Viktor Smirnov

Viktor Smirnov
Виктор Смирнов
Member of the State Duma for Ivanovo Oblast
Assumed office
12 October 2021
Preceded byAleksey Khokhlov
Constituency Ivanovo (No. 91)
Senator from the Legislative Assembly of Volgograd Oblast
In office
27 September 2018 – 6 October 2021
Preceded byVladimir Bochkov
Succeeded byAlexander Gusakovsky
Personal details
Born (1968-09-09) 9 September 1968 (age 56)
Zavolzhsk, Ivanovo Oblast, Russian SFSR, USSR
Political partyUnited Russia
Alma materYaroslavl State Pedagogical Institute
North-West Academy of Public Administration

Viktor Vladimirovich Smirnov (Russian: Виктор Владимирович Смирнов; September 9, 1968, Kineshma, Ivanovo Oblast) is a Russian political figure, deputy of the 8th State Dumas.[1]

Smirnov started his political career in 1993 when he was elected deputy of the municipal committee of the city of Zavolzhsk. Later he continued working as the head of the Department of Education of the Administration of Kokhma. From 2002 to 2003, Smirnov was a docent at the Department of Constitutional Law and General Theoretical Legal Disciplines of the Ivanovo Branch of the International Institute of Management. He left the post to start working at the election commission of the Ivanovo Oblast. In 2005–2012, Smirnov worked as the chairman of the regional electoral committee. From June 2012 to September 2013, he served as vice-governor of the Ivanovo Oblast. Due to the election to the Ivanovo Oblast Duma of the 6th convocation, he left the post. In 2018, Smirnov became a member of the Federation Council. Since September 2021, he has served as deputy of the 8th State Duma.[1][2][3]

References

  1. ^ a b "Смирнов, Виктор Владимирович" (in Russian). ТАСС Энциклопедия. Archived from the original on 13 February 2020. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Список избранных депутатов Государственной Думы РФ восьмого созыва" (in Russian). Российская газета. 25 September 2021. Archived from the original on 6 October 2021. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  3. ^ "Михаил Кизеев и Виктор Смирнов - лидеры праймериз «ЕР» в Ивановской области" (in Russian). Аргументы и Факты. 31 May 2021. Archived from the original on 13 June 2021. Retrieved 17 March 2022.