They say that successful women are successful in everything. And there is also a misconception that beautiful women are not always smart. All this can be discussed for a long time without reaching a common denominator. Nevertheless, history knows many women in whom all conceivable and inconceivable qualities are combined: success, beauty, intelligence, luck. Everyone knows these women: Margaret Thatcher, Valentina Matvienko, Angela Gereku, Eva Kylie, and others.
The future politician and statesman was born in the Ukrainian SSR, the city of Shepetovka, Khmelnitsky region, in the family of the Great Patriotic War participant Ivan Tyutin and theatrical costume designer Irina Tyutina. Mom was half Ukrainian by nationality. There were two more girls in the family, Valya was the youngest. It is clear from everything that Valya Matvienko has a simple and even standard biography.
A little after the birth of their youngest daughter, their family moved to the city of Cherkassy.
Her father's severe injuries constantly made themselves felt to him, and he soon died when the girl was only seven years old. So, their family was left without the head of the family and any support from his side. The family fully understood the need.
Nevertheless, the girl successfully graduated from school, receiving a silver medal. Further:
- After school, she entered a medical school (1967), graduating with honors.
- In 1972 she was educated as a pharmaceutical chemist, graduating from the Leningrad Institute of the corresponding profile.
- Her next step in comprehending the sciences - and she wanted to be a scientist - was supposed to be a graduate school, where she received a direction, but since she was invited to work in the district committee of the Komsomol, she decided to drastically change her specialization, and her biography too. This time, the Academy of Social Sciences (CPSU Central Committee) became her choice.
Such is Matvienko Valentina Ivanovna. The biography of her family, although it did not contribute to this (a girl with early years lived in need), nevertheless her thirst for knowledge was ineradicable and always a priority. This helped her to achieve a lot in life.
After graduating from this educational institution, in 1991, she went to the courses of diplomatic workers.
So, step by step, year after year, her successful political career took shape. This is how it was:
- First Komsomol, and then party work in the city of Leningrad (1972 - 1984).
- Then the work of the deputy chairman of the executive committee of the Leningrad City Council - the curator of issues of culture and education (1986-1989).
- She was elected People's Deputy of the USSR by the Union of Soviet Women. Her responsibilities included protecting the family, motherhood, and childhood.
- Starting in the 90s, she became a member of the Presidium (Supreme Soviet of the USSR). It is in this position that she achieves the greatest success. This allowed him to take the post of plenipotentiary ambassador (Republic of Malta).
- Three years later, upon Matvienko's return to Russia, she heads the work of the liaison department under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (with the regions Russian Federation).
- Then she becomes a member of the collegium of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation (1995-1997).
- After, for a year she is the ambassador to Greece.
There were a lot of further appointments, and everywhere Valentina Ivanovna brilliantly coped with the posts entrusted to her. It was this circumstance that gave rise to her appointment as governor of St. Petersburg.
Starting out since 2003, she becomes governor Petersburg, bypassing her rival in the elections Anna Markova by a huge margin in votes. Then she became a member of the Security Council of the Russian Federation.
It should be noted that as a result of the crisis of the nineties, St. Petersburg was simply in a deplorable state. The cradle of the revolution had to be rescued immediately - it simply could not be called otherwise.
The city had a very unattractive appearance: it was necessary to demolish the oldest buildings that spoil the city's view, build shopping centers, modernize transport interchanges - in a word, radically improve the infrastructure Northern capital... Nevertheless, despite the decisive and progressive activity of the new governor, she was nevertheless subjected to the most severe criticism. She was accused of so-called extremism. This was evidenced by printed materials from the newspaper "Fair Russia". However, this did not in any way affect the change in their own position.
Valentina Matvienko experienced great moral difficulties while in this post, and therefore resigned (2006), but President Vladimir Putin, knowing Valentina Ivanovna's autobiography and her business qualities, resolutely rejected the application, and she remained in office.
Further developments
The head of Bashkortostan proposed in 2011 Matvienko's candidacy to the Federation Council, and D. Medvedev, the then president, supported this idea.
Two weeks later, Valentina Matvienko was unanimously elected the chairperson of the Federation Council. Out of one hundred and forty deputies, only one abstained.
So Valentina Ivanovna became a speaker, and for the first time in the history of the Russian state.
Opinion, beliefs, actions
Once during a speech at a women's congress in the city of Novosibirsk, she said that too few women are involved in government.
In her opinion, this issue needs to be worked on - this was mentioned in the news.
She is one of the politicians who, as a result of an emergency meeting, approved the introduction of troops into the territory of the Crimean peninsula.
At a meeting with rural social workers, she talked with teachers and the media about teachers' salaries. During the conversation, she expressed concern about the fact that teachers in the Ivanovo region were paid very little - their salary does not exceed seven thousand rubles. She learned this, as it is customary to say, at first hand.
As a result, an order was given for the Minister of Education in order to understand the reasons for such a small salary, which does not correspond to Rosstat and the decrees of the President of Russia.
Another wise politician holds this opinion: football is the most useful of the games for civil servants and officials. It is this game that gives the feeling of a team and a cohesive, well-coordinated team.
The speaker is convinced that the Ukrainian media are zombifying their fellow citizens, and they chose a ban on Russian news as one of the tools for this. This, in her opinion, hinders an alternative point of view that Ukrainians can believe in, which is not part of their government's plans.
Matvienko is at various international meetings, where she represents Russia. With all this, it observes the diplomatic culture and respect for the traditions of the visited state. So, being in Saudi Arabia, she tied a headscarf on her head as a sign of respect for their customs, motivating her actions in the news with the terms of diplomatic etiquette.
Matvienko is unable to enter the EU - such are the realities of anti-Russian sanctions. In addition, it provides for the seizure of her property in the United States and all assets too. In America, the speaker is considered the main culprit among Russian leaders, who is responsible not only for the violation of the territorial integrity of Ukraine, but also for the violation of sovereignty.
