Nikolay Vinnichenko

Deputy Prosecutor General of RussiaAssumed office
27 March 20134th Russian Presidential Envoy to the Northwestern Federal DistrictIn office
6 September 2011 – 11 March 2013PresidentDmitry Medvedev
Vladimir PutinPreceded byIlya KlebanovSucceeded byVladimir Bulavin2nd Russian Presidential Envoy to the Urals Federal DistrictIn office
8 December 2008 – 6 September 2011PresidentDmitry MedvedevPreceded byPyotr LatyshevSucceeded byYevgeny KuyvashevDirector of the Federal Bailiff Service and Chief Bailiff of RussiaIn office
21 October 2004 – 8 December 2008PresidentVladimir Putin
Dmitry MedvedevPreceded byOffice establishedSucceeded byArtur Parfenchikov Personal detailsBorn (1965-04-10) 10 April 1965 (age 59)
Oktyabrskoye village, Shemonaikha District, East Kazakhstan Province, Kazakh SSR, USSRNationalityRussian

Nikolay Alexandrovich Vinnichenko (Russian: Николай Александрович Винничéнко, born April 10, 1965) is a Russian lawyer and politician. He has the federal state civilian service rank of 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation.^[1]

Biography

Nikolay Vinnichenko graduated from the Saint Petersburg State University Faculty of Law in 1987.^[2]

He started his career as a trainee for the Prosecutor of Saint Petersburg, and became his assistant in 1990. In 1995, he became public prosecutor of Saint Petersburg, and Deputy public prosecutor of the city in 1999. In 2001, he was named Federal inspector in-chief of Saint Petersburg. From April 9, 2003, until September 12, 2004, he was the Chief Prosecutor of Saint Petersburg. From October 21, 2004, he had been the Chief Bailiff, Director of the Federal Bailiff Service of Russia.^[2]

On December 8, 2008, Vinnichenko was appointed to be the Russian Presidential Envoy to the Urals Federal District. Since September 6, 2011, he is the Russian Presidential Envoy to the Northwestern Federal District.^[3]

Since 2013, Nikolay Vinnichenko is Deputy Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation.^[2]

In the aftermath of the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crash, Nikolay Vinnichenko declared, as Deputy Prosecutor General, that Russia had sent to the Dutch-led Joint Investigation Team (JIT) the proof that the missile that caused the crash was a Ukrainian one, and that this information had not been taken into consideration by the JIT.^[4]

Nikolay Vinnichenko sanctioned the extradition of the belarusian refugee Andrey Kazimirov, who was seeking asylum in Russia after being tortured by the police for 2 days in the aftermath of the Belarus election protests.^[5]

Other roles

• Member of the State Border Commission^[6]

Honours and awards

• Order of Honour
• Medal "In Commemoration of the 300th Anniversary of Saint Petersburg"
• Medal "In Commemoration of the 1000th Anniversary of Kazan"

Political offices
Preceded by Ivan Sydoruk	Chief Prosecutor of Saint Petersburg April 9, 2003, - September 12, 2004	Succeeded by Sergei Zaytsev
Preceded by Arkady Melnikov	Chief Bailiff of Russia October 21, 2004–present	Incumbent

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