Gennady Onishchenko
Gennady Onishchenko | |
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Chief Sanitary Inspector of Russia | |
| In office 25 October 1996 – 23 October 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Yevgeny Belyayev |
| Succeeded by | Anna Popova |
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| Born | November 20, 1950 Changyr-Tash, Kirghiz SSR, Soviet Union |
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Gennadiy Grigoryevich Onishchenko (
Early life
Gennady Onishchenko was born on 20 November 1950 in Changyr-Tash village, modern Kyrgyzstan. In 1973 he graduated from the M. Gorky Donetsk State Medical Institute. He is a Candidate Master of Sports in weightlifting.[3]
From 1973 to 1987 he worked in the Ministry of Railways of the USSR as a doctor-epidemiologist. In 1982 he became the chief sanitary doctor of the
In the fall of 1995, during the First Chechen War, Onishchenko was kidnapped on the way from Mozdok to Grozny, and was held captive by Chechen separatists.[3][4]
From 1993 to 2002 he was a member of the Constructive-Ecological Movement of Russia "Kedr", transformed into the Russian Ecological Party "The Greens" in 2002.[5]
On June 24, 2009, Eduard Kokoity granted Onishchenko honorary citizenship of South Ossetia.[6]
Chief Sanitary Inspector
From 1996 to 2013 Onishchenko was the Chief State Sanitary Doctor of Russia and ex officio First Deputy Minister of Health. Since 2004 he was the head of newly established
During Onishchenko's 17-year-long tenure his department made numerous radical and controversial actions:
- In March 2006, Rospotrebnadzor VCIOM poll, 71% of the Russians supported the restrictions imposed by Onishchenko.[7]
- Since June 2009, Rospotrebnadzor has banned the import of almost 500 types of dairy products from CSTO summit in Moscow on June 15, explaining their move by "economic discrimination" from one of the CSTO countries.[8]
- In October 2012, speaking on the draft of a new anti-smoking legislation, Onishchenko said: "If our Duma would not accept the law that was introduced, I will raise the issue of its dissolution. As a voter, I have the right to say so."[9] In response, member of the Duma from United Russia Andrey Makarovsuggested "sending Mr. Onishchenko for a psychiatric examination."
- In July 2013, the head of Rospotrebnadzor announced a ban on the Ukrainian Roshen confectionery products to Russia. On July 29, Onishchenko said that the agency's suspicions were "justified", that the Roshen's products "did not correspond to the declared parameters", and there was also a complaint about the quality and safety of the goods.[10]
On 22 October 2013, Deputy Prime Minister of Russia
Member of parliament
On 22 May 2016, Onishchenko won United Russia's primaries in Tushino constituency No. 206 in Moscow. Two days later, the prime minister Dmitry Medvedev removed the reprimand imposed on Onishchenko in February "for violating the requirements of article 18 of the Law on the state civil service."[14] When submitting the declaration, Onishchenko did not mention the residential building in Moscow Oblast.
On 18 September 2016 he was elected member of the 7th State Duma[15] He became first deputy Chairman of the Committee on Education and Science in the new Duma convocation.
In July 2017, Onishchenko proposed to ban fidget spinners in Russia.[16] In April 2018 he became one of the initiators of the bill "On measures of counteraction on unfriendly actions of the USA and (or) other foreign states" in the article 2 of which it was proposed to ban or restrict the import of drugs produced in the United States or other foreign countries.[17] The project law was criticized by a number of public organizations, the Federation Council committee on social policy and State Duma committee on foreign affairs.
Personal life
Onishchenko has three children, one daughter and two sons.[citation needed]
References
- ^ "Онищенко Г.Г. - Общая информация".
- ^ О присвоении квалификационных разрядов федеральным государственным служащим Министерства здравоохранения Российской Федерации (Decree 549) (in Russian). President of Russia. 5 May 1999.
- ^ a b "Онищенко Геннадий Григорьевич — Аргументы и Факты" [Onishchenko Gennady Grigorievich — Argumenty i Fakty] (in Russian). Retrieved 2012-10-25.
- ^ Когда уходят врачи…
- ^ Поздравление коллег Конструктивно-экологического движения Кедр// Партийный проект партии Зелёные «Зелёная планета»
- ^ "Онищенко стал гражданином Южной Осетии | РИА Новости". Rian.ru. 2009-06-24. Retrieved 2012-11-24.
- ^ "Михаил Саакашвили снял пробу с грузинского вина" [Mikheil Saakashvili took a sample from Georgian wine]. Kommersant. 2006-05-11.
- ^ Imports of Belarussian Milk Products Banned. The Moscow Times. 8 June 2009
- ^ "Геннадий Онищенко пригрозил Госдуме роспуском, если она не примет антитабачный закон". Channel One Russia (in Russian). 2012-10-23. Retrieved 2020-04-30.
- ^ "Attitude of Russian watchdog to Roshen products related to labels alone – Ukrainian confectioners". Interfax-Ukraine. 6 August 2013. Archived from the original on 22 August 2013. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
- ^ "Онищенко уходит в отставку с поста главы Роспотребнадзора". Archived from the original on 2013-10-23. Retrieved 2013-10-22.
- ^ Распоряжение Д. А. Медведева о назначении Г. Онищенко
- ^ Онищенко уволят после возвращения Медведева из Китая
- ^ "Медведев снял выговор с Онищенко". Meduza (in Russian). 2016-05-24.
- ^ "Онищенко Геннадий Григорьевич" (in Russian). www.duma.gov.ru. Retrieved 2017-07-23.
- ^ "«Крутится-вертится спиннер в руке»: как модная игрушка пришла в Россию". Archived from the original on 2017-08-04. Retrieved 2021-10-03.
- ^ "Законопроект № 441399-7". СОЗД ГАС «Законотворчество». Retrieved 2018-05-07.[permanent dead link]
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