An interesting fact happened in 2010-2011. Due to the difficult climatic conditions, a real communal collapse has arisen. The city was literally covered with snow, which undoubtedly made it difficult for its normal life. In addition to utilities, forces and equipment, which were not enough to eliminate drifts, students and even homeless people were involved in cleaning.
Speaker's income
In this regard, Matvienko entered the top ten women in the civil service who have the highest incomes. These names were included in the ratings published in Forbes (2016), where she ranks fourth. In similar statistics, she is the second female senator to be hit by him. The reason for this was her declaration, which indicates an income of almost 23 million rubles, the presence of three land plots in 6500 m 2, as well as a summer house, an apartment and one non-residential premises.
Valentina Ivanovna believes that the salaries of the Federation Council staff are not high enough, and it is very difficult because of this at the moment to find a qualified specialist in the Federation Council. The pay is low both for high-class specialists and for Moscow as a whole, she told the media.
Her family
Despite the fact that Valentina Ivanovna got married while still a student (people consider such marriages to be short-lived), her marriage from her youth turned out to be not only strong, but also the only one, and Valentina Matvienko never thought to part with her beloved husband.
Vladimir Vasilyevich throughout his married life remained as if in the shadows, and was invisible. All his life he worked as a teacher at the medical academy, in eternal anticipation of the arrival of his beloved and very busy wife.
So, they are from the fifth year of the institute together with her husband, Vladimir Vasilyevich, despite the fact that he is limited in physical actions and moves in a wheelchair.
Her husband lives in Leningrad region almost without a break in the area of the Gromovo station in a country house.
The couple had a son in 1973 - Sergei Matvienko, biography, personal life whom, in short looks like this:
- Thanks to his parents, he is highly educated and graduated from two universities.
- Sergey is a dollar millionaire.
- He used to work at Vneshtorgbank, Bank Saint Petersburg, etc.
- Doctor of Economic Sciences.
First marriage with singer Zara.
The son of the speaker has a daughter, Arina (2009), from his second marriage with graduate student Yulia.
According to media reports, he celebrated his thirty-five years old with style and flourish within the walls of the Yusupov Palace, and this event cost him about 50,000 euros.
So the son of Valentina Matvienko has a very successful personal life.
They say that Matvienko is still in a warm relationship with his son's ex-wife.
Loud scandal
The scandalous party took place aboard the revolutionary cruiser Aurora in 2009 immediately after the economic forum. The instigator was M. Prokhorov, a famous billionaire, and his guests were part of the city elite and local millionaires, as well as Minister Elvira Nabiullina.
According to "SP", what happened on the night of the sixth to the seventh of July on upper deck the legendary cruiser after a thorough drinking of those present does not fit into any framework of decency and morality.
A barge with S. Shnurov on board was sailing towards the Aurora. This whole company was more like a group of pirates who wanted to board the cruiser. Cord, together with the "Ruble" group, from his "dreadnought" yelled the lyrics of the song, which, like all his other "masterpieces", not only did not differ in the academic language, but, as always, in the traditional foul language characteristic of the performer.
The oligarchs, as it turned out, came to an indescribable delight from the "aria" of Cord and began to pull him up in a discordant manner. When the "musical" passions almost reached their climax, then on board the cruiser was Matvienko herself, who in bewilderment asked what, in fact, was happening in her city. After a little hesitation, she joined the revelers and began to dance with them.
Valentina Matvienko has an asset huge number of awards, awards, and not only Russian, Soviet, departmental - there are also foreign ones.
She is an honorary member of the Russian Academy of Arts.
Knowledge of languages
Valentina Matvienko speaks English, German, Greek and Ukrainian. She needed this at one time in her diplomatic work. However, she studied the Ukrainian language at school, living in Ukraine.
Charity
It just so happened that Valentina Ivanovna had only one child, although she always dreamed of more children, but with her work, being tied to the house, taking care of children simply would not work.
Her love for children is boundless, which she gives to the children who are in the baby's house. She visits them quite often, and the children love her very much.
Write a complaint
It is quite possible and can be done different ways... It is enough, for example, to score in a search engine: "Write a complaint to Matvienko", and as a result, various methods of action will be visible for the subject who intends to fulfill his goal. For instance:
- Fill out a special electronic form on the SFS website.
- By mail to the SFS address "For V. A. Matvienko"
Instagram and Wikipedia
With such a huge workload Matvienko, she clearly has no time for social networks. However, you can easily find it by making a request on Instagram or Wikipedia. True, in the first social network you can go not to her page, but to her son, but even there you will find a lot of information and photographs about Valentina Ivanovna.
Wikipedia, on the other hand, gives more accurate and dry facts: here you can track her entire life path, from birth to the present time.
