Emilia Edgardovna Slabunova (russian: Эмилия Эдгардовна Слабунова; born 7 October 1958) is a Russian

politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking, a ...

. She was leader of

Yabloko The Russian United Democratic Party Yabloko (RUDP Yabloko) (russian: Росси́йская объединённая демократи́ческая па́ртия «Я́блоко», Rossíyskaya obyedinyónnaya demokratícheskaya pártiya "Y ...

party from 2015 to 2019 and a member of the

Legislative Assembly of the Republic of Karelia The Legislative Assembly of the Republic of Karelia (russian: Законодательное собрание Республики Карелия, Zakonodatel'noye sobraniye Respubliki Kareliya) is the Regional parliaments of Russia, regional parl ...

since 2011.

Political career

In 2001 she was elected as a

deputy Deputy or depute may refer to: * Steward (office) * Khalifa, an Arabic title that can signify "deputy" * Deputy (legislator), a legislator in many countries and regions, including: ** A member of a Chamber of Deputies, for example in Italy, Spai ...

of Petrozavodsk City Council. She failed to gain enough votes to be elected the chairwoman. She joined the Yabloko party in 2003. She ran for the

in 2006, but the

slate was annulated by the republican authority. She was elected as a deputy of the fifth Legislative Assembly of the Republic of Karelia in December 2011. In September 2013 Slabunova was the main oppositional candidate for the Mayor of Petrozavodsk. Her candidacy was withdrawn by the Petrozavodsk District Court two weeks prior to the election due to a violation of rules filling one of the documents. This decision was confirmed by the Supreme Court of the Republic of Karelia. Later on, the chair was taken by another Yabloko candidate,

Galina Shirshina Galina Igorevna Shirshina (russian: Галина Игоревна Ширшина) was the mayor of Petrozavodsk, Republic of Karelia, Russia. Shirshina was born on May 12, 1979 in the village Alakurtti of Murmansk region. Her family moved to Pet ...

. After the election, Slabunova quit her job as a principal in one of the schools to become the chairwoman for the expert council for Shirshina in October 2013. Later on, she actively opposed the Head of the

Republic of Karelia The Republic of Karelia (russian: Респу́блика Каре́лия, Respublika Kareliya; ; krl, Karjalan tašavalta; ; fi, Karjalan tasavalta; vep, Karjalan Tazovaldkund, Ludic: ''Kard’alan tazavald''), also known as just Karelia (rus ...

Alexander Khudilaynen Aleksandr Petrovich Hudilainen (russian: Александр Петрович Худилайнен, finnicized as ''Aleksanteri Petrovitš Hutilainen'', born May 2, 1956) is a Russian politician. He was the third Head of the Republic of Karelia, ...

, seeking to remove him from the chair due to a political escalation in the region as well as persecution of Yabloko members. In May 2015 she led the rally for resignation of the Head. On 23 June she sent 10,000 signatures to the

President of Russia The president of the Russian Federation ( rus, Президент Российской Федерации, Prezident Rossiyskoy Federatsii) is the head of state of the Russian Federation. The president leads the executive branch of the federal ...

for Khudilaynen to be discharged.

Yabloko leader

On December 19, 2015, on the XVIII Party Conference, she was elected as the new leader of Yabloko, beating

Alexander Gnezdilov Alexander is a male given name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Al ...

Nikolay Rybakov Nikolay Igorevich Rybakov (russian: Никола́й И́горевич Рыбако́в, born 24 December 1978) is a Russian public and political figure, leader of the Russian United Democratic Party "Yabloko" since 2019, executive director of t ...

, and

Lev Schlosberg Lev Markovich Shlosberg (russian: Лев Ма́ркович Шло́сберг; born 30 July 1963, Pskov) is a Russian politician, human rights activist, journalist, chairman of the Pskov Oblast branch of Yabloko, and a member of its federal pol ...

, with the former two supporting her in the second tour. She was also supported by

Grigory Yavlinsky Grigory Alekseyevich Yavlinsky (Russian: Григо́рий Алексе́евич Явли́нский; born 10 April 1952) is a Russian economist and politician. He authored the 500 Days Program, a plan for the transition of the Soviet regime ...

. On July 4, 2016, she was officially announced as the candidate for federal legislative election from Yabloko. On December 15, 2019, during the party Congress, Slabunova lost re-election and was defeated by

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