Nikolay Fyodorov (politician)

Nikolay Vasilyevich Fyodorov (Russian: Никола́й Васи́льевич Фёдоров, Chuvash: Фёдоров Николай Васильевич, Fyodorow Nikolay Wasilyewich; born 9 May 1958 in Chedino, Chuvash ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is the First Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council. He is also the former President of the Chuvash Republic in Russia.

Nikolay Vasilyevich Fyodorov Николай Васильевич Фёдоров
First Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council
Incumbent
Assumed office 30 September 2015
Senator from Chuvashia
Incumbent
Assumed office 20 September 2015
Presidential Counselor
In office 22 April 2015 – 27 September 2015
Minister of Agriculture
In office 21 May 2012 – 22 April 2015
President	Vladimir Putin
Preceded by	Yelena Skrynnik
Succeeded by	Aleksandr Tkachyov
1st President of the Chuvash Republic
In office 21 January 1994 – 29 August 2010
Vice President	Enver Abliyakimov
Succeeded by	Mikhail Ignatyev
Minister of Justice
In office 1990–1993
President	Boris Yeltsin
Preceded by	Vladimir Abolentsev (under RSFSR)
Succeeded by	Yuri Kalmykov
Personal details
Born	9 May 1958 Chedino, Chuvash ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Political party	United Russia
Other political affiliations	Award:
Spouse(s)	Svetlana Yuryevna Fyodorova

Career

He was the Justice Minister of Russia from 14 July 1991 to 24 March 1993.

He served as the first President of Chuvash Republic from 21 January 1994 to August 2010. He was a supporter of market reforms and was reelected in 1998 and 2001. Fyodorov opposed Russian President Boris Yeltsin's policies in Chechnya and Vladimir Putin's 2000 federal reform initiatives.[1]

He had been the Minister of Agriculture from 21 May 2012 until April 2015.

Presently, he is the First Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council, Russia's upper house of parliament, a position he has held since 30 September 2015.

Personal life

He is an ethnic Chuvash. He is married and has one son and a daughter. His son Vasily is a lawyer. In addition to his native Chuvash, he speaks Russian and German.

Fyodorov (right) with his Hungarian colleague Sándor Fazekas (center) - OMÉK, 2013

Honours and awards

• Order of Merit for the Fatherland;
  • 3rd class (5 August 2003) - for outstanding contribution to strengthening Russian statehood and many years of diligent work
  • 4th class (9 May 1998) - for services to the state and a major contribution to socio-economic development of Chuvash Republic
• Order of Honour (11 September 2008) - for outstanding contribution to the socio-economic development of the long and fruitful work
• State Prize of the Russian Federation, 1999, for science and technology - for the revival of the historic part of the capital of Chuvashia - Cheboksary the city
• Honorary Builder of the Russian Federation
• Medal "For Services to the national health care"
• Medal "75 years of civil defence"
• Order "For Services to the Chuvash Republic" (29 August 2010)
• Order of St. Sergius, 1st class
• Order of the Holy Prince Daniel of Moscow, 1st class
• Winner of the All-Russian legal award "Themis"
• Title of "President of the Year - 2001" All-Russia public premium "Russian National Olympus"
• Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow"
• Medal of Merit in the All-Russia Census
• Medal "In Commemoration of the 300th Anniversary of Saint Petersburg"
• Medal "In Commemoration of the 1000th Anniversary of Kazan"
• Medal in commemoration of the 200th anniversary of Russian Ministry of Justice
• Medal "200 Years of the Russian Interior Ministry"

Footnotes

1. Robert W. Orttung; Danielle N. Lussier; Anna Paretskaya (2000). The republics and regions of the Russian Federation: a guide to politics, policies, and leaders. M. E. Sharpe. pp. 104–106. ISBN 978-0-7656-0559-7. Retrieved 27 January 2011.

References

• Political System. Government of the Chuvash Republic. Retrieved 27 January 2011.
• Administrative Structure of the Republic. Administrative Centre and Largest Cities. Government Authorities. Government of the Chuvash Republic. Retrieved January 2011.