Leonid Slutsky | |
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| Леонид Слуцкий | |
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| Leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia | |
| Assumed office 27 May 2022 | |
| Preceded by |
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| Parliamentary leader of the LDPR in the State Duma | |
| Assumed office 18 May 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Vladimir Zhirinovsky |
| Chairman of the Duma Committee on International Affairs | |
| Assumed office 5 October 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Aleksey Pushkov |
| Member of the State Duma (Party List Seat) | |
| Assumed office 19 January 2000 | |
| Chairman of the Duma Committee on the CIS, Eurasian Integration, and Relations with Compatriots | |
| In office 21 December 2011 – 5 October 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Alexey Ostrovsky |
| Succeeded by | Leonid Kalashnikov |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 January 1968 Moscow, RSFSR, USSR |
| Political party | LDPR |
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| Conservatism in Russia |
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Leonid Eduardovich Slutsky[a] (/ˈsluːtski/ SLOOT-ski; Russian: Леонид Эдуардович Слуцкий; born 4 January 1968) is a Russian politician who leads the right-wing and nationalist Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR) since 2022, and has served as a deputy of the State Duma since 1999.
With his party being associated with the hard right of political spectrum, Slutsky's tenure as Chairman of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs has been eventful and widely covered in the national and international media. In 2018, he was the central figure of a sexual assault scandal in parliament. In 2022, he represented Russia during peace negotiations with Ukraine following the Russian invasion. The following year, he announced his candidacy in the 2024 Russian presidential election.[1][2][3][4][5]
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- ^ AFP (13 March 2022). "Russia Sees 'Progress' at Conflict Talks With Ukraine". The Moscow Times. Retrieved 25 March 2022.