Leonid Simanovsky

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

Leonid Yakovlevich Simanovsky (Russian: Леонид Яковлевич Симановский; July 19, 1949) is a Russian businessman and political figure, serving as a deputy in the State Duma from the United Russia party list since 2003.^[1]

Leonid Simanovsky MP
Леонид Симановский
Simanovsky in 2018
Member of the State Duma (Party List Seat)
Incumbent
Assumed office 29 December 2003
Personal details
Born	(1949-07-19) 19 July 1949 (age 76) Kuybyshev, RSFSR, USSR
Party	United Russia
Spouse	Sofia Kimovna Simanovskaya
Children	Svetlana (daughter)
Education	Kuybyshev Planning Institute

From 1996 to 2001, Simanovsky was a vice-president at Yukos, then one of the largest petroleum firms in Russia. In 2000, he founded and headed the company "Khimpromindustriya". In 2003, 2007, 2011, 2016, and 2021, he was consecutively elected as a deputy for the 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th convocations of the State Duma.^[1][2] As a deputy, he belongs to the State Duma Committee on Budget & Taxes.^[3]

In 2021, Simanovsky was 85th on the Forbes list of 200 wealthiest Russian businessmen.^[4]

Sanctions

He was sanctioned by the UK government in 2022 in relation to the Russo-Ukrainian War.^[5]

He is one of the members of the State Duma the United States Treasury sanctioned on 24 March 2022 in response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.^[6]