Nikolay Fyodorov (politician)


Nikolay Vasilyevich Fyodorov is the First Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council. He is also the former President of the Chuvash Republic in Russia.

Career

He was the Justice Minister of Russia from 14 July 1991 to 24 March 1993.
He served as the first President of Chuvash Republic from 21 January 1994 to August 2010. He was a supporter of market reforms and was reelected in 1998 and 2001. Fyodorov opposed Russian President Boris Yeltsin's policies in Chechnya and Vladimir Putin's 2000 federal reform initiatives.
He had been the Minister of Agriculture from 21 May 2012 until April 2015.
Presently, he is the First Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council, Russia's upper house of parliament, a position he has held since 2015.

Personal life

He is an ethnic Chuvash. He is married and has one son and a daughter. His son Vasily is a lawyer. In addition to his native Chuvash, he speaks Russian and German.
- OMÉK, 2013

Honours and awards