Sergei Tsekov

Sergei Tsekov


Russian Federation Senator from Crimea
Incumbent
Assumed office 26 March 2014 Serving with Olga Kovitidi
Preceded by	Seat established
Deputy Chair of the Supreme Council of Crimea
In office 28 February 2014 – 26 March 2014
In office 19 March 2010 – 16 November 2010
In office 19 May 2006 – 5 October 2009
Chair of the Supreme Council of Crimea
In office 10 May 1994 – 6 July 1995
Preceded by	Mykola Bahrov
Succeeded by	Yevheniy Suprunyuk
Member of the Supreme Council of Crimea
In office 10 May 1994 – 26 March 2014
People's Deputy of Ukraine
In office 15 May 1990 – 10 May 1994

Personal details
Born	(1953-09-28) 28 September 1953 (age 70)^[1]^[2] Simferopol, Crimea Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now disputed)
Political party	Party of Regions (before 2014) United Russia (since 2014)

Sergei Pavlovich Tsekov (Russian: Сергей Павлович Цеков, Ukrainian: Сергій Павлович Цеков; born 28 September 1953 in Simferopol^[3]) is a Russian and former Ukrainian politician, who serves as the Russian Federation Senator from Crimea since 2014.

A longtime pro-Russian activist, he voted against the ratification of the Ukrainian declaration of independence in 1991 while serving as a member of the Ukrainian Supreme Soviet, which was then succeeded by the Verkhovna Rada. He became the Chair of the legislature of his native Crimea in 1994, serving for one year. As an experienced member of the council, he was chosen by his successors as their deputy several times.^[4]

Biography

Tsekov was born on 28 September 1953 in Simferopol.

He graduated from the Medical Crimean Federal University, before pursuing a career in politics.

Tsekov as a Member of the Verkhovna Rada in 1990

Tsekov was a key player on the Supreme Council of Crimea in the events following the 2014 Ukrainian Revolution, during which he refused to recognise the legitimacy of the new government that came to power and successfully pushed for the peninsula's integration with Russia. After the annexation, he was placed on the sanctions list of the United Kingdom and has since been added to similar lists of other countries.^[5]

Tsekov took office as a Russian Federation Senator in 2014 after being appointed to represent his region by the Supreme Council. Since 2019, he serves on the Committee on International Affairs.

References

^ "Структура". Совет Федерации Федерального Собрания Российской Федерации (in Russian). 2023-10-25. Retrieved 2023-11-06.
^ "Офіційний портал Верховної Ради України". static.rada.gov.ua. Retrieved 2024-02-05.
^ "Портал русского народа Крыма | | Председатель Русской общины Крыма". www.ruscrimea.ru. Archived from the original on 2013-04-04.
^ "Who did not vote for the Independence of Ukraine". Glavcom (in Ukrainian). 24 July 2017.
^ "CONSOLIDATED LIST OF FINANCIAL SANCTIONS TARGETS IN THE UK" (PDF). Retrieved 16 April 2023.