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1. Chairman of the Federation Council:
a) convene meetings of the Federation Council, including extraordinary ones;
b) formulates a draft agenda for a sitting of the Federation Council, submits it for consideration by the Council of the Chamber, submits to the Federation Council a draft agenda for a sitting of the Federation Council considered by the Council of the House;
c) presides over the sessions of the chamber;
d) signs resolutions of the Federation Council;
e) swears in persons appointed to the positions of judges of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation and the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation;
d1) (clause "d1" is excluded in accordance with the resolution of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation dated December 15, 2010 No. 556-SF);
f) is in charge of the internal regulations of the chamber in accordance with the powers granted to him by these Regulations;
f1) carries out general management of the organization and implementation of measures for the implementation of permanent parliamentary control;
g) distributes duties between the First Deputy Speaker of the Federation Council and Deputy Speakers of the Federation Council (as amended by the resolution of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation dated September 19, 2008 No. 305-SF);
h) organizes the work of the Council of the Chamber and conducts its meetings;
i) coordinates the work of the committees of the Federation Council ;
j) sends for preliminary consideration to the committees of the chamber in accordance with the issues of their jurisdiction, approved by the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation (hereinafter - the State Duma) draft laws of the Russian Federation on amendments to the Constitution of the Russian Federation, federal constitutional laws, federal laws adopted by the State Duma, and also bills, amendments to bills developed by a committee of the Federation Council, a member of the Federation Council, which are supposed to be submitted to the State Duma in order to exercise the right of legislative initiative of the Federation Council (as amended by the resolution of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation dated December 27, 2011 No. 568-SF);
j1) sends to the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation, upon its request, documents and materials necessary for conducting a public examination of draft laws of the Russian Federation on amendments to the Constitution of the Russian Federation, draft federal constitutional laws and federal laws (with the exception of materials containing information constituting state or other protected secrecy by law) (clause "k1" was introduced in accordance with the resolution of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation dated March 24, 2006 No. 85-SF);
l) send for consideration to the legislative (representative) bodies of state power of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation the adopted laws of the Russian Federation on amendments to the Constitution of the Russian Federation;
m) send to the President of the Russian Federation for signing and official publication the laws of the Russian Federation on amendments to the Constitution of the Russian Federation, federal constitutional laws and federal laws approved by the Federation Council;
n) send to the State Duma the draft laws of the Russian Federation on amendments to the Constitution of the Russian Federation, federal constitutional laws and federal laws, rejected by the Federation Council;
o) send to the committees of the Federation Council in accordance with the issues of their jurisdiction, as well as to the Legal Department of the Office of the Federation Council for the preparation of proposals, legislative acts adopted by the Parliament of the Union State, the Interparliamentary Assembly of the Eurasian Economic Community, model legislative acts adopted by the Interparliamentary Assembly of States Parties to the Commonwealth Of the Independent States, as well as drafts of these acts (as amended by resolutions of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation dated October 6, 2006 No. 308-SF; dated December 27, 2011 No. 568-SF);
p) represents the chamber in relations with federal government bodies, government bodies of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, local government bodies, public associations, as well as with parliaments of foreign states, international organizations, state and public figures of foreign states;
c) participates in conciliation procedures used by the President of the Russian Federation in accordance with part 1 of Article 85 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation to resolve disagreements between federal government bodies and government bodies of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, as well as between government bodies of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation;
r) coordinates the organization of parliamentary hearings, round tables and other events held in the Federation Council;
y) approves the schedule for the reception of citizens by members of the committees of the Federation Council, and also sends to other officials of the Federation Council for consideration individual and collective appeals of citizens received by the Federation Council (as amended by resolutions of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation dated February 12, 2003 No. 25-SF; dated December 27, 2011 No. 568-SF);
t) decides on other issues of organizing the activities of the Federation Council in accordance with these Regulations and other regulatory legal acts;
x) carries out general management of the Office of the Federation Council and controls its activities ;
v) approve, in agreement with the Council of the Chamber, the structure of the Staff of the Federation Council;
w) approves the staffing of the Staff of the Federation Council (as amended by the resolution of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation dated May 29, 2002 No. 254-SF);
w) with the consent of the Council of the Chamber, appoints and dismisses from office the Chief of Staff of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation (hereinafter referred to as the Chief of Staff of the Federation Council), as well as, upon the recommendation of the Chief of Staff of the Federation Council, appoints and dismisses first deputies (first deputy ), Deputy Chiefs of Staff of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation and other employees of the Office of the Federation Council in accordance with the Regulations on the Office of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation;
w1) signs a certificate of honor of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation "For services in the development of parliamentarism" ( clause "sh1" was introduced by the resolution of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation dated May 26, 2004 No. 152-SF);
y) signs and presents the Certificate of Honor of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation;
e) by decision of the Council of the Chamber, sign and send to the President of the Russian Federation submissions on awarding state awards to members of the Federation Council and employees of the Office of the Federation Council;
y) signs and sends invitations to the chamber to members of the Government of the Russian Federation and other persons in the manner prescribed by Article 77 of these Regulations;
i) leads the work on planning the activities of the chamber;
z1) signs a power of attorney to a representative of the Federation Council when considering a case by the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation;
z2) submits for consideration by the Federation Council proposals on candidates for the appointment of plenipotentiary representatives of the Federation Council from among the members of the Federation Council (as amended by the resolution of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation dated November 19, 2014 No. 530-SF);
z3) approves the instructions for office work in the Federation Council and instructions for working with citizens' appeals in the Federation Council (as amended by the resolution of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation dated February 9, 2005 No. 20-SF);
z4) gives instructions to the committees of the Federation Council (as amended by the resolution of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation dated February 22, 2012 No. 38-SF);
z) gives instructions to other officials of the Federation Council (as amended by the resolution of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation dated March 26, 2003 No. 79-SF).
2. The Chairman of the Federation Council issues orders and gives instructions on issues within his competence.
3. The Federation Council has the right to cancel an order of the Chairman of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation (hereinafter referred to as the order of the Chairman of the Federation Council) that is contrary to the legislation of the Russian Federation and these Regulations.
4. The Chairman of the Federation Council or, on his instructions, the First Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council shall submit to the Federation Council reports on the activities of the chamber and on the draft program of its legislative work in accordance with the procedure established by the decision of the Federation Council, which are discussed at meetings of the Federation Council. Based on the results of the discussion, the Federation Council may adopt resolutions (as amended by resolutions of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation dated May 26, 2004 No. 152-SF; dated September 19, 2008 No. 305-SF).
5. The Chairman of the Federation Council, after agreement with the Council of the Chamber, approves the rules for the provision of interbudgetary transfers from the federal budget to the budgets of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation for reimbursement of expenses related to material support activities of members of the Federation Council and their assistants in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, and the rules for granting subsidies from the federal budget for state support of the media established by the Federation Council, submitted to the Council of the Chamber by the Federation Council Committee on the Rules and Organization of Parliamentary Activities (as amended by the resolutions of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation dated June 18, 2008 No. 223-SF; dated December 27, 2011 No. 568-SF).
