Alexey Borisovich Veller (; born 9 January 1966,

Murmansk Murmansk () is a port city and the administrative center of Murmansk Oblast in the far Far North (Russia), northwest part of Russia. It is the world's largest city north of the Arctic Circle and sits on both slopes and banks of a modest fjord, Ko ...

) is a Russian political figure, former mayor of

, and a deputy of the 7th and 8th State Dumas. In 1991, Veller started working at the construction company Agrostroymontazh which he also co-founded. In February 1993, he started working as a technical director. From 2000 to 2010, he was the Chairman of the ASM company that is one of the largest multi-profile investment and construction holding in the

Murmansk Oblast Murmansk Oblast is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject (an oblast) of Russia, located in the northwestern part of the country, with a total land area of . Its only internal border is the Republic of Karelia to the south, and it is bor ...

. In 2004, he became deputy of the Assembly of Deputies of Murmansk of the 3rd, 4th, and 5th convocations. In 2009 he was elected chairman of the City Council of Deputies. From 2010 to 2016, he was the mayor of Murmansk. In 2016, he was elected deputy of the

7th State Duma The State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the 7th convocation () is a former convocation of the lower house of Russian parliament. The composition of the 7th State Duma was based on the results of the 2016 parliamenta ...

. Since September 2021, he has served as deputy of the

8th State Duma The State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the 8th convocation () is the current convocation of the State Duma, lower house of Federal Assembly (Russia), Russian parliament. The composition of the 8th State Duma was dete ...

. Over the recent years, Veller was involved in several controversial episodes. For instance, in 2018, it was revealed that his early income constituted 5,2 mln rubles, while his wife earned ten times more and her income constituted 52 mln rubles, compared to 238 thousand rubles that she made a year before. Veller stands for toughening punishment for repeated violation of traffic rules by the drivers. However, in January 2022, his son Mikhail was caught driving drunk.

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