Olga Leonidovna Timofeyeva (Russian: Ольга Леонидовна Тимофеева; born on 28 April 1967), is a Russian politician who is currently the Deputy Governor of

Sevastopol Sevastopol (; uk, Севасто́поль, Sevastópolʹ, ; gkm, Σεβαστούπολις, Sevastoúpolis, ; crh, Акъя́р, Aqyár, ), sometimes written Sebastopol, is the largest city in Crimea, and a major port on the Black Sea ...

since 8 October 2019. Timofeyeva had served as a Member of the Federation Council from the Legislative Authority of

from 2014 to 2019. Timofeyeva had also served as a Member of the

Legislative Assembly of Sevastopol The Legislative Assembly of Sevastopol (russian: link=no, Законодательное собрание города Севастополя) is the regional parliament of Sevastopol. It ''de facto'' replaced the Sevastopol City Council after ...

in 2014.

Biography

Olga Timofeyeva was born in Gorky (

Nizhny Novgorod Nizhny Novgorod ( ; rus, links=no, Нижний Новгород, a=Ru-Nizhny Novgorod.ogg, p=ˈnʲiʐnʲɪj ˈnovɡərət ), colloquially shortened to Nizhny, from the 13th to the 17th century Novgorod of the Lower Land, formerly known as Gork ...

) on 28 April 1967. In 1990, she graduated from the Sevastopol Instrument-Making Institute with a degree in Automation and Mechanization of Processing and Issuing Information, since that time she has been an employee of the Department of Information Systems of the Sevastopol National Technical University (SevNTU) - Sevastopol Instrument-Making Institute. From 2006 to 2010, she was a member of the Leninsky District Council of Sevastopol of the 5th convocation. On 19 November 2013, among 69 activists, Timofeyeva signed an appeal to deputies of all levels of the city of Sevastopol with a demand to publicly declare their attitude to the requirements of Ukraine's European integration. In 2014, she was a senior lecturer at the Department of Information Systems of the Sevastopol National Technical University. On 23 February 2014, Timofeyev participated in the rally of the "Narodnaya Volya" on Nakhimov Square in Sevastopol, spoke at it in support of the election of

Alexei Chaly Aleksei Mikhailovich Chaly (russian: Алексей Михайлович Чалый; born 13 June 1961) is a businessman and formerly ''de facto'' mayor of Sevastopol. He declared himself mayor in February 2014, amidst the Crimean crisis, after t ...

as chairman of the city executive committee, and after his election by voting here, at the rally, announced the transfer of all power in the city to the executive committee. She heads the Ravelin human rights group and the regional headquarters of the All-Russian Popular Front in Sevastopol. On 4 September 2014, she was elected on the list of United Russia as a member of parliament, a deputy of the Legislative Assembly of Sevastopol. On 21 October 2014, the Legislative Assembly of Sevastopol confirmed the powers of Timofeeva as a member of the Federation Council. On 13 June 2019, Timofeyeva left the

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 ...

party. In the elections to the Legislative Assembly of Sevastopol of the 2nd convocation, she was nominated from the Rodina party. On 22 July 2019, Rodina was among the five parties suspended from participating in the elections due to claims against the signatures it had collected. Timofeyeva acknowledged the existence of shortcomings, but called them insignificant and formal, since they mainly relate to the registration of records about signature collectors. On 14 September 2019, the deputies voted to empower their former speaker Yekaterina Altabayeva as a member of the Federation Council - a representative of the legislative power of Sevastopol. On 30 September 2019, during the formation of the new government of Sevastopol, Timofeyeva was appointed the Acting Deputy Governor, with her responsibilities that included within the Department of Education and Science, the Main Department of Culture and the Department of Sports. On 8 October 2019, Timofeyeva was approved as the Deputy Governor.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Timofeyeva, Olga 1967 births Living people Rodina (political party) politicians United Russia politicians Members of the Federation Council of Russia (after 2000)