6. The Chairman of the Federation Council approves standards for financial, material, technical and other support for the activities of members of the Federation Council, agreed in the prescribed manner by the Federation Council Committee on the Rules and Organization of Parliamentary Activities.
(Part 6 was introduced in accordance with the Resolution of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation dated June 18, 2008 No. 223-SF; as amended by the Resolution of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation dated December 27, 2011 No. 568-SF.)
Valentina Ivanovna Matvienko(maiden name Tyutin; April 7, 1949, Shepetovka, Kamenets-Podolsk region, Ukrainian SSR) - Soviet and Russian statesman, politician, diplomat. Chairman of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation since September 21, 2011, a member of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation - representative in the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation from the executive body of state power of the city of St. Petersburg since August 31, 2011. Governor and Chairman of the Government of St. Petersburg in 2003-2011, Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation in 1998-2003. Member of the Bureau Supreme Council party "United Russia".
Full Commander of the Order of Merit for the Fatherland.
Valentina Tyutina was born on April 7, 1949 in Shepetovka, Kamenets-Podolsk region of the Ukrainian SSR (now the Khmelnitsky region of Ukraine). Father - Ivan Tyutin, front-line soldier, mother - Irina Tyutin, worked as a costume designer in the theater. She has two older sisters, Lydia and Zinaida. She spent her childhood in Cherkassy. Father died when Valentina was in second grade.
She graduated from high school with a silver medal (1966), with honors from the Cherkasy Medical School (1967). In 1972 she graduated from the Leningrad Chemical and Pharmaceutical Institute. In the fifth year of the institute, she married Vladimir Matvienko. I recalled that after the institute I was assigned to graduate school. In her younger years, Valentina Matvienko wanted more to be a scientist than a politician. However, she received an invitation to work in the district committee of the Komsomol and after a meeting with the rector of the institute accepted the invitation, deciding to return to graduate school in 2-3 years.
In 1985 she graduated from the Academy of Social Sciences at the Central Committee of the CPSU, in 1991 - advanced training courses for leading diplomatic workers at the Diplomatic Academy of the USSR Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He speaks Ukrainian, German, English and Greek.
Party and Soviet career
- In 1972-1977 - head of department, secretary, first secretary of the Petrograd district committee of the Komsomol, Leningrad.
- 1977-1978 - Secretary of the Leningrad Regional Committee of the Komsomol.
- 1978-1981 - Second Secretary of the Leningrad Regional Committee of the Komsomol.
- 1981-1984 - First Secretary of the Leningrad Regional Committee of the Komsomol.
- 1984-1986 - First Secretary of the Krasnogvardeisky District Committee of the CPSU in Leningrad.
- 1986-1989 - Deputy Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Leningrad City Council of People's Deputies (supervised issues of culture and education).
- 1989-1991 - People's Deputy of the USSR from the Union of Soviet Women, Chairman of the Committee of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR for Women, Family Protection, Motherhood and Childhood, member of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR.
Work in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Since 1991 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the USSR to the Republic of Malta.
- 1992-1994 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Malta.
- 1994-1995 - Ambassador-at-Large of the Russian Foreign Ministry.
- 1995-1997 - Director of the Department for Relations with the Subjects of the Federation, Parliament and Social and Political Organizations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.
- 1995-1997 - Member of the Board of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.
- From October 2, 1997 to September 24, 1998 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Russia to the Hellenic Republic.
Work in the Government and Administration of the President of Russia
From September 24, 1998 to March 11, 2003 - Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation.
From March 11 to October 15, 2003 - Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the North-West Federal District.
In June 2003, she was inducted into the Security Council of the Russian Federation. Colleagues of Valentina Matvienko described her as "a militant and very active social deputy prime minister who fought for every social object, for every line of the budget." So, among her merits, they call the repayment of long-term arrears on salaries and pensions, an increase in sick leave payments, and an increase in funding for the implementation of the law on the disabled. Meanwhile, it should be noted that the success of the Deputy Prime Minister was greatly facilitated by the general improvement of the economic situation in the country in the early 2000s. After the default of 1998 and the landslide devaluation of the ruble, export revenues were converted into rubles at a much higher dollar exchange rate, as a result the government was able to pay off old debts to the social sphere.
Governorship
On September 21, 2003, in the first round of early elections for the post of Governor of St. Petersburg, appointed in connection with the transfer of Vladimir Yakovlev to the post of Deputy Prime Minister of Russia, she gained 48.73% of the votes and entered the second round.
On October 5, she won the second round (Valentina Matvienko - 63.12%, Anna Markova - 24.2%) and became governor.
On December 6, 2006, she sent a statement to V.V.Putin requesting an early resignation of powers of the governor and then on December 20, she was re-appointed by the President of the Russian Federation V.V.Putin to this position, thereby confirming her powers for a new term in accordance with the new appointment procedure governors in the subjects of the federation.
In the period 2010-2012, at the invitation of Kazimira Prunskiene, she was the honorary president of the Baltic Women's Basketball League.
On June 24, 2011, the head of Bashkortostan RZ Khamitov put forward the idea of appointing Valentina Matvienko as Chairman of the Federation Council. Matvienko's candidacy was supported by the President of the Russian Federation D. A. Medvedev.
On August 22, 2011, the President of the Russian Federation accepted the resignation of V. I. Matvienko from the post of governor at his own request.
Work in the Federation Council
On August 31, 2011, the Governor of St. Petersburg G. S. Poltavchenko signed a decree on her appointment as a member of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation - a representative in the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation from the executive body of state power of the city of St. Petersburg. The resolution came into force from the date of its signing.
On September 21, 2011, Valentina Ivanovna Matvienko was elected by 140 votes of senators, with 1 abstaining Chairman of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation. Voting was uncontested. V. I. Matvienko thus became the first woman in the history of Russia to hold the post of chairman of the upper house of parliament.
