Vladimir Abdualievich Vasilyev (russian: Влади́мир Абдуали́евич Васи́льев; born August 11, 1949), is a Russian politician who currently serves as parliamentary leader of

United Russia United Russia ( rus, Единая Россия, Yedinaya Rossiya, (j)ɪˈdʲinəjə rɐˈsʲijə) is a Conservatism in Russia, Russian conservative List of political parties in Russia, political party. As the largest party in Russia, it hold ...

in the

State Duma The State Duma (russian: Госуда́рственная ду́ма, r=Gosudárstvennaja dúma), commonly abbreviated in Russian as Gosduma ( rus, Госду́ма), is the lower house of the Federal Assembly of Russia, while the upper hous ...

. He served as

Head of the Republic of Dagestan The Head of the Republic of Dagestan is the highest official and the head of the executive power of the Republic of Dagestan. The Head is Dagestan’s Head of State and Head of Government. The Head of Dagestan’s duty is to ensure compliance wi ...

from 2017 to 2020.

Biography

Vasilyev is of half-Russian, half- Kazakh descent. He was a deputy of the

of the IV, V, VI and VII convocation, and a deputy speaker of the State Duma of the VI and VII convocation, the head of the

faction, chairman of the Duma committee on security (2004-2011), and Deputy Secretary of the Security Council (1999-2001). Colonel-General of police, the candidate of legal sciences. He was awarded the

Order For Merit to the Fatherland Order, ORDER or Orders may refer to: * Categorization, the process in which ideas and objects are recognized, differentiated, and understood * Heterarchy, a system of organization wherein the elements have the potential to be ranked a number of d ...

3rd and 4th classes,

Order of Courage The Order of Courage may refer to: * , a state decoration of the partially recognized republic of Abkhazia * Order of Courage (Iran), a state decoration of Iran * Order of Courage (Russia) The Order of Courage (russian: Орден Мужес ...

, Order of Honour. Vasilyev became the acting

after the resignation of

Ramazan Abdulatipov Ramazan Gadzhimuradovich Abdulatipov ( av, Рамазан ГІабдулатІипов; russian: Рамазан Гаджимурадович Абдулатипов; born 4 August 1946) is a Russian politician and professor of Avar heritage. He s ...

on 3 October 2017. On 9 September 2018, Vasilyev was confirmed to be the official Head of the Republic of Dagestan. On 5 October 2020, Vasilyev resigned his post as Head of the Republic of Dagestan due to health reasons.https://pledgetimes.com/putin-appointed-melikov-acting-head-of-dagestan/ On 19 September 2021, Vasilyev was again

elected Elected may refer to: * "Elected" (song), by Alice Cooper, 1973 * ''Elected'' (EP), by Ayreon, 2008 *The Elected, an American indie rock band See also *Election An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population ...

to the State Duma. On 7 October 2021, he was again elected parliamentary leader of United Russia.

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Vasilyev, Vladimir 1949 births Living people People from Klinsky District United Russia politicians Recipients of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class Recipients of the Order of Courage Recipients of the Order of Honour (Russia) 21st-century Russian politicians Fourth convocation members of the State Duma (Russian Federation) Fifth convocation members of the State Duma (Russian Federation) Sixth convocation members of the State Duma (Russian Federation) Seventh convocation members of the State Duma (Russian Federation) Eighth convocation members of the State Duma (Russian Federation) Kutafin Moscow State Law University alumni