Yelena Afanasyeva (politician)

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Yelena Afanasyeva (politician)

Yelena Vladimirovna Afanasyeva (Russian: Елена Владимировна Афанасьева; born 27 March 1975) is a Russian politician. She was a member of the State Duma between 2003 and 2014.[1] She is a member of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia group.[2] She attended Orenburg Educational Institute. She was selected to be a senator in the Federation Council from 26 September 2014, representing Orenburg Oblast.[3][4][5]

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Yelena Vladimirovna Afanasyeva
Елена Владимировна Афанасьева
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Elena Afanasyeva in 2017
Born (1975-03-27) March 27, 1975 (age 50)
OccupationPolitician
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Biography

Afanasyeva was born 27 March 1975 in Orenburg.

In 1997 she graduated from Orenburg State Pedagogical University. In 2007 she graduated from the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. In 2012 she received a law degree from the Institute of World Civilizations.[6]

She is a candidate of Historical Sciences since 2007.[6]

Career

In 1998 she was elected chairman of the regional branch of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia.[6]

In 2003 she was appointed assistant to Vladimir Zhirinovsky (deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation of the III convocation, leader of the LDPR).[6]

In 2003 she became a deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation of the IV convocation from the LDPR in the Orenburg single-mandate electoral district No. 132.[6]

In 2007 she was elected to the State Duma of the Russian Federation of the V convocation on the list of the LDPR.[6]

Since 2014 she is a member of the Federation Council from the Orenburg Oblast.[7]

In 2024 Elena Afanasyeva was appointed Senator of the Russian Federation from the Orenburg Oblast.[7]

Awards and honours

  • Gratitude of the Government of the Russian Federation (2017)[6]
  • Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class (2020)[6]

References

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