Oleg Savchenko (politician, born 1966)

Oleg Savchenko
Олег Савченко
Member of the State Duma for Volgograd Oblast
Assumed office
12 October 2021
Preceded byIrina Guseva
ConstituencyVolzhsky (No. 84)
Member of the State Duma (Party List Seat)
In office
29 December 2003 – 5 October 2016
Personal details
Born (1966-10-25) 25 October 1966 (age 58)
Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR
Political partyUnited Russia
Alma materMoscow Aviation Institute

Oleg Vladimirovich Savchenko (Russian: Олег Владимирович Савченко; October 25, 1966, Saryg-Sep, Kaa-Khemsky District) is a Russian political figure and deputy of the 4th, 5th, 6th, and 8th State Dumas.[1]

After graduating from the university, Savchenko worked at the Moscow Radio Engineering Plant. In 1996, he was appointed director of the gold mining enterprise at the Mayskoye deposit in the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug. From 1998 to 2000, he was an assistant to a member of the Federation Council. Since 2003, he was elected deputy of the 4th, 5th, and 6th State Dumas. Since September 2021, he has served as deputy of the 8th State Duma.[1][2][3]

In 2021, Savchenko became 22nd in the Forbes ranking of the wealthiest civil servants in Russia.[4]

Sanctions

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

In March 2022, Italian authorities, as a reaction to 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, confiscated Savchenko's villa in Tuscany.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b "Савченко, Олег Владимирович" (in Russian). ТАСС Энциклопедия. Retrieved 2022-02-23.
  2. ^ "Список избранных депутатов Государственной Думы РФ восьмого созыва" (in Russian). Российская газета. 2021-09-25. Retrieved 2022-02-18.
  3. ^ "Савченко Олег Владимирович" (in Russian). ФедералПресс. Retrieved 2022-03-15.
  4. ^ "Олег Савченко". Forbes (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-03-15.
  5. ^ "CONSOLIDATED LIST OF FINANCIAL SANCTIONS TARGETS IN THE UK" (PDF). Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  6. ^ ""Случившееся принимаю как данность. Продолжаем жить дальше": Олег Савченко о конфискации его виллы в Италии" (in Russian). Блокнот Волгоград. 2022-03-05. Retrieved 2022-03-15.