Mikhail Tarasenko

{{short description|Russian politician}}

{{family name hatnote|Vasilievich|Tarasenko|lang=Eastern Slavic}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

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|name =

|native_name = {{nobold|Михаил Тарасенко}}

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| image = М.В. Тароасенко.jpg

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|office = Member of the State Duma for Lipetsk Oblast

|term_start = 5 October 2016

|term_end =

|predecessor = constituency established

|successor =

|constituency = Levoberezhny (No. 115)

|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|1947|11|21|df=y}}

|birth_place = Taganrog, Rostov Oblast, Russian SFSR, USSR

|party = United Russia

|spouse = Valentina Ivanovna

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|education = All-Union Distance Polytechnic Institute
Academy of Social Science

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Mikhail Vasilievich Tarasenko ({{langx|ru|Михаил Васильевич Тарасенко}}; born 21 November 1947, in Taganrog, Rostov Oblast) is a Russian political figure and a deputy of the 8th State Duma.{{cite web

|url=https://tass.ru/encyclopedia/person/tarasenko-mihail-vasilevich

|title=Тарасенко, Михаил Васильевич

|publisher=ТАСС

|language=ru

|accessdate=2022-03-18}}

After serving in the army, in 1968, Tarasenko started working at the Taganrog Iron & Steel Factory. In 1982, he was appointed The head of the Labor Protection Department of the Central Council of Russia's Mining and Metallurgical Trade Union. From 1996 to 2012, he was the head of Russia's Miners' & Metallurgical Workers' Union. In 2007, 2011, 2016, and 2021, he was elected deputy of the 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th State Dumas, respectively.{{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}}

{{cite web

|url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/3135042

|title=Вся Дума

|date=2016-11-07

|publisher=Коммерсантъ

|accessdate=2022-03-06}}