Since July 11, 2012 - Member of the State Council of the Russian Federation. In accordance with the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of July 11, 2012 No. 946 "Issues of the State Council of the Russian Federation", the Chairman of the Federation Council, ex officio, is a member of the State Council.
On December 27, 2012, the Federation Council unanimously approved an "anti-orphan" law that prohibits the transfer of children who are citizens of the Russian Federation for adoption by US citizens, as well as the implementation of activities on the territory of the Russian Federation of bodies and organizations in order to select children who are citizens of the Russian Federation, for adoption (adoption) by US citizens wishing to adopt (adopt) these children. According to the sociologists of the Levada Center, the "anti-orphan" law was supported by 50% of the country's population. Despite the fact that the majority of the population reacted positively to the adoption of this law, the "anti-orphan" law caused a resonance in the society. Until the meeting of the Federation Council, at which the draft of this law was discussed, the Federation Council did not work out a unified position on this issue, and Valentina Matvienko, a few weeks before the meeting, urged not to rush to the adoption of this law and carefully study all issues.
In 2011 and 2012, she was recognized as the most influential woman in Russia in the rating, which was compiled by Echo of Moscow, Ogonyok and RIA Novosti. According to journalist Alexei Venediktov, Matvienko is really extremely influential: “... She has very good connections with the main decision-makers - with Vladimir Putin and Dmitry Medvedev. It affects them. Secondly, we must not forget that Matvienko is a member of the Security Council, the only woman permanent member of the Security Council. I will emphasize once again that my interlocutors in the Kremlin, to whom I showed this rating and discussed it with them, because I was interested in their opinion, they told me that Valentina Ivanovna is an influential person, and they listen to her. "
Sanctions
From the very beginning, Matvienko was one of the most active participants in the Russian campaign in Crimea. On March 1, she convened the Federation Council for an emergency meeting, during which the senators unanimously gave President Vladimir Putin permission to use troops on the territory of Ukraine
On March 17, 2014, US government sanctions were imposed on Matvienko, which include a ban on entry into the United States, as well as the seizure of assets and property located in the United States. The American side considers the Speaker of the Federation Council to be one of the main Russian parliamentary leaders responsible for violating the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine. Similar measures have been taken by the Government of Canada. According to Forbes magazine, sanctions were imposed against her due to the fact that “the ex-governor of St. Petersburg publicly defended the right of the inhabitants of the peninsula to a referendum on the status of autonomy and substantiated the legality of the scheme for joining the region to Russia as a constituent entity of the Russian Federation”.
Also included in the sanctions lists of the European Union, Switzerland and Australia.
Diplomatic ranks and classroom
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (1997)
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the 1st class (December 10, 1995)
- Acting State Councilor of St. Petersburg, 1st class.
Family
While studying in the fifth year of LHFI, she married a fellow student Vladimir Vasilyevich Matvienko, who is currently confined to a wheelchair and lives almost without a break in the Leningrad Region in a country mansion near railway station Gromovo.
The Matvienko spouses have a son, Sergei Matvienko, born in 1973. He has two higher educations in finance and credit and international economics. In 2003-2010, Sergey Matvienko was vice president of Bank Saint Petersburg. In 2004, Sergei Matvienko took over as vice president of one of the largest Russian state banks - Vneshtorgbank. In 2006, he headed the company CJSC VTB-Capital, which manages real estate owned by Vneshtorgbank and its investment projects in construction, while retaining the status of Vice President of VTB Bank; in 2010 referred to as general manager CJSC VTB-Development, affiliated with the bank. In addition, it was noted that Sergei Matvienko was the owner of CJSC Imperia, a company that had 28 subsidiaries "operating in the field of development, transportation, cleaning and the media market" Parameter CJSC, Kronshtadt Sails LLC, Versiya CJSC and Douglas LLC). He was also called Matvienko the owner of CJSC "MST-holding" - until October 2010, co-owner of the fixed-line operator "Metrocom" (45 percent of the shares of OJSC). The second co-owner of the CJSC (55 percent) in 2009 was the City Property Management Committee (KUGI) of the St. Petersburg Mayor's Office.
There is a granddaughter Arina Sergeevna Matvienko.
Awards
Awards of Russia and the USSR
- Order of Merit for the Fatherland, 1st degree (2014)
- Order of Merit for the Fatherland, II degree (2009) - for services to the state and great personal contribution to the socio-economic development of the city
- Order of Merit for the Fatherland, III degree (1999) - for services to the state and many years of conscientious work
- Order of Merit for the Fatherland, IV degree (2003)
- Order of Honor (1996) - for services to the state, great contribution to the conduct of the foreign policy course and ensuring the national interests of Russia, courage and dedication shown in the performance of the official duty
- Order of the Red Banner of Labor (06/17/1981)
- Order of the Badge of Honor (1976)
- Medal "In Commemoration of the 300th Anniversary of St. Petersburg"
- Medal of P.A. Stolypin, 1st degree (2014)
Encouragements of the President of Russia
- Certificate of honor of the President of the Russian Federation (January 27, 2010) - for active participation in the preparation and holding of meetings of the State Council of the Russian Federation
- Gratitude of the President of the Russian Federation (September 2, 2008) - for active participation in the preparation and holding of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum and meetings of the heads of state - members of the Commonwealth of Independent States.
- Commendation of the President of the Russian Federation (August 14, 1995) - for active participation in the preparation and conduct of the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945 years.
