Alexander Skachkov
{{short description|Russian politician}}
{{family name hatnote|Anatolievich|Skachkov|lang=Eastern Slavic}}
{{expand Russian|date=February 2024|topic=bio}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2022}}
{{Infobox officeholder
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| native_name = {{nobold|Александр Скачков}}
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| image = Скачков А. А.jpg
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|office = Member of the State Duma for Zabaykalsky Krai
|term_start = 12 October 2021
|term_end =
|predecessor = Nikolay Govorin
|successor =
|constituency = Chita (No. 43)
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1960|11|21|df=y}}
|birth_place = Yerofey Pavlovich, Skovorodinsky District, Amur Oblast, Russian SFSR, USSR
|party = United Russia
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|alma_mater = Far Eastern State Transport University
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Alexander Anatolievich Skachkov ({{langx|ru|Александр Анатольевич Скачков}}; born November 21, 1960, in Yerofey Pavlovich, Skovorodinsky District) is a Russian political figure, deputy of the 8th State Duma.{{cite web
|url=https://tass.ru/encyclopedia/person/skachkov-aleksandr-anatolevich
|title=Скачков, Александр Анатольевич
|publisher=ТАСС Энциклопедия
|language=ru
|accessdate=2022-02-23}}
From 2003 to 2004, Skachkov was the head of the East Siberian Railway. In 2011, he was appointed head of the East Siberian Directorate of Infrastructure of the Central Directorate of Infrastructure. From 2017 to 2021, he was the head of the Trans–Baikal Railway. In 2019, Skachkov became a member of the United Russia. Since September 2021, he has served as deputy of the 8th State Duma.{{cite web
|url=https://rg.ru/2021/09/24/spisok.html
|title=Список избранных депутатов Государственной Думы РФ восьмого созыва
|date=2021-09-25
|publisher=Российская газета
|language=ru
|accessdate=2022-02-18
|archive-date=2021-10-06
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211006172242/https://rg.ru/2021/09/24/spisok.html
|url-status=live
|url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/3135042
|title=Вся Дума
|date=2016-11-07
|language=ru
|publisher=Коммерсантъ
|accessdate=2022-03-06
|archive-date=2021-01-21
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121223025/https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/3135042
|url-status=live
|url=https://tass.ru/politika/11969203
|title=Начальник Забайкальской железной дороги подал документы на выборы в Госдуму
|date=2021-07-23
|publisher=ТАСС
|language=ru
|accessdate=2022-03-16
|archive-date=2021-07-29
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729173041/https://tass.ru/politika/11969203
|url-status=live
|url=https://fedpress.ru/article/2842176
|title=Кто есть кто в Госдуме: кандидат от Забайкалья Александр Скачков
|date=2021-10-05
|publisher=Федерал Пресс
|language=ru
|accessdate=2022-03-16
|archive-date=2022-03-18
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220318211435/https://fedpress.ru/article/2842176?utm_referrer=google.com
|url-status=live
}}
Sanctions
He was sanctioned by the UK government in 2022 in relation to the Russo-Ukrainian War.{{cite web |title=CONSOLIDATED LIST OF FINANCIAL SANCTIONS TARGETS IN THE UK |url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1150217/Russia.pdf |access-date=16 April 2023}}
References
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