Valery Petrovich Fateyev (russian: Валерий Петрович Фатеев; born 2 June 1946) is a Russian politician who served as the 1st Governor of
Smolensk Oblast from 1991 to 1993. He was also member of the first
Federation Council of Russia
The Federation Council (russian: Сове́т Федера́ции – ''Soviet Federatsii'', common abbreviation: Совфед – ''Sovfed''), or Senate (officially, starting from July 1, 2020) ( ru , Сенат , translit = Senat), is th ...
from 1993 to 1995.
Biography
Valery Fateyev was born in Gorky (
Nizhny Novgorod), on 2 June 1946.
He graduated from the
Gorky State University and the All-Union Correspondence Financial and Economic Institute. From 1976 to 1989, he worked deputy chief engineer of
Vyazma branch of the Moscow searchlight plant.
In October 1991, until the 11 April 1993, he was the 1st Governor of the Smolensk Oblast.
From January 1994 to January 1996, he was a Member of the
Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation
The Federal Assembly ( rus, Федера́льное Собра́ние, r=Federalnoye Sobraniye, p=fʲɪdʲɪˈralʲnəjə sɐˈbranʲɪjə) is the national legislature of the Russian Federation, according to the Constitution of the Russian F ...
.
Fateyev was kidnapped in
Chechnya
Chechnya ( rus, Чечня́, Chechnyá, p=tɕɪtɕˈnʲa; ce, Нохчийчоь, Noxçiyçö), officially the Chechen Republic,; ce, Нохчийн Республика, Noxçiyn Respublika is a republic of Russia. It is situated in the ...
, near
Achkhoy-Martan
Achkhoy-Martan (russian: Ачхой-Мартан, ce, Iашхой-Марта, ''Jaşxoy-Marta'' or Тӏехьа-Марта, ''Theẋa-Marta'') is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, rural locality (a ''village#Russia, selo'') in, and the a ...
on his way to
Grozny on January 11, 1999. There he was heading to find a wife abducted in November 1998. They were released from captivity in early March 2000.
References
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1946 births
Living people
Governors of Smolensk Oblast
Members of the Federation Council of Russia (1994–1996)
Politicians from Nizhny Novgorod
Kidnapped Russian people