Nikolay Arefiev

{{Short description|Russian politician (born 1949)}}

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

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{{Infobox officeholder

|honorific_suffix = MP

|native_name = {{nobold|{{lang|ru|Николай Арефьев}}}}

|image = Nikolay Vasilievich Arefiev.jpg

|caption = official portrait, circa 2021

|office = Member of the State Duma (Party List Seat)

|term_start = 21 December 2011

|term_end =

|term_start1 = 18 January 2000

|term_end1 = 29 December 2003

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1949|03|11|df=y}}

|birth_place = Chagan, Astrakhan Oblast, Russian SFSR, USSR

|party = Communist Party of the Russian Federation

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|education = {{ubl

| Astrakhan State Technical University

| {{ill|Saratov Higher Party School|ru|ПИУ имени П. А. Столыпина РАНХиГС}}

| HSE University

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Nikolay Vasilievich Arefiev{{efn|Also transliterated as Nikolai and Arefyev.}} ({{langx|ru|Николай Васильевич Арефьев}}; born 11 March 1949 in Chagan, Kamyzyaksky District) is a Russian political figure and a deputy of the 8th State Duma.{{cite web

|url=https://tass.ru/encyclopedia/person/arefev-nikolay-vasilevich

|title=Арефьев, Николай Васильевич

|publisher=ТАСС

|language=ru

|accessdate=2022-05-20}}

From 1968 to 1970, he served at the Soviet Armed Forces. In 1979, he became a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. From 1981 to 1985, he was an instructor, then head of a department of one of the district committees of the CPSU in Astrakhan. From 1987 to 1991, he was the first secretary of the Soviet district committee of the CPSU in Astrakhan. In 1993, he was appointed Secretary of the Astrakhan Regional Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation. From 1995 to 1999, he was the deputy of the 2nd State Duma. From 1997 to 2010, he was the First Secretary of the Astrakhan Regional Committee of the Communist Party. In 1999 and 2003, he was re-elected for the 3rd State Duma. From 2006 to 2010, he was the deputy of the Duma of Astrakhan Oblast. In 2011, 2016, and 2021, he was re-elected for the 6th, 7th, and 8th State Dumas.{{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=2022-05-20}}

{{cite web

|url=https://www.pnp.ru/person/nikolay-arefev/

|title=Николай Васильевич Арефьев

|publisher=Парламентская газета

|language=ru

|accessdate=2022-05-20}}