Departmental awards
- Medal "For Interaction" (Prosecutor's Office of Russia, 2010)
- Medal "For Merit in Ensuring National Security" (Security Council of the Russian Federation, 2009)
- Medal "For Strengthening the Customs Commonwealth" (Federal Customs Service, 2008)
- Medal "100 years of the St. Petersburg University of the State Fire Service of the EMERCOM of Russia" (EMERCOM of Russia, 2006)
- Medal "Admiral N. G. Kuznetsov" (Ministry of Defense of Russia, 2005)
- Medal "For interaction with the FSB of Russia" (FSB of Russia, 2004)
- Badge "For personal contribution to the protection and improvement of civil defense" (2004)
- Medal for Merit in the civil aviation"(Interstate Aviation Committee, 2004)
- Medal "For Combat Commonwealth" (Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, 2003)
- Medal "For Services to National Health Care" (Ministry of Health of Russia, 2003)
- Badge "Excellence in the Border Troops" (FPS, 2003)
- Medal "For Strengthening the Combat Commonwealth" (Ministry of Defense of Russia, 1999).
Awards of constituent entities of Russia
- Badge of honor "For services to St. Petersburg" (August 31, 2011).
Foreign awards
- Order "For Great Love for Independent Turkmenistan" (Turkmenistan, 2009) - for a great contribution to the strengthening of Turkmen-Russian relations
- Order of Friendship of Peoples (Belarus, 2009)
- Grand Knight's Cross of the Order of the Lion of Finland (Finland, 2009)
- Medal "For Outstanding Contribution to the National Years of China and Russia" (PRC, 2008)
- Order of the Legion of Honor (France, 2009)
- Grand Cross of the Order of Honor (Greece, 2007)
- Order of Princess Olga III class (Ukraine, 2002) - for a significant personal contribution to the development of Ukrainian-Russian cooperation, active participation in ensuring the holding of the Year of Ukraine in the Russian Federation
- Order of Merit (Austria, 2001)
- Lady of the Order of Merit (Malta, 2013)
Confessional awards
- Order of St. Sergius of Radonezh, 1st degree (2010) - into consideration for the help of the Russian Orthodox Church
- Order of the Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Princess Olga I degree (ROC, 2006)
- Order of St. Sergius of Radonezh II degree
- Order of the Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Princess Olga II degree (ROC, 2001)
- Order of the Holy Martyr Tryphon II degree (ROC, 2001) - for a great personal contribution to the fight against drug addiction, alcoholism and other harmful phenomena
- Order of Saint Sahak and Saint Mesrop (Armenian Apostolic Church, 2012) - for an important contribution to the strengthening of friendship between the Armenian and Russian peoples, to the preservation of Armenian spiritual and national values in St. Petersburg
Honorary titles and academic degrees
- Honorary Member of the Russian Academy of Arts
Prizes
- Prize of the Government of the Russian Federation in the field of science and technology (2010)
- Laureate of the national prize for public recognition of women's achievements "Olympia" of the Russian Academy of Business and Entrepreneurship in 2001.
Other awards
- Medal of A. Pushkin "For great services in the dissemination of the Russian language" ( International Association teachers of Russian language and literature, 2003).
- In the rating "100 most influential women in Russia" by the magazine "Ogonyok", published in March 2014, she took 1st place.
- Imperial Order of the Holy Great Martyr Anastasia (12 July 2013, Russian Imperial House) - as a reward of merit to the Fatherland and as a testimony of OUR special benevolence
Criticism
The appearance of St. Petersburg under Matvienko underwent significant changes: many buildings, shopping centers and transport interchanges were demolished and built. Meanwhile, the active construction caused a flurry of criticism against the governor, which was criticized for conniving at the so-called "seal development", as well as the demolition of historic buildings in the city center for the sake of the construction of expensive new buildings. In particular, the media actively discussed the construction in historic center Petersburg of the 300-meter skyscraper "Gazprom City", which was supported by Matvienko, in connection with which in 2011 a number of rallies of human rights organizations and civilians took place. However, in this particular case, public protests were heard - it was decided to abandon the project.
In connection with the departure of Matvienko from the post of governor on July 4, 2011, an issue of the weekly "Kommersant Vlast" was published under the heading "For suckers before the Fatherland", which contained assessments of her stay at the head of St. Petersburg. However, according to the Kommersant publishing house, at least 90% of the magazine's circulation was confiscated in St. Petersburg.
Communal collapse in winter 2010-2011
In the winter of 2010-2011, a difficult weather situation developed in St. Petersburg: 81 mm of precipitation fell in December, which is more than 60% higher than the precipitation norm for the city of 50 mm, and for 18 days in January 2011, the precipitation norm was already exceeded. Together with the problems in the supply of snow removal equipment, the quality of cleaning in the city was recognized by the mayor herself as unsatisfactory. To clear the snow, Matvienko suggested involving homeless people and students.
Regarding the poor cleaning of the city, as well as the several deaths that occurred in her connection, the work of the governor was publicly criticized by famous personalities, including actor Mikhail Trukhin, music critic Artemy Troitsky, cartoonist Andrei Bilzho, deputy Oksana Dmitrieva.
In response to criticism, in connection with the death of a six-year-old child - an orphan Vanya Zavyalov from a fallen icicle, Matvienko suggested that children and old people not leave the house unless absolutely necessary. At the same time, she said that "the city is being cleaned much better than last year," and that the criticism is caused by the fact that "some politicians are whipping up hysteria to discredit the authorities." A year earlier, on February 2, 2010, Matvienko put forward a proposal to shoot down "suckers", as she put it, with a laser or steam. Philologists argue that the word "suck", which does not exist in the Russian language, sounds indecent in the lips of the governor. However, in Dahl's dictionary this word is: “Sosulya. an icicle, an icicle that can be sucked, or what is given such an appearance, appearance, as if it is intended for a nipple, sucking. "
Election as a deputy
The elections in the municipal districts "Krasnenkaya Rechka" and "Petrovsky", in which Valentina Matvienko was one of the candidates, were criticized. Among the violations committed in the electoral process were the following:
- concealment of information on elections by the electoral commission of the municipal district and non-admission of opposition candidates from participation in them. Political scientist Valery Ostrovsky, however, said that information about the elections was published. But at the same time, the circulation of newspapers in which information about the elections was published did not come out on time and were published in a design different from the traditional one.
