Vyacheslav Nikonov
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Vyacheslav Nikonov | |
|---|---|
Вячеслав Никонов | |
 Nikonov in 2014 | |
| Member of the State Duma | |
| Assumed office 4 December 2011 | |
| In office 1993–1995 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 June 1956 |
| Party | United Russia |
| Spouse | Nina Nikonova |
| Education | Moscow State University |
Vyacheslav Alekseyevich Nikonov (Russian: Вячеслав Алексеевич Никонов; born 5 June 1956) is a Russian political scientist.
Nikonov is a grandson of Vyacheslav Molotov, prominent Bolshevik and Soviet foreign minister under Joseph Stalin, whom he was named after, and Polina Zhemchuzhina, a Soviet politician.[1][2]
Education
Nikonov graduated from the History Department of Moscow State University in 1978 where he studied the history of the Republican Party in the United States after World War II.
In July 2012, Nikonov received an Honorary Doctorate of Letters from the University of Edinburgh, which has since been rescinded.[3]
Career
Nikonov has been involved in Soviet and Russian politics since the 1970s, first as a local Komsomol leader, later in the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, and as a member of Mikhail Gorbachev, Boris Yeltsin, and Vladimir Putin's staff.
In 1993, Nikonov was elected to the State Duma.
In 2005–2007, he was a member of the Public Chamber of Russia.
Since 2007, Nikonov has headed the Russkiy Mir Foundation established by Putin to promote Russian language and culture internationally.[4]
Since 2011, Nikonov has headed School of Public Administration at Moscow State University.[5]
In 2011, he was once again elected to the State Duma, and became the Chairman of the Education Committee in 2013.[6]
