September 2014
Birth Name:Vyacheslav Stepanovich Timchenko
Birth Date:20 November 1955
Birth Place:Novoshakhtinsk, Rostov Oblast, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Soviet Union
Party:United Russia
Alma Mater:South Russian State Polytechnic University

Vyacheslav Stepanovich Timchenko (Russian: Вячеслав Степанович Тимченко; born 20 November 1955) is a Russian politician serving as a senator from Kirov Oblast since 2014, currently serving on legislative authority as of 2016.

He also served as member of the State Duma from 2003 to 2014.[1]

Career

Vyacheslav Timchenko was born on 20 November 1955 in Novoshakhtinsk, Rostov Oblast. In 1978, he graduated from the South Russian State Polytechnic University. Afterward, he worked as design engineer of the department of non-standard equipment of the Kolomna Locomotive Works. From 1981 to 1983, he served in the Soviet Armed Forces. In July 1985, Timchenko was appointed for a position at the Central Committee of the Komsomol. I

In 2003, Timchenko was elected a member of parliament, a deputy of the State Duma.[2] He was reelected in December 2007.

In 2008, he was the Chairman of the All-Russian Council of Local Self-Government. On 4 December 2011, Timchenko got re-elected as deputy of the 6th State Duma. Since 2014, he has served as the senator from Kirov Oblast.[3] [4]

Sanctions

Vyacheslav Timchenko is under personal sanctions introduced by the European Union, the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Switzerland, Australia, Ukraine, New Zealand, for ratifying the decisions of the "Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance between the Russian Federation and the Donetsk People's Republic and between the Russian Federation and the Luhansk People's Republic" and providing political and economic support for Russia's annexation of Ukrainian territories.[5] [6] [7] [8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Депутаты . 2023-10-23 . Государственная Дума . ru.
  2. Web site: Депутаты . 2023-10-23 . Государственная Дума . ru.
  3. Web site: Тимченко, Вячеслав Степанович. ТАСС. 2023-05-10.
  4. Web site: Вячеслав Степанович Тимченко. Парламентская газета. 2023-05-10.
  5. Web site: Timchenko Viacheslav Stepanovich. War and sanctions. 2023-05-10.
  6. Web site: Sanctions – Russian invasion of Ukraine. Government of Canada. 2023-05-10.
  7. Web site: Official Journal of the European Union. European Union. 2023-05-10.
  8. Web site: Treasury Imposes Swift and Severe Costs on Russia for Putin's Purported Annexation of Regions of Ukraine. 30 September 2022. US Department of the treasury. 2023-05-10.