Alexander Mazhuga

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Georgievich and the family name is Mazhuga.
Alexander Mazhuga
MP
Александр Мажуга
Member of the State Duma for Moscow
Incumbent
Assumed office
12 October 2021
Preceded byGennady Onishchenko
ConstituencyTushino (No. 206)
Personal details
Born (1980-08-06) 6 August 1980 (age 44)
Moscow, RSFSR, USSR
Political partyUnited Russia
Alma materMoscow State University
Occupation
  • Chemist
  • Academic

Alexander Georgievich Mazhuga (also spelled as Majouga, Russian: Александр Георгиевич Мажуга; born 6 August 1980, Moscow) is a Russian political figure and a deputy of the 8th State Duma. In 2013, he was granted a Doctor of Sciences in Chemistry degree.[1]

In 2003, Mazhuga started working at the MSU Faculty of Chemistry. He is an author of scientific 15 patents, including international ones. From 2018 to 2021, he headed the D. Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia. Since September 2021, he has served as deputy of the 8th State Duma. On 12 October 2021 he became the First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Science and Higher Education.[1][2][3]

In 2019, Mazhuga took 44th place among the 118 youngest scientists in the world.[4]

In February 2022 voted for recognition of the independence of Donetsk People's Republic and Luhansk People's Republic.[5] Publicly supported the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[6]

Expressed concerns about potential development of the biological weapon in the eastern Ukraine and warned about the potential use of the biological weapon against Russia.[7]

  1. ^ a b "Мажуга, Александр Георгиевич" (in Russian). ТАСС. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Список избранных депутатов Государственной Думы РФ восьмого созыва" (in Russian). Российская газета. 25 September 2021. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  3. ^ "Когда ученым быть обидно: интервью и.о. ректора РХТУ". Indicator. 1 September 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  4. ^ Елена Кудрявцева (5 August 2019). "Александр Мажуга, химик". Коммерсантъ. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  5. ^ "Госдума и Совет Федерации единогласно одобрили договоры с ДНР и ЛНР". BBC News Русская служба (in Russian). Retrieved 9 April 2022.
  6. ^ "Александр Мажуга: Эту бойню нужно остановить, именно поэтому Россия начала спецоперацию". moscow.er.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 9 April 2022.
  7. ^ "Александр Мажуга: Парламентское расследование работы биолабораторий на Украине поможет установить факты ведения против России биологической войны". er.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 9 April 2022.