- illegal campaigning for Matvienko
- elections in the constituencies for which Matvienko ran were not previously planned (they were announced in the Aleksandrovskaya and Lomonosov districts)
According to the head of the St. Petersburg City Electoral Commission, Dmitry Krasnyansky, the elections were recognized as legal.
State of St. Petersburg under Matvienko
Economy and budget
Matvienko herself claims that she “pulled out” the city from the end of the XX century, in which it seemed to be stuck ”and increased the city budget several times. V. Matvienko has repeatedly stated the need to support small businesses. From 2002 to 2007, the number of small businesses in St. Petersburg increased by 41% (from 89.7 thousand to 126.8 thousand). During the reign of Matvienko, hundreds of retail outlets at stops were liquidated public transport and next to the metro, with her direct participation, the largest market in the North-West, Apraksin Dvor, was destroyed, more than 20,000 people lost their jobs.
Ecology
The area of parks and squares is steadily decreasing. In the period from 2003 to 2006 alone, the total area of green spaces in the city decreased from 11,970 to 10,535 hectares. The city administration also plans to significantly reduce the green areas of the city (out of 2,250 common areas by the end of 2010, only 1,389 may remain).
At the same time, green spaces in St. Petersburg continue to be cut down, and new ones practically do not appear. According to some estimates, at the beginning of the 21st century, about 1.5 million people in St. Petersburg live in conditions of environmental discomfort, and about 500 thousand live in areas of extreme discomfort.
Every year, 250 thousand tons of pollutants are emitted into the atmosphere of St. Petersburg, which is about 50 kg for each resident of the city. At the same time, the city committee on ecology and nature management notes that this is not so much. The level of air pollution in St. Petersburg is on average 10 times higher than the maximum permissible concentration (MPC). Most of all in the air of St. Petersburg is nitrogen dioxide (2 MPC), the source of which is cars, as well as industrial enterprises. Emissions from vehicles are almost 200 thousand tons per year and annually increases in proportion to the number of cars by 7%. At the same time, St. Petersburg can in no way be called a green city. Most populated areas, Central and Admiralteisky, have the lowest density of green spaces - less than 20% of the area. The Kalininsky district is best provided with green spaces - 40-50% of the territory. Most of the city's districts have a green space density of 20-30%.
Convenience level
In the list of the most comfortable cities for living in the world, compiled by The Economist magazine, St. Petersburg in 2009 took 68th place out of 139 possible.
In the list major cities published annually by the influential American consulting firm Mercer, Moscow and St. Petersburg are ranked 166th and 170th, respectively. According to the compilers of the list, in terms of living standards, Russian capitals are slightly inferior to Caracas (capital of Venezuela, 165) and Libreville (capital of Gabon, 156). When calculating a place on the list, the crime rate, political stability, the number of hospitals and the quality of medical care, the convenience of the transport system, the presence of cafes and restaurants, recreation areas, climatic conditions, the level of civil and political freedom and other factors - only 39 criteria.
State of historical heritage
During the governorship of Matvienko, there was a process of demolition of buildings in the historical center of St. Petersburg, representing historical value, the development of parks and squares of the megalopolis was carried out, the historically formed urban landscape, which was under the protection of UNESCO, was destroyed.
At the corner of Nevsky Prospect and Vosstaniya Square under Matvienko, the historical buildings of the 19th century were demolished. Finnish was built on the site of the lost monuments shopping center Stockmann has a modern glass roof that contrasts with the surrounding buildings and is noticeably higher in height. The governor motivated the destruction of the historical part of the city with the following considerations: “A huge department store for the middle class will appear here. I have a responsibility to ensure the financial well-being of the city. "
In a similar way, the old houses 55 and 59 on Nevsky Prospect were demolished in order to build a multi-level garage (parking) and an 8-storey commercial center "Nevsky Plaza" in their place.
In January 2011, Valentina Matvienko asked Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to exclude St. Petersburg from the list of historical settlements.
Construction and transport support cities
The problem of traffic jams and parking has not been resolved and has acquired an acute character. Garage builders argue that "as long as the state is tolerant of parking on lawns, nothing can be changed." At the same time, it was with her that the large-scale demolition of the so-called. "Flat" garages with subsequent construction in their place commercial real estate(less often - objects of the road network and residential real estate): at the moment, several dozen GSK and KAS have been demolished in different parts of the city, which causes widespread discontent among citizens, since the destruction of privately owned garages often does not entail adequate compensation required by law.
As the success of the Matvienko administration, they call the intensification of the construction of a dam designed to protect the city from floods, although the second cycle of work began several months before Matvienko took the governor's post, when she still held the post of Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the North-Western Federal District, after that the terms the endings were postponed twice and the dam was also financed from the federal budget and an EBRD loan to the Government of the Russian Federation.
The attitude of Petersburgers towards Matvienko
Sociological center "Megapolis" in February 2010 monitored the assessment of the efficiency of the city government by St. Petersburgers. According to the report of "Megapolis", the rating and anti-rating of the governor of St. Petersburg received "the greatest losses and negative acquisitions" over the past two months. In October 2009, almost 45% of those polled had a positive attitude towards the governor, in December - 38.5%, and in February 2010 - already almost 33%. At the same time, the number of her opponents actually doubled in four months: in October 2009, a little more than 10% assessed the activities of the governor negatively, in December - 13%, and in February 2010 - almost 20%. By December of the same year, the share of Petersburgers who negatively assess the activities of V.I.Matvienko had grown to 28%. In July 2011, Matvienko's work as governor of St. Petersburg was considered bad by 34% of the townspeople, average - 42%, good - only 18%.
At the same time, on May 19, 2010, at a press conference, V. I. Matvienko said "I will remain in my post as long as the citizens of St. Petersburg and the President trust me."
