Leonid Klimov

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Leonid Klimov

Leonid Mykhailovych Klimov (born March 31, 1953) is a Ukrainian parliamentarian, banker, and politician. He is a member of the Party of Regions in Verkhovna Rada (from November, 2007) and a member of the Committee on National Security and Defense (from December, 2007). He is also a member of the Party of Regions Council and chairman in the Odessa Oblast department of the Party of Regions.

Biography[]

He was born on March 31, 1953 in Makiivka, Donetsk Oblast. He has a wife, Tatiana Yuriivna (b. 1962), who is a housewife, and three children: daughters Daria (1983) and Anastasia (1997) and son, Alex (1994).

He graduated from in 1979. He was an economist of Product Management and Organization of Food Products.

Timeline of career[]

Commercial[]

  • 1970–71 – fireman for the municipal fire department of the city of Makiivka.
  • 1971–73 – service in the army.
  • 1973–76 – driver for the Odessa branch of the RAdio-Telegraph Agency for the Cabmin of UkrSSR (), the Odessa plant of tactically construction vehicles production, and the Regional Tuberculosis Clinic.
  • 1974–79 – student of the .
  • 1976 – manager of Store #11 of the Odessa Regional office of the Ukrainian Republican Union Sportproducts.
  • 1976–79 – chief of the Instruction Department of the Central District Committee of Lenin's Komsomol of the Ukrainian Peasant's Youth (LKSMU) in the city of Odessa.
  • 1979–80 – instructor of the organizational department for the executive committee of the Odessa City Council of People's Deputies.
  • 1980–82 – acting for the deputy-chief of theVRP, a chief of the trade-producing sector for the Odessa Railroad.
  • 1982–89 – deputy-director and director of the Seaside Produce trade for the Odessa Trade Administration.
  • 1989 – deputy-chief of the Trade Administration for the Odessa Oblast Executive Committee.
  • 1989–90 – chief of service and the general director of the Railroad Association, and chief of the worker's supply department for the Odessa Railroad.
  • 1990–91 – director of the small enterprise "Progress" (Prohres), the city of Odessa.
  • 1991–95 – president of the "Trade house-Seaside Ltd." (Torhovy dim-Prymorya LTD), the city of Odesa.
  • 1995–2001 – president of the CJSC Financial Group "Seaside" (Prymorya), the city of Odesa.
  • 2001–02 – president of the CJSC Football Club "Chornomorets".

Political[]

  • April, 2002 – April, 2006 – People's Deputy of Ukraine (IV Convocation) from electoral district #143 of Odessa Oblast nominated by the political bloc For United Ukraine!, and received 30.35% of votes while competing against 10 other candidates.
  • At the time of the elections – president of the Odessa Bank Union.
  • May–June, 2002 – member of the Party of Regions while also in the political bloc For United Ukraine!.
  • June, 2002 – September, 2005 – authorized representative of bloc Regions of Ukraine.
  • From September, 2005 – authorized representative of the bloc for the political party Regions of Ukraine.
  • June, 2002 – May, 2006 – member of the Banking and Finance Committee.
  • April, 2006 – November, 2007 – People's Deputy of Ukraine (V Convocation) from the Party of Regions, listed as #39.
  • From July, 2006 – member of the Banking and Finance Committee.
  • From May, 2006 – member of the political bloc Party of Regions.
  • From November, 2007 – People's Deputy of Ukraine (VI Convocation) from the Party of Regions, listed as #38.

In the 2012 parliamentary election he was (re)-elected into parliament for Party of Regions after winning (with 48.46%) in single-member districts number 137 (first-past-the-post wins a parliament seat) located in Odessa Oblast.[1][2] In 2014, he joined the parliamentary faction Economic Development.[3]

In the 2014 parliamentary election Klimov was re-elected into parliament again as an independent candidate again in single-member districts number 137; this time with 30.09% of the votes.[4]

In the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election Klimov lost reelection as an independent candidate in single-seat constituency 137 (Podilsk).[5]

Awards[]

Klimov was awarded the Order of Merit III degree (April, 2003).

See also[]

Imexbank

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