Vladimir Konstantinov (politician)

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Vladimir Konstantinov
Влади́мир Константи́нов
Chairman of the State Council
Assumed office
17 March 2014
PresidentVladimir Putin
HeadSergey Aksyonov
Preceded byOffice established
Chairman of the Supreme Council
In office
17 March 2010 – 17 March 2014
PresidentViktor Yanukovych
Prime MinisterVasyl Dzharty
Pavlo Burlakov (Acting)
Anatolii Mohyliov
Sergey Aksyonov
Preceded byAnatoliy Hrytsenko
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Personal details
Born (1956-11-19) 19 November 1956 (age 67)
Vladimirovca, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union
Political partyParty of Regions (until 7 April 2014)
United Russia (since 7 April 2014)[1]
Alma materSevastopol Instrument-Making Institute

Vladimir Andreyevich Konstantinov (

Chairman of the State Council of the Republic of Crimea
since 17 March 2014.

He served as Chairman of the

from 17 March 2010 until 17 March 2014. On 5 March 2014 the

In 2012, Konstantinov strongly condemned calls for an incorporation of Crimea into

1954 transfer of Crimea from the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic to the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic had been a mistake.[7] Since March 2014, Konstantinov is a strong supporter of the 2014 Russian annexation of Crimea.[8]

Biography

He was born in Vladimirovca in the Moldavian SSR (present-day Moldova/Transnistria) on 19 November 1956. In 1973, he graduated from Nauchnenskaya secondary school of Bakhchysarai Raion. He is a graduate of Simferopol branch of Sevastopol instrument-making institute, majoring in industrial and civil engineering. From 1979 to 1981 he served in the military service in the Armed Forces of USSR. He holds numerous awards and merits including the "Honored Builder of Ukraine".[9]

Political career

He served as Deputy of the Supreme Council of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea 1998–2002.

Alleged criminal involvement

Andriy Senchenko, member of the

Batkivshchyna party led by Yulia Tymoshenko, has alleged in March 2014 that Vladimir Konstatinov has been involved in fraudulent real estate transactions and that he has worked since the 1990s with Prime Minister Sergey Aksyonov,[10] whom Senchenko alleged to be a member of organized crime.[11][12]

References

  1. ^ Крымский спикер Константинов возглавил региональное отделение "Единой России"Интерфакс (in Russian)
  2. ^
    Ukrayinska Pravda
    . March 5, 2014
  3. UNIAN
    . March 15, 2014
  4. ^ In Kiev, Ukraine Parliament Axes Crimea. Forbes. March 15, 2014
  5. ^ Ukraine Votes to Dissolve Crimean Parliament. NBC News. March 15, 2014
  6. Radio Free Europe
    (January 16, 2016)
  7. ^ The Chronicles of Alienation; The annexation of Crimea from December 2, 2013, through April 4, 2014, The Ukrainian Week (16 March 2015)
  8. ^ Ukraine latest: Russia defiant in face of Western sanction threats, The Independent (7 March 2014)
  9. ^ Rada of Crimea
  10. ^ Премьер по кличке "Гоблин" Radio Svoboda, March 4, 2014
  11. ^ "Премьером Крыма выбрали бандита по кличке Гоблин, — Сенченко". Izvestia. March 4, 2014. Archived from the original on March 2, 2014. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
  12. ^ [1] EU Observer, The Empire strikes back March 3, 2013
Political offices
Preceded by
Chairman of the Supreme Council of Crimea

2010–2014
Succeeded by
Office abolished
Preceded by
Office established
Chairman of the State Council of the Republic of Crimea
2014–present
Succeeded by
Incumbent