Ivan Demchenko
{{Short description|Russian politician (born 1960)}}
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|office = Member of the State Duma for Krasnodar Krai
|term_start = 5 October 2016
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|predecessor = constituency re-established
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|constituency = Slavyansk (No. 48)
|office1 = Member of the State Duma (Party List Seat)
|term_start1 = 24 December 2007
|term_end1 = 5 October 2016
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1960|09|27|df=y}}
|birth_place = stanitsa Arkhonskaya, Prigorodny District, North Ossetian ASSR, USSR
|party = United Russia
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|alma_mater = National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine
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Ivan Ivanovich Demchenko ({{langx|ru|Иван Иванович Демченко}}; born 27 September 1960, stanitsa Arkhonskaya, Prigorodny District, North Ossetia–Alania) is a Russian political figure and a deputy of the 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th State Dumas.{{cite web
|url=https://tass.ru/encyclopedia/person/demchenko-ivan-ivanovich
|title=Демченко, Иван Иванович
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|language=ru
|accessdate=2022-02-18
|archive-date=2018-12-02
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Demchenko started his political career in 2002 when he was elected as a deputy of the Legislative Assembly of Krasnodar Krai from the Abinsky District. In 2006–2007, he headed the Abinsk Electric Steel Works. In 2007, he was elected deputy of the 5th State Duma from the Krasnodar krai constituency. In 2011, 2016 and 2021, he was re-elected as a deputy of the 6th, 7th State Duma and 8th State Dumas respectively.{{cite web
|url=https://kuban.rbc.ru/krasnodar/02/02/2021/601808369a7947dd9069a183
|title=Модный бизнес: семья депутата Госдумы РФ займется виноделием на Кубани
|date=2021-02-02
|publisher=РБК Кубань
|language=ru
|accessdate=2022-02-18
|archive-date=2021-02-22
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210222100826/https://kuban.rbc.ru/krasnodar/02/02/2021/601808369a7947dd9069a183
|url-status=live
|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
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Ivan Demchenko is awarded the medal of the "Order for Merit to the Fatherland", II degree (2013). He has the gratitude of the Government of the Russian Federation (2019). He has medals "For outstanding contribution to the development of Kuban" of III and I degrees (2008; 2010), "Hero of Labor of Kuban" (2014), "For the return of Crimea" (2014).
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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Category:United Russia politicians
Category:Russian individuals subject to United Kingdom sanctions
Category:Eighth convocation members of the State Duma (Russian Federation)
Category:Seventh convocation members of the State Duma (Russian Federation)
Category:Sixth convocation members of the State Duma (Russian Federation)
Category:Fifth convocation members of the State Duma (Russian Federation)
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