Sergei Pavlovich Tsekov (, uk, Сергій Павлович Цеков; born 28 September 1953 in
Simferopol
Simferopol () is the second-largest city in the Crimean Peninsula. The city, along with the rest of Crimea, is internationally recognised as part of Ukraine, and is considered the capital of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. However, it is ...
[ ]) is a former Ukrainian and now Russian politician. Since 26 March 2014 he has been a senator of the
Federation Council
The Federation Council (russian: Сове́т Федера́ции – ''Soviet Federatsii'', common abbreviation: Совфед – ''Sovfed''), or Senate (officially, starting from July 1, 2020) ( ru , Сенат , translit = Senat), is th ...
for
the legislature of Crimea.
Tsekov was in 1990 a member of the
parliament
In modern politics, and history, a parliament is a legislative body of government. Generally, a modern parliament has three functions: representing the electorate, making laws, and overseeing the government via hearings and inquiries. Th ...
of the
Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ( uk, Украї́нська Радя́нська Соціалісти́чна Респу́бліка, ; russian: Украи́нская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респ ...
(Ukrainian SSR).
As such he was one of only four deputies who voted against the
Declaration of State Sovereignty of Ukraine
The Declaration of State Sovereignty of Ukraine ( uk, Декларація про державний суверенітет України, translit=Deklaratsiia pro derzhavnyi suvernitet Ukrainy) was adopted on July 16, 1990, by the recently ele ...
in July 1990.
He was a chairman of the
Verkhovna Rada of Crimea
Verkhovna Rada of Crimea or the Supreme Council of Crimea, officially the Supreme Council of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea ( uk, Верховна Рада Автономної Республіки Крим, Verkhovna Rada Avtonomnoï Respubl ...
in 1994–1995.
References
External links
Verkhovna Rada website
1953 births
Politicians from Simferopol
Living people
First convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada
Party of Regions politicians
United Russia politicians
Russian individuals subject to the European Union sanctions
Members of the Federation Council of Russia (after 2000)
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