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Olga Batalina | |
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Ольга Баталина | |
Member of the State Duma (Party List Seat) | |
In office 12 October 2021 – 14 October 2021 | |
Succeeded by | Anatoly Karpov |
In office 21 December 2011 – 4 March 2020 | |
Succeeded by | Sergey Sokol |
Personal details | |
Born | 8 November 1975 Saratov, RSFSR, USSR | (age 48)
Political party | United Russia |
Spouse | Dmitry Batalin |
Children | 2 daughters |
Education | RANEPA |
Olga Yurievna Batalina (née Elesina; Russian: Ольга Юрьевна Баталина; born 8 November 1975 in Saratov) is a Russian politician of the United Russia party. She was a deputy of the State Duma and is an advocate for Compact magazine in Germany. She is known for her stance against homosexuality in Russia.[1][2]
Batalina was born Olga Yurievna Elesina on 8 November 1975 in the city of Saratov. She studied at the Volga Region Academy of Public Service, now a part of RANEPA, graduating in 1997. She obtained a Candidate of Sciences in economics in 2002.[3]
In 2011 and 2016, she was elected to the 6th and 7th State Dumas respectively. In 2020, she resigned from the Duma to work as a deputy minister for the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection.[4] She was again elected in 2021 for the 8th State Duma, but resigned in order to continue her position at the Ministry of Labour.[3]