Nikolai Gerasimenko

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Nikolai Gerasimenko
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Born (1950-12-01) 1 December 1950 (age 73)
Verkh-Suyetka, Altai Krai, Soviet Union
NationalityRussian
OccupationSurgeon and politician
Known for
Member of the State Duma
In office
17 December 1995 – 19 September 2021
Parliamentary groupRegions of Russia (1995–99)
People's Deputy (1999–2007)
United Russia (2007–21)

Nikolai Fyodorovich Gerasimenko (Russian: Никола́й Фёдорович Герасиме́нко) is a Russian surgeon and politician.

He was born on December 1, 1950,[1] in Verkh-Suyetka, in the former Soviet Union to a family of municipal employee and school teacher. He studied at Altai State Medical University[1] and later worked for I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University. As a surgeon he performed about 10,000 operations. He is an Honored Doctor of the Russian Federation, Academician of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences (2002), member of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, and a member of the council of the all-Russian public organization "League of the Health of the Nation".

He was a member of the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th State Dumas in 1995–2021. Chair of State Duma Healthcare and Sports committee in 1995–2003. In 2019, the State Duma lifted his parliamentary immunity due to a road accident at Leninsky Avenue, Moscow. Gerasimenko was found guilty of a traffic violation in which a motorcyclist was injured, and his driver's licence was revoked.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "Герасименко Николай Федорович" (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2020-03-02.
  2. ^ "Суд лишил водительских прав депутата Госдумы Герасименко". Interfax (in Russian). 18 November 2019.