Rizvan Kurbanov | |
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| Ризван Курбанов | |
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| Member of theState Duma (Party List Seat) | |
| Assumed office 21 December 2011 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1961-01-03)3 January 1961 (age 64) |
| Nationality | Lak |
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| Children | 2 (1 son, 1 daughter) |
| Education | |
Rizvan Daniyalovich Kurbanov (Russian:Ризван Даниялович Курбанов; born 3 January 1961 inBuynaksk,Dagestan ASSR) is a Russian political figure and deputy of the6th,7th, and8th State Dumas.[1]
Kurbanov worked at the Dagestan prosecutor's office first as an investigator then as the deputy prosecutor of the republic. Later he continued his career at the Department of the Ministry of Justice for the Central Federal District. In 2010 he was appointed first vice-president of Dagestan.[2] The next year, he was elected deputy of the6th State Duma. In 2016 and 2021, he was re-elected for the7th, and8th State Dumas. In the Duma, he joined the Committee on Security and Anti-Corruption and Commission for the Investigation of the Interference of Foreign States in the Internal Affairs of Russia[3][4][5][1]
In 2010, Kurbanov was granted aDoctor of Sciences in Juridical sciences degree. However, in 2018 he was accused of plagiarism by professor Alexey Grishkovets who recognized in Kurbanov's work his own dissertation defended in 2004.[6]
He was sanctioned byCanada under the Special Economic Measures Act (S.C. 1992, c. 17) in relation to theRussian invasion of Ukraine for Grave Breach of International Peace and Security,[7] and by theUK government in 2022 in relation toRusso-Ukrainian War.[8]