Anatoliy Vladimirovich Kaminski ( uk, Анато́лій Володи́мирович Камі́нський, russian: Анатолий Владимирович Каминский) (born 15 March 1950 in Baley,

Russian SFSR The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR or RSFSR ( rus, Российская Советская Федеративная Социалистическая Республика, Rossíyskaya Sovétskaya Federatívnaya Soci ...

) is an ethnic Ukrainian and a politician from

Transnistria Transnistria, officially the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (PMR), is an unrecognised breakaway state that is internationally recognised as a part of Moldova. Transnistria controls most of the narrow strip of land between the Dniester riv ...

, former speaker of Pridnestrovian Supreme Soviet and former chairman of the political party

Obnovlenie Obnovlenie (russian: Обновление, lit=Renewal), officially the Republican Party "Obnovlenie",, , uk, Республіканська партія «Оновлення» is a political party in the unrecognized state of Transnistria, ...

(Renewal).

Personal life

Kaminski was born in 1950 in eastern Russia, but his family was of Ukrainian-Polish descent. His family moved to the

Moldavian SSR The Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic ( ro, Republica Sovietică Socialistă Moldovenească, Moldovan Cyrillic: ) was one of the 15 republics of the Soviet Union which existed from 1940 to 1991. The republic was formed on 2 August 194 ...

in 1957. Kaminski studied in

Odesa Odesa (also spelled Odessa) is the third most populous city and municipality in Ukraine and a major seaport and transport hub located in the south-west of the country, on the northwestern shore of the Black Sea. The city is also the administrati ...

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...

, at the M.V. Lomonosov Odessa Institute of Technology. He subsequently worked as a manager at several dairy plants in the MSSR. Entering local politics in 1990, Kaminski became a full-time politician only upon his election to the national parliament in 2000. Kaminski is married and has two children.

Political career

Kaminski's first political office was as a member of the council of the city of

Rîbnița Rîbnița or Rybnitsa ( ro, Rîbnița or , Moldovan Cyrillic alphabet: Рыбница; russian: Ры́бница, ''Rybnitsa''; uk, Ри́бниця, ''Rybnytsia''; yi, ריבניצע, ''Ribnitse'') is a town in Transnistria (''de facto'') in M ...

from 1990 until 2000, when he was

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to parliament. In 2005, he was re-elected in an

election An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold public office. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has opera ...

that proved to be a victory for his party. Kaminski was subsequently elected as vice-speaker, with

Yevgeny Shevchuk Yevgeny Vasilyevich Shevchuk (russian: Евге́ний Васи́льевич Шевчу́к, tr. ''Yevgeniy Vasilyevich Shevchuk'', uk, Євге́н Васи́льович Шевчу́к, tr. ''Yevhen Vasylovych Shevchuk'', Moldovan Cyrillic ...

, also of the Obnovlenie party, becoming speaker. On 22 July 2009, Shevchuk resigned as speaker and Kaminski was elected unopposed to replace him. The newly elected vice-speaker is

Mikhail Burla Mikhail Porfirovich Burla (russian: Михаи́л Порфирович Бурла; uk, Михайло Порфірович Бурла, ''Mykhaylo Profirovych Burla''; born 22 November 1957 in village Mejdurechie, Storozhynets Raion, Chernivtsi ...

, chairman of Obnovlenie.

President of South Ossetia The president of the Republic of South Ossetia ( os, Хуссар Ирыстоны президент, russian: Президент Южной Осетии) is the ''de facto'' head of state of the partially recognized Republic of South Ossetia ...

Eduard Kokoity Eduard Dzhabeyevich Kokoyty ( os, Кокойты Джабейы фырт Эдуард, Kokojty Ĝabejy fyrt Edward; born 31 October 1964) is an Ossetian politician who served as President of the partially recognized state of South Ossetia. His t ...

awarded Kaminski the "Order of Friendship" on 12 March 2010, "for a great personal contribution to the development of friendship between the peoples of South Ossetia and Transnistria, merits in strengthening inter-parliamentary cooperation and for his 60-year birthday". In the December 2011, Kaminski ran for president of Transnistria as the candidate of Obnovlenie. In the first round of elections, he received 26.48% of the vote, narrowly making it into the second round of voting.

, the former chairman of the Supreme Soviet, received the most support with 38.53%, while sitting president,

Igor Smirnov Igor Smirnov may refer to: *Igor Smirnov (politician) (born 1941), president of the unrecognized Transdniestrian Moldovan Republic * Igor Smirnov (scientist) (1951–2004), controversial Russian mind control researcher See also * Igor Mirnov Igo ...

, came in third with 24.82%. In the election,

United Russia United Russia ( rus, Единая Россия, Yedinaya Rossiya, (j)ɪˈdʲinəjə rɐˈsʲijə) is a Russian conservative political party. As the largest party in Russia, it holds 325 (or 72.22%) of the 450 seats in the State Duma , havin ...

, the ruling political party of

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, supported Kaminski's campaign.

External links

Official biography page, from Parliament

English version of the same page

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kaminski, Anatoliy 1950 births Living people People from Zabaykalsky Krai Members of the Supreme Council (Transnistria) Obnovlenie politicians Transnistrian people of Ukrainian descent Transnistrian people of Polish descent