Gleb Yakunin

Gleb Yakunin
Глеб Павлович Якунин
Gleb Yakunin at a pro-democracy rally in Moscow, November 2012
Member of the Supreme Soviet of Russia
In office
1990 – 12 December 1993
Succeeded byPosition abolished
(Himself as a member of the State Duma)
Member of the State Duma
In office
12 December 1993 – 17 December 1995
Preceded byPosition established
(Himself as a member of the Supreme Soviet of Russia)
Personal details
Born(1936-03-04)4 March 1936
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
(now Russia)
Died25 December 2014(2014-12-25) (aged 78)
Moscow, Russia
Political partyDemocratic Choice of Russia

Gleb Pavlovich Yakunin (Russian: Глеб Па́влович Яку́нин; 4 March 1936 – 25 December 2014) was a Russian priest and dissident, who fought for the principle of freedom of conscience in the Soviet Union. He was a member of the Moscow Helsinki Group, and was elected member of the Supreme Soviet of Russia and State Duma from 1990 to 1995.