Valentina Matviyenko

Russian politician

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Valentina Matviyenko is a prominent Russian politician who has held significant positions in the Russian government and parliament. She matters because she is one of the highest-ranking female officials in Russia and has wielded considerable influence in Russian politics for decades.

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Born: 1949-04-07

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Country: US
Active from: 1973-12-11

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Valentina Ivanovna Matviyenko (née Tyutina; born 7 April 1949) is a Russian politician and former diplomat serving as a Senator from Saint Petersburg and the Chairwoman of the Federation Council since 2011. Previously she was Governor of Saint Petersburg from 2003 to 2011.

Born in the Ukrainian SSR, Matviyenko began her political career in the 1980s in Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg), and was the First Secretary of the Krasnogvardeysky District Communist Party of the city from 1984 to 1986. In the 1990s, Matviyenko served as the Russian ambassador to Malta (1991–1995), and to Greece (1997–1998). From 1998 to 2003, Matviyenko was Deputy Prime Minister for Welfare, and briefly the Presidential Envoy to the Northwestern Federal District in 2003. By that time, Matviyenko was firmly allied with Russian president Vladimir Putin, an alliance which secured her a victory in the gubernatorial elections in Saint Petersburg, Putin's native city.