Anatoliy Kaminski
{{Short description|Transnistrian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Anatoliy Kaminski
| image = Anatoly Kaminsky.jpg
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1950|3|15|df=y}}
| birth_place = Baley, Soviet Union
(now Russia)
| office = Speaker of the Supreme Council of Transnistria
| term_start = 8 July 2009
| term_end = 13 June 2012
| predecessor = Yevgeny Shevchuk
| successor = Mikhail Burla
| death_date =
| death_place =
| party = Obnovlenie
| caption = Kaminski in 2011
| native_name_lang = ru
| native_name = {{nobold|Анатолий Каминский}}
}}
Anatoliy Vladimirovich Kaminski ({{langx|uk|Анато́лій Володи́мирович Камі́нський}}, {{langx|ru|Анатолий Владимирович Каминский}}; born 15 March 1950) is an ethnic Ukrainian politician from Transnistria, former speaker of the Supreme Council of Transnistria and former chairman of Obnovlenie.
Early life
Kaminski was born in 1950 in eastern Russia, but his family was of Ukrainian-Polish descent{{Citation needed|date=September 2023}}. His family moved to the Moldavian SSR in 1957{{Citation needed|date=September 2023}}. Kaminski studied in Odesa, Ukraine, at the M.V. Lomonosov Odesa Institute of Technology{{Citation needed|date=September 2023}}. He subsequently worked as a manager at several dairy plants in the Moldavian SSR{{Citation needed|date=September 2023}}.
Political career
Kaminski's first political office was as a member of the council of the city of Rîbnița from 1990 until 2000{{Citation needed|date=September 2023}}, when he was elected to parliament. In 2005, he was re-elected in an election that proved to be a victory for his party. Kaminski was subsequently elected as vice-speaker, with Yevgeny Shevchuk, also of the Obnovlenie party, becoming speaker{{Citation needed|date=September 2023}}.
On 22 July 2009, Shevchuk resigned as speaker and Kaminski was elected unopposed to replace him. The newly elected vice-speaker was Mikhail Burla, chairman of Obnovlenie.Supreme Council - parliamentary news [http://vspmr.org/News/?ID=3283 MPs vote on a resolution accepting the resignation of Parliamentary Speaker Yevgeny Shevchuk.] (22 July 2009)
President of South Ossetia Eduard Kokoity awarded Kaminski the "Order of Friendship" on 12 March 2010, "for a great personal contribution to the development of friendship between the peoples of South Ossetia and Transnistria, merits in strengthening inter-parliamentary cooperation and for his 60-year birthday".{{cite web|url=http://www.presidentrso.ru/edicts/detail.php?ID=3045 |title=Decree on awarding the Order of Friendship to AV Kaminsky |date=12 March 2010 |publisher=Official site of the President of South Ossetia |language=Russian |accessdate=30 March 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305110117/http://www.presidentrso.ru/edicts/detail.php?ID=3045 |archivedate=5 March 2012 }}
In December 2011, Kaminski ran for president of Transnistria as the candidate of Obnovlenie.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=28 April 2016|title=Post-Soviet ‘frozen conflicts’|url=https://www.euractiv.com/section/armenia/linksdossier/post-soviet-frozen-conflicts/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170407041941/http://www.euractiv.com:80/section/armenia/linksdossier/post-soviet-frozen-conflicts |archive-date=7 April 2017 |access-date=3 June 2020|website=www.euractiv.com|language=en-GB}}{{Cite book|last=Lansford|first=Tom|title=Political Handbook of the World 2018-2019|publisher=SAGE|year=2019|isbn=978-1-5443-2712-9|location=Los Angeles|pages=1470}} In the first round of elections, he received 26.48% of the vote, narrowly making it into the second round of voting. Yevgeny Shevchuk, the former chairman of the Supreme Soviet, received the most support with 38.53%, while sitting president, Igor Smirnov, came in third with 24.82%.[https://newdaynews.ru/pmr/363430.html Центризбирком Приднестровья огласил предварительные результаты голосования на выборах Президента ПМР, РИА Новый День, 15 December 2011]Запасной аэродром Игоря Смирнова: Предварительные результаты выборов президента могут признать недействительными, Независимая газета, 15 December 2011. http://www.ng.ru/cis/2011-12-15/1_smirnov.html In the election, United Russia, the ruling political party of Russia, supported Kaminski's campaign.Некремлевский претендент: Приднестровье не поддержало предложенную Москвой кандидатуру, Независимая газета, 13 December 2011. http://www.ng.ru/cis/2011-12-13/1_pridnestrovie.html{{Cite book|last=Committee|first=Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: European Scrutiny|title=Sixtieth report of session 2010-12: documents considered by the Committee on 21 March 2012, including the following recommendation for debate, EU Budgets: Multiannual Financial Framework 2014-2020, report, together with formal minutes, minutes of evidence and appendices|last2=Commons|first2=GreatBritainParliament: House of|publisher=The Stationery Office|year=2012|isbn=978-0-215-04350-4|location=London|pages=38}}
Personal life
Kaminski is married and has two children{{Citation needed|date=September 2023}}.
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110524105620/http://www.vspmr.org/Deputy/?JTID=47 Official biography page, from Parliament] {{in lang|ru}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090602155739/http://vspmr.org/Deputy/?ID=47 English version of the same page] {{in lang|en}}
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Category:People from Zabaykalsky Krai
Category:Members of the Supreme Council (Transnistria)
Category:Obnovlenie politicians