Leonid Simanovsky
Леонид Симановский
Member of the State Duma
Assumed office
24 December 2007
Personal details
Born (1949-07-19) 19 July 1949
Samara, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, USSR
Political partyUnited Russia
Alma materSamara State Economic University

Leonid Simanovsky (Russian: Леонид Яковлевич Симановский; July 19, 1949, Krasnoyarsk) is a Russian political figure, deputy of the 7th, and 8th State Dumas.[1]

From 1996 to 2001, Simanovsky was a vice-president of the Yukos oil company. In 2000, he founded and headed the company "Khimpromindustriya". In 2003, 2007, 2011, 2016, and 2021, he was elected deputy of the 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th State Dumas, respectively.[1][2]

In 2021, Simanovsky was 85th on the Forbes list of 200 wealthiest Russian businessmen.[3]

Sanctions

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

He is one of the members of the State Duma the United States Treasury sanctioned on 24 March 2022 in response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 "Симановский, Леонид Яковлевич" (in Russian). ТАСС Энциклопедия. Retrieved 2022-02-23.
  2. "Список избранных депутатов Государственной Думы РФ восьмого созыва" (in Russian). Российская газета. 2021-09-25. Archived from the original on 2021-10-06. Retrieved 2022-02-18.
  3. "Леонид Симановский". Forbes (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2022-02-23. Retrieved 2022-03-16.
  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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