Vladimir Konstantinov (politician)

For other uses, see Vladimir Konstantinov (disambiguation).

In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Andreyevich and the family name is Konstantinov.

Vladimir Konstantinov
Chairman of the State Council of Republic of Crimea
Incumbent
Assumed office 17 March 2014
President	Vladimir Putin
Head of the Republic	Sergey Aksyonov
Preceded by	Office established
Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea
In office 17 March 2010 – 17 March 2014
President	Viktor Yanukovych
Prime Minister	Vasyl Dzharty Pavlo Burlakov (Acting) Anatolii Mohyliov Sergey Aksyonov
Preceded by	Anatoliy Hrytsenko
Succeeded by	Office abolished
Member of the Verkhovna Rada of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea
In office 29 March 1998 – 17 March 2014
Personal details
Born	(1956-11-19) 19 November 1956 Vladimirovca, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union
Party	Party of Regions (until 7 April 2014) United Russia (since 7 April 2014)
Alma mater	Sevastopol Instrument-Making Institute

Vladimir Andreyevich Konstantinov (Russian: Владимир Андреевич Константинов, Ukrainian: Володимир Андрійович Константинов; born 19 November 1956) is a Crimean and Russian politician who has served as the Chairman of the State Council of the Republic of Crimea since 17 March 2014 year.

Chairman of the Supreme Rada of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea from March 17, 2010, to March 17, 2014. Member of the Supreme Rada of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea (1998-2014).

Knight of the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, First Class (2014). Honored Builder of Ukraine (1999). Honorary Citizen of the Republic of Crimea (2014). Honored Builder of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea (1999).

Laureate of the State Prize of Ukraine in the field of architecture (2006). He was awarded the Order of Merit of the III, II and I degrees (2001, 2004, 2006), the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise of the V and IV degrees (2007, 2011).

Honorary Professor at the Crimean Institute of Environmental Protection and Resort Construction (2014).

He was Chairman of the Association's Standing Committee on European Integration, Cross-border and Interregional Cooperation from 2011 to 2014.

Biography

He was born in Vladimirovca in the Moldavian SSR (present-day Moldova/Transnistria) on 19 November 1956.

In 1973, he graduated from Nauchnenskaya secondary school of Bakhchysarai Raion.

He is a graduate of Simferopol branch of Sevastopol instrument-making institute, majoring in industrial and civil engineering.

In the same year, until 1974, at the age of 17, he ended up at the Alminsky building materials plant of the «Krymstroyd trust». He worked as an assistant driver of a stone-cutting machine at the Alminsky building materials plant.

In 1979 he graduated from the Simferopol branch of the Sevastopol Instrument-Making Institute with a degree in Industrial and Civil Construction.

In 1979 — worker of the Crimean repair and construction department.

Later, he was drafted into the Armed Forces of the USSR.

From 1981 to 1991, he worked as a foreman, work supervisor, chief engineer, and head of the Crimean specialized repair and construction department of the «Ukrremstroymaterialy trust».

From June 1991 to June 1993, he was the General Director of the rental company «Consol». He held numerous awards and merits including the «Honored Builder of Ukraine».

From September to November 2001, he was the Chairman of the Board of Consol, Ltd.

From December 2001 to August 2004, he was the Chairman of the Ukrrosbud corporation.

From August 2004 to March 2010, he was the President of the Ukrrosbud Corporation.

He is an honorary professor at the Crimean National Academy of Environmental and Resort Construction.

From 1998 to 2014, he was a deputy of the Verkhovna Rada Autonomous Republic of Crimea of all convocations.

From March 17, 2010 to March 17, 2014 – Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea.

He was a member of the Ukrainian Party of Regions: from April 2010 to February 2014, he was deputy chairman of the Party, and from February to March 2014, he was a head of the Crimean Republican Organization of the party.

From 1998 to 2014 year – member Party of Regions.

Since March 17, 2014 – Chairman of the State Council of the Republic of Crimea.

Since 2014 – member State Council of the Republic of Crimea.

On April 2, 2014, he became co-chairman of the regional headquarters of the Crimean branch of the All-Russian public movement «People's Front for Russia».

On April 7, 2014, he was elected secretary of the Crimean regional branch of the «United Russia» Party.

From On April 2014 member «United Russia» Party.

In May 2017, he presented his book "Walk your Own Path".

Alleged criminal involvement

Andriy Senchenko, member of the Verkhovna Rada (Supreme Council of Ukraine) from Batkivshchyna party led by Yulia Tymoshenko, has alleged in March 2014 that Vladimir Konstatinov has been involved in fraudulent real estate transactions and that he has worked since the 1990s with Prime Minister Sergey Aksyonov, whom Senchenko alleged to be a member of organized crime.

Awards

• Honorary title «Honored Builder of Ukraine» (1999);
• Honorary title «Honored Builder of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea» (1999);
• Certificate of Honor of the Council of Ministers Autonomous Republic of Crimea (2000);
• Honorary badge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine (2000);
• «Order of Merit», III degree;
• Honorary badge of public recognition of the International charity organization «Public Recognition Foundation» (2002);
• Order of Merit, II degree (2004);
• Order of Merit, 1st Class (2006);
• State Prize of Ukraine in the field of architecture (2006);
• Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 5th Class (2007);
• Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 4th Class (2011);
• Order of Merit for the Fatherland, 1st Class (2014);
• Honorary Citizen of the Republic of Crimea (2014);
• Medal of the State Council of the Republic of Crimea (2015) – «For Mercy».