Nikolay Vasilievich Arefiev (russian: Николай Васильевич Арефьев; born 11 March 1949 in Chagan,

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) is a Russian political figure and a deputy of the 8th State Duma. From 1968 to 1970, he served at the Soviet Armed Forces. In 1979, he became a member of the

Communist Party of the Soviet Union "Hymn of the Bolshevik Party" , headquarters = 4 Staraya Square, Moscow , general_secretary = Vladimir Lenin (first) Mikhail Gorbachev (last) , founded = , banned = , founder = Vladimir Lenin , newspaper ...

. From 1981 to 1985, he was an instructor, then head of a department of one of the district committees of the CPSU in Astrakhan. From 1987 to 1991, he was the first secretary of the Soviet district committee of the CPSU in Astrakhan. In 1993, he was appointed Secretary of the Astrakhan Regional Committee of the

Communist Party of the Russian Federation , anthem = , seats1_title = Seats in the State Duma , seats1 = , seats2_title = Seats in the Federation Council , seats2 = , seats3_title = Governors , seats3 = , seats4_title ...

. From 1995 to 1999, he was the deputy of the

2nd State Duma The State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the 2nd convocation (russian: Государственная Дума Федерального Собрания Российской Федерации II созыва) is a fo ...

. From 1997 to 2010, he was the First Secretary of the Astrakhan Regional Committee of the Communist Party. In 1999 and 2003, he was re-elected for the

3rd State Duma The State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the 3rd convocation (russian: Государственная Дума Федерального Собрания Российской Федерации III созыва) is a ...

. From 2006 to 2010, he was the deputy of the

Duma of Astrakhan Oblast The Duma of Astrakhan Oblast (russian: Дума Астраханской области, Duma Astrakhanskoy oblasti), formerly the State Duma of Astrakhan Oblast (2001–2010), is the regional parliament of Astrakhan Oblast, a federal subject ...

. In 2011, 2016, and 2021, he was re-elected for the 6th,

7th 7 (seven) is the natural number following 6 and preceding 8. It is the only prime number preceding a cube (algebra), cube. As an early prime number in the series of positive integers, the number seven has greatly symbolic associations in religion ...

, and 8th State Dumas.

Sanctions

Sanctioned by the UK government in 2022 in relation to Russo-Ukrainian War.

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1949 births Living people Communist Party of the Russian Federation members 21st-century Russian politicians Russian individuals subject to United Kingdom sanctions Eighth convocation members of the State Duma (Russian Federation) People from Astrakhan Oblast {{Russia-politician-stub