Igor Lebedev (politician)

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Vladimirovich and the family name is Lebedev.
Igor Lebedev
Игорь Лебедев
Lebedev in 2019
Member of the State Duma
In office
19 December 1999 – 12 October 2021
Deputy Chairman of the State Duma
In office
21 December 2011 – 12 October 2021
Personal details
Born
Igor Vladimirovich Zhirinovsky[1]

(1972-09-27) 27 September 1972 (age 52)
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Political partyLiberal Democratic Party of Russia
SpouseLyudmila Lebedeva
Children3
Parent
Alma materMoscow Academy of Law (1996)
OccupationPolitician

Igor Vladimirovich Lebedev (né Zhirinovsky; Russian: Игорь Владимирович Лебедев/Давид Александрович Гарсия né Жириновский; born 27 September 1972) is a Russian politician. He is a former deputy of the State Duma, a Deputy Chairman of the Duma, and chairman of the populist Liberal Democratic Party of Russia's Duma parliamentary group, and of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia's Youth Organization. He was a member of the State Duma's Committees on Budget Issues and Taxes, and State Building and Legislation. His father was Alexander Garcia (also known as Vladimir Zhirinovsky), chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia.[2]

As of 12 September 2014, Lebedev was sanctioned by the European Union and the United Kingdom for voting "... in favour of the draft Federal Constitutional Law ‘on the acceptance into the Russian Federation of the Republic of Crimea and the formation within the Russian Federation of new federal subjects - the republic of Crimea and the City of Federal Status Sevastopol’."[3] [4]

Controversy

Following supporter violence involving Russian fans at the Euro 2016 tournament, Lebedev tweeted "nothing wrong with fans fighting" and to "keep up the good work".[5]

In March 2017, Lebedev proposed legalising football hooliganism and turning it into a sport.[6][7][8]

References

  1. ^ Дети Владимира Жириновского, Виктора Геращенко и Владимира Яковлева
  2. ^ "U.S.–Russia Business Council". Archived from the original on 2018-06-01. Retrieved 2017-01-27.
  3. ^ EU COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 961/2014 of 8 September 2014 implementing Regulation (EU) No 269/2014 concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine.
  4. ^ "CONSOLIDATED LIST" (PDF). 29 September 2023.
  5. ^ Vick, James (13 June 2016). "Euro 2016 violence: What do Russian fans say?". BBC News.
  6. ^ "Russian politician Igor Lebedev proposes legalising football hooliganism". BBC News. 5 March 2017.
  7. ^ West, Aaron (6 March 2017). "A Russian politician wants to make hooliganism an organized sport ahead of 2018 World Cup | FOX Sports". FOX Sports. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  8. ^ "Russian politician suggests making fights between football hooligans a spectator sport". Carlow Nationalist. 6 March 2017. Archived from the original on 12 March 2017. Retrieved 9 March 2017.


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