Mikhail Leonidovich Timonov (Russian: Михаил Леонидович Тимонов; born 22 May 1965 in Moscow, USSR) is a Russian politician. Member of the Moscow City Duma,[1] leader of the Opposition (2019 – 2024).

Mikhail Timonov
Member of the Moscow City Duma
In office
8 September 2019 – 18 September 2024
Preceded byAnton Molev
Succeeded byYelena Yamshchikova
Parliamentary groupA Just Russia
Constituency№16
Personal details
Born
Mikhail Leonidovich Timonov

(1965-05-22) 22 May 1965 (age 59)
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Political partyIndependent
Other political
affiliations
A Just Russia (since 2014)
Alma materMoscow Aviation Institute
Websitehttps://timonov.info

Biography

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Born on September 22 May 1965 in Moscow, RSFSR. Graduated from the Moscow Aviation Institute.

2019 Moscow City Duma election

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Mikhail won the elections to the Moscow City Duma of the seventh convocation in the 16th single-mandate constituency (the districts Bogorodskoye, Preobrazhenskoye, part of Sokolinaya Gora), receiving 12.293 votes (37.6%). Member of the commissions for urban planning, state property and land use, environmental policy, urban management and housing policy.

He was supported by Alexey Navalny's "Smart Voting" system.[2] From September to November 2019 Michail Timonov led A Just Russia in Moscow City Duma and was suspended due to vote against the draft budget of Moscow for 2020.[3]

Electoral history

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Moscow City Duma elections

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2014

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2014 Moscow City Duma election (16th constituency)
Candidate Party Votes %
Anton Molev United Russia 14.476 45.85%
Denis Parfenov CPRF 6.098 19.32%
Mikhail Timonov A Just Russia 4.431 14.04%
Elena Grishchenko Yabloko 3.324 10.53%
Nikolai Lazarev LDPR 1.422 4.50%
Marat Mustafin 729 2.31%

2019

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2019 Moscow City Duma election (16th constituency)
Candidate Party Votes %
Mikhail Timonov A Just Russia 12.293 37.57%
Anton Molev (incumbent) United Russia 10.419 31.85%
Alexandra Andreeva CPRF 5.855 17.90%
Tatiana Gordienko CPCR 1.466 4.48%
Vera Kosova LDPR 1.395 4.26%
Alexandra Andreeva 1.290 3.94%

References

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  1. ^ "Депутат: Тимонов Михаил Леонидович - избирательный округ № 16.Официальный сайт Московской городской Думы" (in Russian). Московская городская Дума. Retrieved 2019-12-18.
  2. ^ Pertsev, Andrey (2019-09-09). "Navalny's 'Smart Vote' for the win?". meduza.io. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  3. ^ Татьяна Васильчук (2019-12-02). "Перешел "красную линию". Два депутата Мосгордумы от "Справедливой России" сняли третьего с поста главы фракции" (in Russian). Новая Газета. Retrieved 2019-01-10.


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