Sergey Zhigarev

Sergey Zhigarev
Member of Parliament; Sergey Zhigarev
	Sergey Zhigarev
Deputy of the State Duma
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; December 4, 2011
Constituency	Shchelkovsky District, Moscow Oblast
Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Economic Policy, Industry, Innovative Development and Entrepreneurship.
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; May, 2012
Member of the National Banking Council of Russia
Personal details
Born	Sergey Aleksandrovich Zhigarev; March 31, 1969 (age 51); Moscow, RSFSR, USSR
Citizenship	Russian Federation
Political party	Liberal Democratic Party of Russia
Relatives	Vsevolod Bobrov (great-grandfather)
Alma mater	Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation (2005)
Occupation	Politician

Sergey Aleksandrovich Zhigarev (also spelled Sergey Zhigaryov) (Russian: Сергей Александрович Жигарев; born 25 June 1969, in Moscow) is a Russian politician, a deputy of the 7th State Duma of the Russian Federation. He was elected to the 6th State Duma of the Russian Federation in 2011 as a representative of the Shchyolkovsky District, and re-elected in 2016.[1]

Biography

Zhigarev graduated from the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation with the degree Candidate of Economic Sciences in 2005.[2]

Prior to election to the State Duma, Zhigarev was a deputy of the Moscow Regional Duma.[1]

State Duma of the Russian Federation

In 2011, Zhigarev was elected as a deputy in the State Duma, the lower house of the Federal Assembly of Russia, as a representative for the Shchelkovsky constituency in Moscow. He was elected to a second term commencing September 18, 2016.[2] He is also the chairman of the State Duma Committee on Economic Policy, Industry, Innovative Development and Entrepreneurship.[1][2]

In November, 2015, Zhigarev stated that the development of a United States missile defense in Europe is the greatest threat to Russia, and that the United States itself was the main threat to its NATO allies. At the time, he was deputy chairman of the State Duma Committee on Defense.[3] He has also expressed concern about the expansion of NATO.[4]

Links

Personal web site.

References

"Zhigarev Sergey". ldpr.ru (in Russian). LDPR. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
"Sergey Zhigarev". www.duma.gov.ru (in Russian). The State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
"Sergey Zhigaryov: "The development of US missile defense system in Europe is the main threat to Russia"". vestnikkavkaza.net. Vestnik Kavkaza. 15 November 2015. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
Sharkov, Damien (3 December 2015). "Russia Warns Of Retaliation After NATO Invites Montenegro to Join Alliance". Newsweek. Retrieved 1 February 2017.

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[ldpr-1] "Zhigarev Sergey". ldpr.ru (in Russian). LDPR. Retrieved 31 January 2017.

[duma-2] "Sergey Zhigarev". www.duma.gov.ru (in Russian). The State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation. Retrieved 31 January 2017.

[3] "Sergey Zhigaryov: "The development of US missile defense system in Europe is the main threat to Russia"". vestnikkavkaza.net. Vestnik Kavkaza. 15 November 2015. Retrieved 1 February 2017.

[4] Sharkov, Damien (3 December 2015). "Russia Warns Of Retaliation After NATO Invites Montenegro to Join Alliance". Newsweek. Retrieved 1 February 2017.