Zaur Gekkiyev

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Dalkhatovich and the family name is Gekkiyev.
Zaur Gekkiyev
Заур Геккиев
Deputy of the 8th State Duma
Incumbent
Assumed office
19 September 2021
Personal details
Born (1961-02-12) 12 February 1961 (age 63)
Lashkuta, Baksansky District, Kabardino-Balkarian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, USSR
Political partyUnited Russia
Alma materKabardino-Balkarian State Agricultural University

Zaur Gekkiyev (Russian: Заур Далхатович Геккиев, born 12 February 1961 in Lashkuta, Soviet Union) is a Russian political figure and a deputy of the 6th, 7th and 8th State Dumas.[1]

In 2002, Gekkiyev was granted a Candidate of Economic Sciences degree. In 2000 he was appointed the Deputy Head of Administration of Nalchik. In 2002–2003, he was a Minister of Resorts and Tourism of the Kabardino-Balkaria. He was a deputy of the Parliament of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic of the 3rd and 4th convocations. In 2011 he was elected deputy of the 6th State Duma from the Kabardino-Balkaria constituency. Gekkiyev ran with the United Russia. In 2016 and 2021, he was re-elected for the 7th and 8th State Dumas respectively.[1][2][3]

Sanctions

Sanctioned by the UK government in 2022 in relation to Russo-Ukrainian War. [4]

On 24 March 2022, the United States Treasury sanctioned him in response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "Геккиев, Заур Далхатович" (in Russian). ТАСС Энциклопедия. Retrieved 2022-02-18.
  2. ^ "Кто родился 12 февраля". Парламентская газета. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
  3. ^ "Список избранных депутатов Государственной Думы РФ восьмого созыва" (in Russian). Российская газета. 2021-09-25. Retrieved 2022-02-18.
  4. ^ "CONSOLIDATED LIST OF FINANCIAL SANCTIONS TARGETS IN THE UK" (PDF). Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  5. ^ "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.



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