Vladimir Albertovich Lebedev (russian: link=no, Владимир Альбертович Лебедев; 23 April 1962 – 30 November 2023) was a Russian politician who served as a

senator A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the el ...

from

Nizhny Novgorod Oblast Nizhny Novgorod Oblast (russian: link=no, Нижегородская область, ''Nizhegorodskaya oblast''), is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the types of inhabited localiti ...

from 2014 to 2023.

Life and career

Vladimir Lebedev was born on 23 April 1962 in Moscow. In 1988, he graduated from the

Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University (russian: Нижегородский государственный технический университет им. Р. Е. Алексеева, NNSTU) is a public technical university in Nizhny Novg ...

. After graduation, he worked at the Gorky Regional Committee of the

Komsomol The All-Union Leninist Young Communist League (russian: link=no, Всесоюзный ленинский коммунистический союз молодёжи (ВЛКСМ), ), usually known as Komsomol (; russian: Комсомол, links=n ...

. From 1997 to 2004, he worked in various energy enterprises in management positions. From 2004 to 2005, Lebedev was First Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Kirov Oblast. On 25 September 2014, he became the

from

. He died on 30 November 2023, at the age of 61.

Sanctions

Vladimir Lebedev was under personal sanctions introduced by the European Union, the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Switzerland, Australia, Ukraine and New Zealand for ratifying the decisions of the " Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance between the Russian Federation and the Donetsk People's Republic and between the Russian Federation and the Luhansk People's Republic" and providing political and economic support for Russia's annexation of Ukrainian territories.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lebedev, Vladimir 1962 births 2023 deaths United Russia politicians 21st-century Russian politicians People from Grodno Region Russian individuals subject to United Kingdom sanctions Members of the Federation Council of Russia (after 2000)