Vasily Likhachyov

Vasily Nikolayevich Likhachyov (Russian: Василий Николаевич Лихачёв; 5 January 1952 – 8 April 2019)^[1] was a Russian politician, the Permanent Representative for Russia to the European Council (1998),^[2] and Deputy Minister of Justice in Russia. Since 2011 until his death he was a Russian State Duma deputy from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation.^[3]

Vasily Likhachyov
Василий Лихачёв
Likhachyov in 2008
Russian Federation Senator from the Republic of Ingushetia
In office 11 March 2004 – 3 March 2010
Preceded by	Igor Kamenskoy
Succeeded by	Musa Keligov
Permanent Representative from Russia to the European Union
In office 5 May 1998 – 11 March 2003
Preceded by	Ivan Silayev
Succeeded by	Mikhail Fradkov
Chairman of the State Council of Tatarstan
In office 1 March 1995 – 27 May 1998
Preceded by	office established
Succeeded by	Farid Mukhametshin
Vice President of Tatarstan
In office 4 July 1991 – 30 March 1995
President	Mintimer Shaimiev
Preceded by	office established
Succeeded by	office eliminated
Personal details
Born	(1952-01-05)5 January 1952 Gorky, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died	8 April 2019(2019-04-08) (aged 67)
Spouse	Nina F. Likhachyova
Education	Kazan State University (PhD)

Likhachyov was the son of Nina F. Likhachyova and was married to Nailya Imatovna Taktasheva and had two daughters.^[4]

Biography

In 1975 he graduated from Kazan State University and obtained a degree of PhD in Law.^[5] He was a Fellow of Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, an Associate Member of Tatarstan Republic Academy of Sciences.^[6]

In 1978–1988 he was an associate professor in Kazan University. During the period of 1982–1983 he was lecturing in National Law school of Guinea-Bissau Republic. In 1987–1988 he was a lecturer in the University of Madagascar Republic.

From 1991 to 1995 he was holding an office of Vice-president of Tatarstan Republic. In 1995–1998 he was a Chair of the National Council of Tatarstan Republic and a chairman assistant of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation. From 1998 to 2003 he was a Permanent Representative from Russian Federation in European Communities, Brussel.^[7] In 2004 he was elected as a representative from the legislative body of Republic Ingushetia government to the Federation Council. In 2010 he was appointed a Deputy Minister of Justice of Russian Federation and stayed in this office till 2011.^[8][9] He was a member of Duma Committee on the Commonwealth of Independent States and Connections with Countrymen.^[10] He authored ten monographs and more than 500 scientific articles.^[11] He had a diplomatic rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.^[8]

Awards

• Order of Honour (1996)
• Order for Merit to the Fatherland Fourth Class (2007)^[11]