Mikhail Tarasenko

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

Mikhail Tarasenko
Михаил Тарасенко
Member of the State Duma for Lipetsk Oblast
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 October 2016
Preceded by	constituency established
Constituency	Levoberezhny (No. 115)
Member of the State Duma (Party List Seat)
In office 24 December 2007 – 5 October 2016
Personal details
Born	(1947-11-21) 21 November 1947 (age 77) Taganrog, Rostov Oblast, Russian SFSR, USSR
Political party	United Russia
Spouse	Valentina Ivanovna
Education	All-Union Distance Polytechnic Institute Academy of Social Science

Mikhail Vasilievich Tarasenko (Russian: Михаил Васильевич Тарасенко; born 21 November 1947, in Taganrog, Rostov Oblast) is a Russian political figure and a deputy of the 8th State Duma.[1]

After serving in the army, in 1968, Tarasenko started working at the Taganrog Iron & Steel Factory. In 1982, he was appointed The head of the Labor Protection Department of the Central Council of Russia's Mining and Metallurgical Trade Union. From 1996 to 2012, he was the head of Russia's Miners' & Metallurgical Workers' Union. In 2007, 2011, 2016, and 2021, he was elected deputy of the 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th State Dumas, respectively.[1][2][3]

Sanctions

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

Awards

• Order "For Merit to the Fatherland"
• Medal of P. A. Stolypin

References

1. "Тарасенко, Михаил Васильевич" (in Russian). ТАСС. Retrieved 2022-03-18.
2. "Список избранных депутатов Государственной Думы РФ восьмого созыва" (in Russian). Российская газета. 2021-09-25. Retrieved 2022-02-18.
3. "Вся Дума". Коммерсантъ. 2016-11-07. Retrieved 2022-03-06.
4. "CONSOLIDATED LIST OF FINANCIAL SANCTIONS TARGETS IN THE UK" (PDF). Retrieved 16 April 2023.