Vasily Likhachyov

Vasily Nikolayevich Likhachyov (Russian: Василий Николаевич Лихачёв; 5 January 1952, Gorky – 8 April 2019)[1] was a Russian politician, the Permanent Representative for Russia to the European Council (1998),[2] and Deputy Minister of Justice in Russia. Since 2011 until his death he was a Russian State Duma deputy from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation.[3]

Vasily Likhachyov
Russian Federation Senator
from the Republic of Ingushetia
In office
11 March 2004  3 March 2010
Preceded byIgor Kamenskoy
Succeeded byMusa Keligov
Permanent Representative from Russia to the European Union
In office
5 May 1998  11 March 2003
Preceded byIvan Silayev
Succeeded byMikhail Fradkov
Chair of the National Council of Tatarstan Republic
In office
1 March 1995  27 May 1998
Preceded byoffice established
Succeeded byFarid Mukhametshin
Vice-president of Tatarstan Republic
In office
4 July 1991  30 March 1995
Preceded byoffice established
Succeeded byoffice eliminated
Personal details
Born
Vasily Nikolayevich Likhachyov

(1952-01-05)5 January 1952
Gorky, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died8 April 2019(2019-04-08) (aged 67)
SpouseNina F. Likacheva
EducationKazan State University

Likhachyov was the son of Nina F. Likhachyova and was married to Nailya Imatovna Taktasheva and had two daughters.[4]

Biography

In 1975 he graduated from Kazan State University and obtained a degree of PhD in Law.[5] He was a Fellow of Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, an Associate Member of Tatarstan Republic Academy of Sciences.[6]

In 1978–1988 he was an associate professor in Kazan University. During the period of 1982–1983 he was lecturing in National Law school of Guinea-Bissau Republic. In 1987–1988 he was a lecturer in the University of Madagascar Republic.

From 1991 to 1995 he was holding an office of Vice-president of Tatarstan Republic. In 1995–1998 he was a Chair of the National Council of Tatarstan Republic and a chairman assistant of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation. From 1998 to 2003 he was a Permanent Representative from Russian Federation in European Communities, Brussel.[7] In 2004 he was elected as a representative from the legislative body of Republic Ingushetia government to the Federation Council. In 2010 he was appointed a Deputy Minister of Justice of Russian Federation and stayed in this office till 2011.[8][9] He was a member of Duma Committee on the Commonwealth of Independent States and Connections with Countrymen.[10] He authored ten monographs and more than 500 scientific articles.[11] He had a diplomatic rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.[8]

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