24 Facts About Vladimir Pekhtin

Vladimir Alekseyevich Pekhtin is a Russian politician.

Vladimir Pekhtin was a deputy of the State Duma for the 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th convocations.

Vladimir Pekhtin chaired the parliament's ethics committee and served as Deputy Chairman of the State Duma.

Vladimir Pekhtin was the first deputy chairman of the United Russia party.

Vladimir Pekhtin resigned from the State Duma in February 2013, following revelations that he owned over $1.3 million in Florida real estate.

Vladimir Pekhtin was born on 9 December 1950 in Leningrad.

Vladimir Pekhtin attended Leningrad Polytechnic Institute, graduating in 1974 with a degree in hydraulic engineering.

In 1997, Vladimir Pekhtin received a Candidate of Sciences degree from the Saint Petersburg State Technical University.

From 1982 to 1989, Vladimir Pekhtin worked at the Kolyma Hydroelectric Station, rising to the Deputy Director position.

Vladimir Pekhtin served on the board of electric holding company RAO UES from 1997 to 1998.

Vladimir Pekhtin ran for the State Duma in 1993, but lost the election.

Vladimir Pekhtin was elected to the 3rd convocation of the State Duma in 1999.

Vladimir Pekhtin headed the United Russia party in the State Duma from April 2001 to December 2003.

On 29 March 2003, Vladimir Pekhtin was elected a member of the supreme council of the United Russia party.

Vladimir Pekhtin was reelected to the fourth convocation of the State Duma in December 2003.

Vladimir Pekhtin became Deputy Chairman of the State Duma and the first Deputy Head of the United Russia party.

Vladimir Pekhtin supervised the Kremlin's CIS election observation mission for the 2008 parliamentary election in Belarus.

In 2012, Vladimir Pekhtin became Chairman of the State Duma's ethics committee.

Vladimir Pekhtin supported the 2013 Dima Yakovlev Law, which barred US citizens from adopting Russian orphans.

In 2011, Vladimir Pekhtin had declared an income of 2.15 million rubles.

Vladimir Pekhtin's declaration indicated that he and his wife owned nine plots of land, two apartments, two houses, two non-residential buildings, and five cars as well as personal watercraft and snowmobiles.

Vladimir Pekhtin resigned from the State Duma on 20 February 2013, following revelations from Alexei Navalny that he owned over $1.3 million of undeclared real estate in Florida.

Vladimir Pekhtin became a member of the Management Board of RusHydro in April 2013.

Vladimir Pekhtin became Director General of the RusHydro hydrotechnology institute Lenhydroproject in March 2014.