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Zaur Gekkiyev

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Zaur Gekkiyev
Заур Геккиев
Deputy of the 8th State Duma
Assumed office
19 September 2021
Personal details
Born (1961-02-12) 12 February 1961 (age 63)
Lashkuta, Baksansky District, Kabardino-Balkarian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, USSR
Political partyUnited Russia
Alma materKabardino-Balkarian State Agricultural University

Zaur Gekkiyev (Russian: Заур Далхатович Геккиев, born 12 February 1961 in Lashkuta, Soviet Union) is a Russian political figure and a deputy of the 6th, 7th and 8th State Dumas.[1]

In 2002, Gekkiyev was granted a Candidate of Economic Sciences degree. In 2000 he was appointed the Deputy Head of Administration of Nalchik. In 2002–2003, he was a Minister of Resorts and Tourism of the Kabardino-Balkaria. He was a deputy of the Parliament of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic of the 3rd and 4th convocations. In 2011 he was elected deputy of the 6th State Duma from the Kabardino-Balkaria constituency. Gekkiyev ran with the United Russia. In 2016 and 2021, he was re-elected for the 7th and 8th State Dumas respectively.[1][2][3]

Sanctions

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Sanctioned by the UK government in 2022 in relation to Russo-Ukrainian War. [4]

On 24 March 2022, the United States Treasury sanctioned him in response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Геккиев, Заур Далхатович" (in Russian). ТАСС Энциклопедия. Retrieved 2022-02-18.
  2. ^ "Кто родился 12 февраля". Парламентская газета. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
  3. ^ "Список избранных депутатов Государственной Думы РФ восьмого созыва" (in Russian). Российская газета. 2021-09-25. Retrieved 2022-02-18.
  4. ^ "CONSOLIDATED LIST OF FINANCIAL SANCTIONS TARGETS IN THE UK" (PDF). Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  5. ^ "U.S. Treasury Sanctions Russia's Defense-Industrial Base, the Russian Duma and Its Members, and Sberbank CEO". U.S. Department of the Treasury. Retrieved 2022-04-10.