Leonid Simanovsky | |
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Леонид Симановский | |
Member of the State Duma | |
Assumed office 24 December 2007 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Samara, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, USSR | 19 July 1949
Political party | United Russia |
Alma mater | Samara 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]
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]