Aleksei Shaposhnikov (politician)

Aleksei Valerievich Shaposhnikov (Russian: Алексей Валерьевич Шапошников; born 16 June 1973) is a Russian politician who has served as the chairman of the Moscow City Duma since 2014.[1][2]

Aleksei Shaposhnikov
Shaposhnikov in 2018
Chairman of the Moscow City Duma
Assumed office
24 September 2014
PresidentVladimir Putin
GovernorSergey Sobyanin
Preceded byVladimir Platonov
Personal details
Born
Aleksei Valerievich Shaposhnikov

June 16, 1973 (1973-06-16) (age 50)
Moscow, Russia
CitizenshipRussian
Political partyUnited Russia
Alma materMoscow State Law Academy
OccupationPolitician

Biography edit

Aleksei Valerievich Shaposhnikov was born on 16 June 1973 in Moscow. Father — Valery Shaposhnikov, Moscow City Duma Deputy 4-th and 5-th convocations.[3]

 
Aleksei Shaposhnikov / Festival "Russian field" - 2023

Chairman of the Moscow City Duma edit

During the elections to the Moscow city Duma 6-th convocation, held in September 2014, ran from Moscow branch of the party "United Russia", and this time won the election in his single-mandate constituency № 12. On September 24 the first meeting of the Duma 6-th convocation deputies adopted a resolution "On election of the Chairman of the Moscow city Duma", and A. V. Shaposhnikov was elected to this position (according to the regulations, he will lead the work of the Council during the whole validity term of its powers). In his speech after his election as the new speaker promised that the Moscow city Duma will be encouraged to debate different political forces, and representatives of all factions will be heard.[4][5]

Controversy edit

On 26 December 2018 deputy Elena Shuvalova during the meeting of the Moscow City Duma noticed that the voting system is registering the votes of the deputies incorrectly. Deputy Shuvalova noted that there were 36 votes registered in the system while she could only count 26 deputies on the floor. In reply to her request to count the deputies chairman Shaposhnikov noted that there is a "special system which counts the deputies on the floor" and "he fully trusts it". In response that it's working incorrectly, he noted that the system fully supports the legislative work of the Duma. The official video recording provided by the City Duma did not show the actual deputies on the floor.[6]

Electoral history edit

2014 Moscow City Duma election (12th constituency)
Candidate Votes %
Alexei Shaposhnikov 16,801 50.65%
Evgenii Marchenko 5,590 16.85%
Vladimir Khodakov 3,286 9.91%
Aleksandr Sapranov 2,010 6.06%
Tatiana Fokina 1,875 5.65%
Lidia Tafintseva 1,607 4.84%
2019 Moscow City Duma election (12th constituency)
Candidate Party Votes %
Alexei Shaposhnikov United Russia 14,227 42.16%
Alexander Efimov CPRF 13,087 38.78%
Maxim Efimov LDPR 2,613 7.74%
Nikita Yankovoy A Just Russia 2,358 6.98%
Pavel Trofimov Communists of Russia 1,463 4.34%

References edit

  1. ^ "Новым председателем Мосгордумы избран Алексей Шапошников". interfax.ru. 24 September 2014.
  2. ^ "Алексей Шапошников избран председателем Мосгордумы седьмого созыва". tass.ru. 19 September 2019.
  3. ^ "Shaposhnikov V. A., Deputy of MGD from the North-East" (in Russian). Archived from the original on 19 February 2017. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  4. ^ "The new Chairman of the Duma elected Alexey Shaposhnikov". Moscow City Duma (in Russian). Archived from the original on 16 October 2014. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  5. ^ "The new speaker of Moscow city Council became Alexey Shaposhnikov" (PDF) (in Russian). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2014. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  6. ^ Слава, Чувствительный (January 11, 2019). "На заседании Мосгордумы голосов оказалось больше, чем депутатов. Но спикер не увидел в этом проблемы — Новости на TJ". TJ.