Zaur Gekkiyev Explained

Native Name Lang:ru
Office:Deputy of the 8th State Duma
Term Start:19 September 2021
Birth Date:12 February 1961
Birth Place:Lashkuta, Baksansky District, Kabardino-Balkarian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, USSR
Alma Mater:Kabardino-Balkarian State Agricultural University

Zaur Gekkiyev (Russian: Заур Далхатович Геккиев, born 12 February 1961 in Lashkuta, Soviet Union) is a Russian political figure and a deputy of the 6th, 7th and 8th State Dumas.[1]

In 2002, Gekkiyev was granted a Candidate of Economic Sciences degree. In 2000 he was appointed the Deputy Head of Administration of Nalchik. In 2002–2003, he was a Minister of Resorts and Tourism of the Kabardino-Balkaria. He was a deputy of the Parliament of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic of the 3rd and 4th convocations. In 2011 he was elected deputy of the 6th State Duma from the Kabardino-Balkaria constituency. Gekkiyev ran with the United Russia. In 2016 and 2021, he was re-elected for the 7th and 8th State Dumas respectively.[1] [2] [3]

Sanctions

Sanctioned by the UK government in 2022 in relation to Russo-Ukrainian War. [4]

On 24 March 2022, the United States Treasury sanctioned him in response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Геккиев, Заур Далхатович. ТАСС Энциклопедия. ru. 2022-02-18.
  2. Web site: Кто родился 12 февраля. Парламентская газета. 2022-02-20.
  3. Web site: Список избранных депутатов Государственной Думы РФ восьмого созыва. 2021-09-25. Российская газета. ru. 2022-02-18.
  4. Web site: CONSOLIDATED LIST OF FINANCIAL SANCTIONS TARGETS IN THE UK . 16 April 2023.
  5. Web site: U.S. Treasury Sanctions Russia's Defense-Industrial Base, the Russian Duma and Its Members, and Sberbank CEO . 2022-04-10 . U.S. Department of the Treasury . en.