Viktor Kidyayev

Russian politician

Виктор Кидяев

Deputy of the State Duma

Incumbent

Assumed office
May 2009Chairman of the State Duma Committee on the Federal Structure and Local GovernmentIn office
December 2011 – September 2016Preceded byVyacheslav TimchenkoSucceeded byAlexei Didenko Personal detailsBorn (1956-07-09) 9 July 1956 (age 67)
Zhukovka, Mordovian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, USSRPolitical partyUnited RussiaAlma materMordovian State University

Viktor Borisovich Kidyayev (Russian: Виктор Борисович Кидяев; born July 9, 1956, Zhukovka, Mordovian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic) is a Russian political figure and deputy of the 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th State Dumas.^[1]

In 1986, he headed the knitting factory in Zubova Polyana. From 1987 to 1996, he was the chairman of the district consumer union. Kidyaev was elected member of the district council of deputies and deputy of the State Assembly of the Republic of Mordovia. In 1996, he was elected head of the Zubovo-Polyansky District and remained in that position for more than 12 years. Since 2007, he has been a member of the United Russia party. In 2009, he received Oleg Korgunov's mandate in the 5th State Duma from the Tambov Oblast constituency. In 2011, 2016, and 2021 he was re-elected as deputy of the 6th, 7th, and 8th State Dumas respectively.^[1]^[2]^[3]

In 2015, Viktor Kidayev was suspended from supervising the United Russia election campaign in the Kaluga Oblast following reports of intimidation of members of the region's election commission.^[4]

Sanctions

Sanctioned by the UK government in 2022 in relation to Russo-Ukrainian War. ^[5]

He is one of the members of the State Duma the United States Treasury sanctioned on 24 March 2022 in response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.^[6]

Awards

References

^ ^a ^b "Кидяев, Виктор Борисович" (in Russian). ТАСС Энциклопедия. Retrieved 2022-02-23.
^ "Виктор Борисович Кидяев" (in Russian). Парламентская газета. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
^ "Список избранных депутатов Государственной Думы РФ восьмого созыва" (in Russian). Российская газета. 2021-09-25. Retrieved 2022-02-18.
^ "Единороссы отстранили своего куратора выборов после скандала с ПАРНАС". РБК. 2015-08-11. Retrieved 2022-02-25.
^ "CONSOLIDATED LIST OF FINANCIAL SANCTIONS TARGETS IN THE UK" (PDF). Retrieved 16 April 2023.
^ "U.S. Treasury Sanctions Russia's Defense-Industrial Base, the Russian Duma and Its Members, and Sberbank CEO". U.S. Department of the Treasury. Retrieved 2022-04-10.