Badma Nikolayevich Bashankayev (russian: Бадма Николаевич Башанкаев; born 16 June 1978) is a Russian surgeon and politician.

Career

Bashankayev was born in 1978 in

Pyatigorsk Pyatigorsk (russian: Пятиго́рск; Circassian: Псыхуабэ, ''Psıxwabæ'') is a city in Stavropol Krai, Russia located on the Podkumok River, about from the town of Mineralnye Vody where there is an international airport and about ...

. In 2002 he graduated from the

First Moscow State Medical University First Moscow State Medical University (MSMU, officially I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, informally Moscow Medical Academy or Sechenov University; russian: Первый Московский государственный � ...

. He is a surgeon by profession.

Politics

He was a

United Russia United Russia ( rus, Единая Россия, Yedinaya Rossiya, (j)ɪˈdʲinəjə rɐˈsʲijə) is a Conservatism in Russia, Russian conservative List of political parties in Russia, political party. As the largest party in Russia, it hold ...

candidate in the

2021 Russian legislative election Legislative elections were held in Russia from 17 to 19 September 2021. At stake were 450 seats in the 8th convocation of the State Duma, the lower house of the Federal Assembly. Going into the elections, United Russia was the ruling party aft ...

. He was elected to the

State Duma The State Duma (russian: Госуда́рственная ду́ма, r=Gosudárstvennaja dúma), commonly abbreviated in Russian as Gosduma ( rus, Госду́ма), is the lower house of the Federal Assembly of Russia, while the upper house ...

in the Kalmykia constituency with 40.55 percent of the vote, replacing

Marina Mukabenova Marina Alekseyevna Mukabenova (russian: Марина Алексеевна Мукабенова; born 20 March 1982) is a Russian politician. She formerly represented Kalmykia in the State Duma's seventh convocation. She was deputy chairman of ...

who did not get re-nominated. On June 13, 2023 he was appointed chair of the health committee.

Family

He is married and has a child (for 2021).

Sanctions

Sanctioned by the UK government in 2022 in relation to

Russo-Ukrainian War The Russo-Ukrainian War; uk, російсько-українська війна, rosiisko-ukrainska viina. has been ongoing between Russia (alongside Russian separatist forces in Donbas, Russian separatists in Ukraine) and Ukraine since Feb ...

References

Living people 1978 births People from Pyatigorsk Russian surgeons United Russia politicians Kalmyk people Eighth convocation members of the State Duma (Russian Federation) 21st-century Russian politicians Russian individuals subject to United Kingdom sanctions {{DEFAULTSORT:Bashankayev, Badma