Valeriy Fyodorovich Raenko (russian: Валерий Фёдорович Раенко; 15 September 1955 – 5 May 2021) was a Russian politician. A member of 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, he served as Chairman of the

Legislative Assembly of Kamchatka Krai The Legislative Assembly of Kamchatka Krai (russian: Законодательное собрание Камчатского Края) is the regional parliament of Kamchatka Krai, a federal subject of Russia. Together with the executive and judi ...

from 2011 to 2021.

Biography

Raenko was born on a farm in the

Krasnosulinsky District Krasnosulinsky District (russian: Красносули́нский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #340-ZS and municipalLaw #232-ZS district (raion), one of the forty-three in Rostov Oblast, Russia. It is located in the west of the oblast. T ...

of the

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

. He graduated from the Rostov State Medical University with a degree in epidemiology. In 2007, he completed his studies at the . He worked as a physician from 1984 to 1997 in Karaginsky and Milkovsky. From 1997 to 2007, he served as Deputy Chairman of the

Kamchatka Krai Kamchatka Krai ( rus, Камча́тский край, r=Kamchatsky kray, p=kɐmˈtɕatskʲɪj kraj) is a federal subject of Russia (a krai), situated in the Russian Far East, and is administratively part of the Far Eastern Federal District. Its ...

Department of Health. In 2007, Raenko was elected to the

. On 19 December 2011, he became chairman. He was re-elected in 2016. Simultaneously, he was Secretary of the United Russia party in Kamchatka Krai. Valeriy Raenko died on 5 May 2021, at the age of 65 following a long illness.

Distinctions

Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" The Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" (russian: Медаль ордена «За заслуги перед Отечеством») was established on 2 March 1994 by Presidential Decree No.442. Its award criteria were modified on 6 J ...

Second Class (2015) * Order of Honour (2021)

References

1955 births 2021 deaths 21st-century Russian politicians Russian epidemiologists United Russia politicians Recipients of the Order of Honour (Russia) Rostov State Medical University alumni People from Krasnosulinsky District Recipients of the Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" II class People from Kamchatka Krai {{Russia-politician-stub