Leonid Simanovsky

Russian politician

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Леонид Симановский

Simanovsky in 2018

Member of the State Duma (Party List Seat)

Incumbent

Assumed office
29 December 2003 Personal detailsBorn (1949-07-19) 19 July 1949 (age 74)
Kuybyshev, RSFSR, USSRPolitical partyUnited RussiaSpouseSofia Kimovna SimanovskayaChildrenSvetlana (daughter)EducationKuybyshev Planning Institute

Leonid Yakovlevich Simanovsky (Russian: Леонид Яковлевич Симановский; July 19, 1949) is a Russian businessman and political figure, serving as a deputy in the State Duma from the United Russia party list since 2003.^[1]

From 1996 to 2001, Simanovsky was a vice-president at Yukos, then one of the largest petroleum firms in Russia. In 2000, he founded and headed the company "Khimpromindustriya". In 2003, 2007, 2011, 2016, and 2021, he was consecutively elected as a deputy for the 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th convocations of the State Duma.^[1]^[2] As a deputy, he belongs to the State Duma Committee on Budget & Taxes.^[3]

In 2021, Simanovsky was 85th on the Forbes list of 200 wealthiest Russian businessmen.^[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]

References

^ ^a ^b "Симановский, Леонид Яковлевич" [Simanovsky, Leonid Yakovlevich]. TASS (in Russian). ТАСС Энциклопедия. Archived from the original on 2023-05-28. Retrieved 2022-02-23.
^ "Список избранных депутатов Государственной Думы РФ восьмого созыва" (in Russian). Российская газета. 2021-09-25. Archived from the original on 2021-10-06. Retrieved 2022-02-18.
^ "Симановский Леонид Яковлевич" [Simanovsky Leonid Yakovlevich]. duma.gov.ru (in Russian). Moscow: State Duma. Archived from the original on 24 September 2023. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
^ "Леонид Симановский". Forbes (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2022-02-23. Retrieved 2022-03-16.
^ "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.