Irina Aleksandrovna Petina (; born 31 August 1972) is a Russian politician who served as a

senator A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or Legislative chamber, chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the Ancient Rome, ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior ...

from

Ryazan Oblast Ryazan Oblast (, ) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the types of inhabited localities in Russia, city of Ryazan, which is also the oblast's largest city. Geography Ryazan Oblast ...

from 2020 to 2022.

Career

Irina Petina was born on 31 August 1972 in

Ryazan Ryazan (, ; also Riazan) is the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and administrative center of Ryazan Oblast, Russia. The city is located on the banks of the Oka River in Central Russia, southeast of Moscow. As of the 2010 C ...

. In 2003, she graduated from the Ryazan State University. Since 1994, she occupied different positions in the regional health department, later headed the department's legal service. From 2011 to 2020, she served as Deputy Minister of Health of the Ryazan Oblast. In 2020, Petina left this position to represent

in the

Federation Council The Federation Council, unofficially Senate, is the upper house of the Federal Assembly of Russia, with the lower house being the State Duma. It was established by the Constitution of the Russian Federation in 1993. Each of the 89 federal s ...

. Her term of office in the Federation Council expired in September 2022.

Sanctions

Irina Petina is under personal sanctions introduced by the European Union, the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Switzerland, Australia, Ukraine, New Zealand, for ratifying the decisions of the " Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance between the Russian Federation and the Donetsk People's Republic and between the Russian Federation and the Luhansk People's Republic" and providing political and economic support for Russia's annexation of Ukrainian territories.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Petina, Irina Living people 1972 births United Russia politicians People from Ryazan Members of the Federation Council of Russia (after 2000)