Aleksey Zhuravlyov (politician)

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In this Eastern Slavic naming convention, the patronymic is Aleksandrovich and the family name is Zhuravlyov.
Aleksey Zhuravlyov
Алексей Журавлёв

Member of Parliament
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Leader of the party Rodina
Assumed office
29 September 2012
Preceded byAlexander Babakov
Member of the State Duma from Voronezh Oblast's Anna constituency
Assumed office
21 December 2011
Preceded byDmitry Rogozin
Personal details
Born
Aleksey Aleksandrovich Zhuravlyov

(1962-06-30) 30 June 1962 (age 59)
Voronezh, Voronezh Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
NationalityRussian
Political partyCommunist Party[citation needed]
A Just Russia
Rodina

Aleksey Aleksandrovich Zhuravlyov (born 30 June 1962, Voronezh) is a Russian politician, member of the State Duma. Since 29 September 2016 he is chairman of the party Rodina.[1][2]

Biography[]

Zhuravlyov was born 30 June 1962 in Voronezh in Soviet Union. In 1984 he graduated from majoring in "Physics of Metals". In 2004 he graduated from the under the President of the Russian Federation. In 2001-2004 Zhuravlev is an authorized representative of the Governor of the Voronezh Oblast Vladimir Kulakov in the .[1] In 2006–2007 he participated in the preparations for the creation of the party Great Russia led by Dmitry Rogozin.[1] From 2009 to 2011, was an advisor to the governor of the Voronezh Oblast Alexey Gordeyev.

In 2011, the results of the primaries has been nominated as a candidate for deputy of the State Duma of the All-Russia People's Front for the party list of United Russia. In the elections, he was elected to the 6th State Duma.[3]

On 29 September 2012, at the founding convention of the party Rodina Zhuravlev was elected as its chairman, while retaining his membership in the faction Rodina in the State Duma.[1]

In the 2016 parliamentary election, he headed the party list of the Rodina, and ran through Anna Constituency. The party list of the Rodina did not overcome the 5% electoral threshold, however, won in his constituency. In the State Duma of the 7th convocation did not join any of the factions.

In 2021, Zhuravlyov made negative comments about the participation of transgender athlete Laurel Hubbard in the 2020 Summer Olympics as a competitor in the Women's +87 kg Weightlifting section, condemning Hubbard's involvement in the competition as "smut and perversion."[4] His comments were flatly condemned by news outlets from around the world, as well as the International Olympic Committee.[5][6]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Журавлев Алексей Александрович". Archived from the original on 25 January 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
  2. ^ "Журавлев Алексей Александрович". old.duma.gov.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 26 February 2021.
  3. ^ "Кандидат от постпреда". Коммерсантъ. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
  4. ^ Haigh, Phil (6 August 2021). "Russian state TV airs homophobic attacks on Tom Daley during Tokyo Olympics". Metro. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Tokyo Olympics sparks anti-LGBT slurs on Russian TV". BBC News. 3 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  6. ^ Davis, Julia (27 July 2021). "Olympic 'Purity' Pundits Slam Biles in Racist, Transphobic Media Tirade". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
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