Andrey Sobolyev

Andrey Nikolayevich Sobolyev (Russian: Андрей Николаевич Соболев; born on 1 December 1954), is a Russian political figure, who served as a member of the Federation Council from the executive body of state power of Sevastopol from 2014 to 2017.

Andrey Sobolyev
Андрей Соболев
Russian Federation Senator
from Sevastopol
In office
10 October 2014 – 19 September 2017
Succeeded byValery Kulikov
Personal details
Born
Andrey Nikolayevich Sobolyev

(1954-12-01) 1 December 1954[1]
Greminkha, Russia, Soviet Union
Political partyIndependent

He was the member of the Federation Council Committee on Science, Education and Culture.

He was also the deputy editor-in-chief of the weekly Sevastopolskaya Gazeta.

Biography

Andrey Sobolyev was born on 1 December 1954.[1] He graduated from the Ukrainian Agricultural Academy with a degree in Forestry Engineering in 1990.[1]

In 1999, in Sevastopol, he began to actively work on organizing author's song festivals. Thanks to Sobolyev, the Balaklava Holidays festival is held every summer in Balaklava.

He was a member of the Board of the Gennady Cherkashin Foundation.

He was awarded with the Order of Friendship on 22 April 2010, for a great contribution to strengthening friendship and cooperation between the peoples of Russia and Ukraine.[2]

On 10 October 2014, Sobolyev became the first representative of the executive body of state power of Sevastopol in the Federation Council. He was replaced by Valery Kulikov on 19 September 2017.[3]

References
  1. "Структура". Совет Федерации Федерального Собрания Российской Федерации (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-07-17.
  2. Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 22 апреля 2010 года № 502 «О награждении орденом Дружбы Воротникова С.И. и Соболева А.Н.»
  3. "Вице-адмирал Валерий Куликов назначен сенатором от Севастополя". Regnum. 2017-09-19. Retrieved 2018-06-15.
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