Sergey Petrov (politician)

{{short description|Russian politician}}

{{about|the Russian politician born in 1965|the Russian businessman and politician born in 1954|Sergey Petrov (businessman)|other people with the same name|Sergey Petrov (disambiguation){{!}}Sergey Petrov}}

{{family name hatnote|Valerievich|Petrov|lang=Eastern Slavic}}

{{Infobox officeholder

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| native_name = {{nobold|Сергей Петров}}

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| image = Sergey Petrov.png

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|office = Member of the State Duma for Leningrad Oblast

|term_start = 5 October 2016

|term_end =

|predecessor = constituency re-established

|constituency = Volkhov (No. 113)

|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|1965|04|19|df=y}}

|birth_place = Volkhov, Leningrad Oblast, Russian SFSR, USSR

|party = United Russia

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|alma_mater = A.F. Mozhaysky Military-Space Academy

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Sergey Valerievich Petrov ({{langx|ru|Сергей Валериевич Петров}}; born 19 April 1965, Volkhov) 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/petrov-sergey-valerievich

|title=Петров, Сергей Валериевич

|publisher=ТАСС

|language=ru

|accessdate=2022-05-19}}

From 1989 to 2001, Petrov served in command and engineering positions at the A.F. Mozhaysky Military-Space Academy. In 2002, he co-founded the development company SVP group. In 2008, he started working as the head of the North-West Interregional Coordinating Council of the United Russia. Petrov started his political career in 2007 when he was elected deputy of the 5th State Duma. In 2011, 2016, 2021, he was re-elected as deputy of the 6th, 7th, and 8th State Dumas from the Leningrad Oblast constituency.{{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=2022-05-19}}

{{cite web

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

|title=Вся Дума

|date=2016-11-07

|publisher=Коммерсантъ

|accessdate=2022-05-19}}

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}}

Awards

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