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Vladimir Kononov | |
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| Владимир Кононов | |
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| Member of theState Duma forUlyanovsk Oblast | |
| Assumed office 12 October 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Alexey Kurinny |
| Constituency | Ulyanovsk (No. 187) |
| Member of the State Duma (Party List Seat) | |
| In office 21 December 2011 – 12 October 2021 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1958-03-13)13 March 1958 (age 67) |
| Party | United Russia |
| Alma mater | Novosibirsk State Technical University |
Vladimir Mikhailovich Kononov (Russian:Влади́мир Миха́йлович Ко́нонов; born March 3, 1958,Novosibirsk) is a Russian political figure and a deputy of the6th,7th, and8th State Dumas.[1]
In 1989, Kononov was granted aCandidate of Sciences degree in Philosophy. In 2016, he defendedDoctor of Sciences degree in Political Sciences.[1]
Starting from 1979, he was a member of theKomsomol organization. In 1985, while being the secretary of the Novosibirsk City Komsomol Committee, he created and headed the Youth Initiatives Fund (FMI), which became the first self-financing organization in the Soviet Union. In 1989, he founded and directed the Association for Foreign Economic Cooperation, which united more than a hundred self-financing associations in more than 50 regions of the USSR. Two years later, together with his friend Aleksandr Korolev, Kononov founded and headed the construction and investment company "KONKOR". Since 2011, he has been the deputy of the State Duma of the6th,7th, and8th convocations.[1][2][3]
In 2013, Kononov was ranked 11th in the Forbes list of wealthiest federal officials.[4]
He was sanctioned by theUK government in 2022 in relation to theRusso-Ukrainian War.[5]
