Oleg Valenchuk

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Dorianovich and the family name is Valenchuk.

Oleg Valenchuk
Олег Валенчук
Member of the State Duma for Kirov Oblast
Incumbent
Assumed office
5 October 2016
Preceded byconstituency re-established
ConstituencyKirovo-Chepetsk (No. 106)
Member of the State Duma (Party List Seat)
In office
24 December 2007 – 5 October 2016
Personal details
Born (1960-09-14) 14 September 1960 (age 64)
Kirov, Russian SFSR, USSR
Political partyUnited Russia (2001-2003, from 2007)
LDPR (2003-2007)
SpouseTatiana Petrovna Valenchuk
Parent2
Alma materKirov State Pedagogical Institute

Oleg Dorianovich Valenchuk (Russian: Олег Дорианович Валенчук; born 14 September, 1960, Kirov, Kirov Oblast) is a Russian political figure and a deputy of the 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th State Dumas.[1]

From 1992 to 1997, Valenchuk served as deputy chairman of the Kirov branch of the Bureau of International Youth Tourism "Sputnik". In 2003–2007, he was the head of the organization. In 1997 he started working as an advisor to politician Mikhail Mikeev who at that time was the Chairman of the Legislative Assembly of the Kirov Oblast. In 2001, Valenchuk became the First Deputy Chairman of the Political Council of the Kirov Oblast branch of the United Russia. In 2003, he was expelled from the party for violating the party regulations as he illegally used party symbols in his election campaign while the party did not officially support him as a candidate. In 2007, he was reinstated in the party. In March 2006, he was elected deputy of the Legislative Assembly of the Kirov Oblast of the 4th convocation. Valenchuk ran with the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia. In 2007, 2011, 2016, and 2021, he was elected deputy of the 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th State Dumas, respectively.[1][2][3][4]

Sanctions

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

References

  1. ^ a b "Валенчук, Олег Дорианович" (in Russian). ТАСС. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  2. ^ "Вся Дума" (in Russian). Коммерсантъ. 7 November 2016. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  3. ^ "Валенчук Олег Дорианович" (in Russian). Федерал Пресс. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
  4. ^ "Олега Валенчука тянет в партию власти" (in Russian). Коммерсантъ. 14 April 2006. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  5. ^ "CONSOLIDATED LIST OF FINANCIAL SANCTIONS TARGETS IN THE UK" (PDF). Retrieved 16 April 2023.



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