Yaroslav Nilov

Member of Parliament Yaroslav Nilov
Nilov in August 2016
Deputy of the State Duma
Incumbent
Assumed office July 2011
Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Labour, Social Policy and Veterans' Affairs
Incumbent
Assumed office October 5, 2016
Personal details
Born	Yaroslav Yevgenyevich Nilov March 20, 1982 (1982-03-20) (age 39) Chisinau, Moldova
Citizenship	Russian Federation
Political party	Liberal Democratic Party of Russia
Occupation	Politician

Yaroslav Yevgenyevich Nilov (Rus. Ярослав Евгеньевич Нилов; born March 20, 1982, Chisinau, Moldova) is a Russian politician and deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation. He is member of the Chairman of the Duma Committee on Labor, Social Policy and Veterans' Affairs. He is a member of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia. He is one of the authors of the Russian Internet Restriction Bill^[1]

Biography[]

Nilov joined the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia in 1997 after which he helped create the party's young wing in the Lyuberysy Moscow Region. In 2005, he graduated from the Moscow Power Engineering Institute.

From 1998 to 2003, Nilov was an assistant to LDPR leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky and created the youth organization "Center for Youth Initiatives". From 2003 to 2007, Nilov was continue as an assistant Zhirinovsky who at that time held the post of deputy chairman of the State Duma. From 2007 to 2011, Nilov was the Head of the Secretariat of Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Vladimir Zhirinovsky.

In March 2016, Zhirinovsky named Nilov, now a member of the LDPR Supreme Council, one of his possible successors.^[2]

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