Mikhail Timonov

{{Infobox officeholder

| image = Timonov.jpg

| office = Member of the Moscow City Duma

| term_start = 8 September 2019

| term_end = 18 September 2024

| constituency = №16

| parliamentarygroup = A Just Russia

| predecessor = Anton Molev

| successor = Yelena Yamshchikova

| birth_name = Mikhail Leonidovich Timonov

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1965|05|22|df=y}}

| birth_place = Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union

| death_date =

| death_place =

| alma_mater = Moscow Aviation Institute

| party = Independent

| otherparty = A Just Russia (since 2014)

| website = https://timonov.info

}}

Mikhail Leonidovich Timonov ({{langx|ru|Михаил Леонидович Тимонов}}; born 22 May 1965 in Moscow, USSR) is a Russian politician. Member of the Moscow City Duma,{{Cite web|url=https://duma.mos.ru/ru/961/page/employee/988|title=Депутат: Тимонов Михаил Леонидович - избирательный округ № 16.Официальный сайт Московской городской Думы|publisher=Московская городская Дума|language=ru|accessdate=2019-12-18}} leader of the Opposition (2019 – 2024).

Biography

Born on September 22 May 1965 in Moscow, RSFSR. Graduated from the Moscow Aviation Institute.

2019 Moscow City Duma election

Mikhail won the elections to the Moscow City Duma of the seventh convocation in the 16th single-mandate constituency (the districts Bogorodskoye, Preobrazhenskoye, part of Sokolinaya Gora), receiving 12.293 votes (37.6%). Member of the commissions for urban planning, state property and land use, environmental policy, urban management and housing policy.

He was supported by Alexei Navalny's "Smart Voting" system.{{cite web |last1=Pertsev |first1=Andrey |title=Navalny's 'Smart Vote' for the win? |url=https://meduza.io/en/feature/2019/09/09/navalny-s-smart-vote-for-the-win |website=meduza.io |accessdate=19 December 2019 |date=2019-09-09}} From September to November 2019 Michail Timonov led A Just Russia in Moscow City Duma and was suspended due to vote against the draft budget of Moscow for 2020.{{Cite web|url=https://novayagazeta.ru/articles/2019/12/02/82968-pereshel-krasnuyu-liniyu|title=Перешел "красную линию". Два депутата Мосгордумы от "Справедливой России" сняли третьего с поста главы фракции|author=Татьяна Васильчук|date=2019-12-02|language=ru|publisher=Новая Газета|accessdate=2019-01-10}}

In June 2023, Timonov was declared a 'foreign agent' by the Russian Ministry of Justice.{{cite web |date=3 July 2023 |title=В Мосгордуме появился третий депутат-иноагент – Минюст не любит троицу |url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/6082235 |access-date=2024-04-02 |website=kommersant.ru}} On May 15, 2024 Vladimir Putin signed a law, which prohibits foreign agents to run in any elections in Russia until the status of foreign agents is revoked, which automatically disqualified Timonov from running for re-election.{{cite web |date=15 May 2024 |title=Путин подписал закон о запрете иноагентам избираться на всех выборах |url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/6692832 |access-date=2024-05-16 |website=kommersant.ru}}