Georgy Petrovich Kamnev (born 5 October 1983 in Serdobsk, Penza Oblast, USSR), is a Russian politician and was formerly a Deputy Legislative Assembly of the Penza Region. He was First Secretary of the Penza regional branch of the CPRF from 21 May 2011 until 30 October 2021. Since 27 May 2017 he has been a member of the Presidium Central Committee of the CPRF, and since the 2021 Russian legislative election, a member of the 8th State Duma.

Georgy Kamnev
Георгий Камнев
Member of the State Duma (Party List Seat)
Assumed office
12 October 2021
Personal details
Born(1983-10-05)October 5, 1983
Serdobsk, Penza Oblast, RSFSR, Soviet Union
Political partyCommunist Party of the Russian Federation
Children3
EducationPenza State Pedagogical University

Education

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He was born on 5 October 1983 in the town of Serdobsk, located in the Penza region, in the family of workers of the Serdobsk watch factory. In 2005, he graduated with honors from the Faculty of Law Penza State University and went on to take post-graduate courses.[1] In 2005, he became a laureate of the regional competition "Young Lawyer of the Year". In 2008, he completed his postgraduate course in law. He repeatedly took part in and won All-Russian and international competitions and conferences of legal scholars. His area of research is the formative issues and activity of local self-governing bodies.[2]

Career

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In 2001, he joined the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF).

From 2002 to 2006, he was an assistant to the deputy of the Penza City, Duma.

From 2004 to 2009, he was a voting member of the election commission of the city of Penza, specifically the Secretary of the Commission.

From 2005 to 2006, he worked as the director of the Penza representative office for the insurance company "Standard-Reserve".

From 2006 to 2008, he worked at Energy Service Company LLC.

From 2006 to 2007, he became Chairman of the Youth Council at the Penza City, Duma.

From 2006 to 2009, he headed the regional organization LYCL RF.

From 2006 to 2011 he worked as assistant to the deputy of the State Duma of Russia Viktor Ilyukhin.

From 2008 to 2010, he held various positions in the companies of the SCM Group holding.

In 2010, he founded and headed the Yurex Group law firm, providing legal services in the residential real estate sector.[3]

In the elections to the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of VII convocation (2016), he stood for the 146th Penza single-mandate constituency, Penza region.[4] He was also on the federal list from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation.[5]

He has nine published research works.

Political activity

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From 2004 to 2011, he was an assistant to the deputy of the State Duma V.I. Ilyukhin.

From 2005 to 2009, he was the first secretary of the Penza regional committee of the Komsomol.

From 2006 to 2008, he was Chairman of the Youth Council at the Penza city, Duma.

From 2006 to 2011, he was secretary of the Penza regional committee of the Communist Party.

Since 2011, he has been the first secretary of the Penza regional committee of the Communist Party.

At the time of his election as First Secretary of the Penza Regional Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation on 21 May 2011, Georgy Kamnev was the youngest First Secretary of the Regional Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation in Russia.[6]

On 24 December 2011, by the decision of the plenum of the CPRF regional committee, Georgy Kamnev replaced in the Legislative Assembly of the Penza region of IV convocation the deputy from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation who left for the State Duma Vladimir Simagin.[7]

On 14 October 2012 he was elected deputy of the Legislative Assembly of V convocation from the Penza regional branch of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation.[8]

The party list of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation won 12.52% of the votes,[9] two deputies from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, Georgy Kamnev and Andrei Zuev, passed to the Legislative Assembly.[10] He is the Deputy Chairman of the Committee for State Construction and Local Self-Government Bodies in the Legislative Assembly of the Penza Region.

From 24 February 2013 he has been a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party.

After the end of the XVII Congress of the CPRF on 27 May 2017, he was elected the Presidium member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party.

Georgy Kamnev supports granting RF citizens the right to carry firearms. According to him, this right will improve the quality of work of public authorities.[11]

He is one of the 324 members of the State Duma the United States Treasury sanctioned on 24 March 2022 in response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[12]

Family

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Georgy Kamnev is married. He has two daughters and a son.[13]

References

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  1. ^ Kommersant-Saratov – Regional policy <! – The headline was added by bot ->
  2. ^ https://kprf.ru/personal/kamnev-georgii-petrovich html Biography of G.P. Kamnev on the personal page of the Communist Party website
  3. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 May 2015. Retrieved 24 January 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ Election of deputies of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the seventh convocation: = show & root = 1 & tvd = 100100067795849 & vrn = 100100067795849 & region = 0 & global = 1 & sub_region = 0 & prver = 0 & pronetvd = null & type = 341 & vibid = 2582000740031 Candidate's data: Kamnev Georgy Petrovich/Site of the Central Election Commission[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ Resolution of the CEC of the Russian Federation No. 31/297-7 of August 1, 2016 Archived 17 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine/Website of the CEC of Russia
  6. ^ Penza Region: The youngest in the country <! – The headline was added by bot ->
  7. ^ Two new deputies will enter the Penza parliament – Penza-press
  8. ^ "Депутаты".
  9. ^ "Information about the ongoing elections and referendums <! - The headline was added by a bot ->". Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  10. ^ The Communist Party of the Russian Federation will be represented by Georgy Kamnev and Andrey Zuev – PenzaNews. Penza and the Penza region news
  11. ^ Speech at the Congress “The right to arms of an honorary member” – Georgy Petrovich Kamnev – YouTube <! – The headline was added by bot ->
  12. ^ "U.S. Treasury Sanctions Russia's Defense-Industrial Base, the Russian Duma and Its Members, and Sberbank CEO". U.S. Department of the Treasury. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  13. ^ Georgy Kamnev Archived 26 January 2016 at the Wayback Machine website of the Legislative Assembly of the Penza region
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