Sergey Chizhov
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Sergey Chizhov | |
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Сергей Чижов | |
 S.V. Chizhov, State Duma deputy | |
| Member of the State Duma for Voronezh Oblast | |
| Assumed office 5 October 2016 | |
| Preceded by | constituency re-established |
| Constituency | Pravoberezhny (No. 88) |
| In office 29 December 2003 – 24 December 2007 | |
| Preceded by | Ruslan Gostev |
| Succeeded by | constituencies abolished |
| Constituency | Voronezh (No. 87) |
| Member of the State Duma (party list seat) | |
| In office 24 December 2007 – 5 October 2016 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 March 1964 |
| Party | United Russia |
| Spouse | divorced |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Plekhanov Institute RANEPA MFA Diplomatic Academy |
Sergey Viktorovich Chizhov (Russian: Сергей Викторович Чижов; born March 16, 1964, Moscow) is a Russian political figure and a deputy of the 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th State Dumas.[1]
1982 – Vocational Technical School No. 14 in Voronezh[1]
1991 – Moscow Commercial Institute[1][2]
2003 – Russian Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation (Voronezh branch)[1][2]
2007 – Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, Faculty of World Economy[2]
Political career
Chizhov started his political career in 1997 when he first ran in the local elections of the Voronezh City Council.[3] From 2001 to 2003, he was a deputy of the Voronezh Oblast Duma. From 2003 to 2015, Chizhov was a prominent member of the Federal Assembly in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe. Since 2003, he has been constantly re-elected as a deputy for the State Duma of the Russian Federation.[1][4][5]
From 2003 to 2019, during his tenure as a deputy of the State Duma of the IV, V, VI, and VII convocations, he was the author or co-author of 271 legislative initiatives and amendments to federal draft laws.[6]
Sanctions
He was sanctioned by the UK government in 2022 in relation to the Russo-Ukrainian War.[7]
