Vyacheslav Timchenko (politician)

Vyacheslav Stepanovich Timchenko (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.

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. 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.



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.