Vyacheslav Timchenko (politician)

For other people with the same name, see Vyacheslav Timchenko.

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

Vyacheslav Timchenko
Вячеслав Тимченко
Timchenko in 2023
Senator from Kirov Oblast on legislative authority
Incumbent
Assumed office 6 October 2016
Preceded by	Oleg Kazakovtsev [ru]
Senator from Kirov Oblast on legislative authority
In office 24 September 2014 – September 2016
Preceded by	Yury Isupov
Succeeded by	Oleg Kazakovtsev
Member of the State Duma
In office 2003 – 24 September 2014
Personal details
Born	Vyacheslav Stepanovich Timchenko (1955-11-20) 20 November 1955 (age 69) Novoshakhtinsk, Rostov Oblast, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Soviet Union
Political party	United Russia
Alma mater	South Russian State Polytechnic University

Vyacheslav Stepanovich Timchenko (Russian: Вячеслав Степанович Тимченко; born 20 November 1955) is a Russian politician serving as a senator from Kirov Oblast since 2014, currently serving on legislative authority as of 2016.

He also served as member of the State Duma from 2003 to 2014.[1]

Career

Vyacheslav Timchenko was born on 20 November 1955 in Novoshakhtinsk, Rostov Oblast. In 1978, he graduated from the South Russian State Polytechnic University. Afterward, he worked as design engineer of the department of non-standard equipment of the Kolomna Locomotive Works. From 1981 to 1983, he served in the Soviet Armed Forces. In July 1985, Timchenko was appointed for a position at the Central Committee of the Komsomol. I

In 2003, Timchenko was elected a member of parliament, a deputy of the State Duma.[2] He was reelected in December 2007.

In 2008, he was the Chairman of the All-Russian Council of Local Self-Government. On 4 December 2011, Timchenko got re-elected as deputy of the 6th State Duma. Since 2014, he has served as the senator from Kirov Oblast.[3][4]

Timchenko (center) in 2011

Sanctions

Vyacheslav Timchenko is under personal sanctions introduced by the European Union, the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Switzerland, Australia, Ukraine, New Zealand, for ratifying the decisions of the "Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance between the Russian Federation and the Donetsk People's Republic and between the Russian Federation and the Luhansk People's Republic" and providing political and economic support for Russia's annexation of Ukrainian territories.[5][6][7][8]

References

1. "Депутаты". Государственная Дума (in Russian). Retrieved 23 October 2023.
2. "Депутаты". Государственная Дума (in Russian). Retrieved 23 October 2023.
3. "Тимченко, Вячеслав Степанович". ТАСС. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
4. "Вячеслав Степанович Тимченко". Парламентская газета. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
5. "Timchenko Viacheslav Stepanovich". War and sanctions. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
6. "Sanctions – Russian invasion of Ukraine". Government of Canada. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
7. "Official Journal of the European Union". European Union. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
8. "Treasury Imposes Swift and Severe Costs on Russia for Putin's Purported Annexation of Regions of Ukraine". US Department of the treasury. 30 September 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2023.