On June 6, 2009, V. I. Matvienko found herself in the center of a scandal after a party on board the Aurora cruiser, which caused a wide resonance in society.
Social sphere
On July 21, 2009, at a meeting of the Government of St. Petersburg, Valentina Matvienko harshly criticized the leadership of the St. Petersburg metro for the provision that allows children under 8 to travel for free only if they have a residence permit in St. Petersburg:
There are no words for indignation. This is not typical for St. Petersburg. Petersburg has always been a hospitable city. We are interested in not only foreign tourists coming to us, but also residents of all regions, so that children come to us, especially now they are on vacation. Who came up with such nonsense? Why do the leaders consider it possible to make decisions on their own, which then excite the whole city and damage the image of St. Petersburg?
Amendment 1-1 to the Law "On Additional Measures of Social Support for Children and Youth in St. Petersburg", according to which registration was required, was included in the law at the request of Valentina Matvienko herself, published in a letter to the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg No. 07 -105/716 dated June 16, 2008.
Valentina Matvienko - photo
Chairman of the Federation Council and member of the Security Council since September 2011, representative of the legislative assembly of St. Petersburg in the Federation Council since August 31, 2011. Member of the Supreme Council of the United Russia party since November 2009. Previously, she served as Governor of St. Petersburg (2003-2011), Plenipotentiary Representative of the President in the Northwestern Federal District (2003), Deputy Prime Minister for Social Affairs (1998-2003), worked in the diplomatic service (1991-1998). She began her career as a Komsomol and party functionary. Has the diplomatic rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary. Member of the Presidential Council for the Implementation of Priority National Projects.
Valentina Ivanovna Matvienko (nee Tyutin) was born on April 7, 1949 in the city of Shepetovka, Khmelnitsky region, Ukrainian SSR. In 1967 she moved to Leningrad. In 1972 she graduated from the Leningrad Chemical and Pharmaceutical Institute, in 1985 - the Academy of Social Sciences under the Central Committee of the CPSU, in 1991 - advanced training courses for leading diplomatic workers at the diplomatic academy of the USSR Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Since 1972, Matvienko has been in the Komsomol and party work. Climbed the career ladder from the head of the department of the Petrograd district committee to the first secretary of the Leningrad regional committee of the Komsomol. From 1984 to 1986 she worked as the first secretary of the Krasnogvardeisky district committee of the CPSU. From 1986 to 1989 she worked as deputy chairman of the executive committee of the Leningrad City Council of People's Deputies on culture and education. From 1989 to 1992 she was a people's deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR. From 1989 to 1991, she served as chairman of the Armed Forces Committee on Women, Family Protection, Motherhood and Childhood.
From 1991 to 1994 she worked as the Ambassador of the USSR and the Russian Federation in the Republic of Malta. From 1994 to 1995 she was Ambassador-at-Large for the Group of Ambassadors-at-Large. From 1995 to 1997, she was the director of the department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation for relations with the constituent entities of the Federation, parliament and social and political organizations, and a member of the collegium of the ministry. From 1997 to 1998 she worked as the Russian Ambassador to Greece. On September 24, 1998, she was appointed Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, in the government of Yevgeny Primakov she was in charge of the block of social issues. She was Deputy Prime Minister in the governments of Sergei Stepashin (since May 1999) and Vladimir Putin (since August 1999). She retained her post in the government of Mikhail Kasyanov (since May 2000).
In March 2003, Putin appointed Matvienko as the presidential plenipotentiary in the Northwestern Federal District. After the appointment of the Governor of St. Petersburg, Vladimir Yakovlev, Deputy Prime Minister, Matvienko took part in the gubernatorial elections held on October 5, 2003, and won. Earlier, in March 2000, she had already announced her decision to run for governor, but then abandoned her intention.
Since 2006, Matvienko has been a supporter of the construction of a 300-meter skyscraper "Gazprom City" in the historical center of St. Petersburg.
On May 18, 2007, law enforcement agencies informed the media about the prevention of an attempt on Matvienko's life. In April 2008, the three accused who appeared before the court were acquitted by the jury.
In October 2007, the non-partisan Matvienko was included in the list of candidates from United Russia in the elections to the State Duma of the fifth convocation in St. Petersburg (her name was entered under the second number, and the list was headed by the speaker of parliament, party leader Boris Gryzlov). After the party won the elections on December 2, 2007, it, as expected, resigned from the parliamentary mandate.
In November 2009, Matvienko became a member of United Russia and entered the Supreme Council of the party. In June 2011, it became known that Matvienko would leave the post of governor of St. Petersburg to head the Federation Council. On August 21, 2011, Matvienko won municipal elections in two districts of St. Petersburg and the next day she became a deputy of the Krasnenkaya Rechka district. She needed a deputy mandate to get into the Federation Council. On August 22, 2011, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev accepted Matvienko's voluntary resignation and appointed the interim governor of St. Petersburg Georgy Poltavchenko, the presidential envoy to the Central Federal District. On August 31, taking office as governor, he appointed Matvienko a member of the Federation Council. On September 21, the upper house of the Russian parliament elected her as its chairman, and on September 22, Matvienko became a permanent member of the Russian Security Council.
Matvienko was repeatedly awarded, including the Order of the Red Banner of Labor, the Order of the Badge of Honor and the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, III and II degrees. She has the diplomatic rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and is a member of the Presidential Council for the Implementation of Priority National Projects.
Matvienko is married, she has a son Sergei, vice president of VTB Bank (in 2006 he headed the company VTB-Capital, which manages real estate owned by Vneshtorgbank; in 2010, he was mentioned as the general director of VTB-Development CJSC). Since 2003, the Russian media published materials in which Sergey Matvienko was accused of various illegal activities, but this information has never been officially confirmed.
TASS-DOSSIER (Svetlana Shvedova). Valentina Ivanovna Matvienko was born on April 7, 1949 in the city of Shepetovka, Khmelnitsky region, Ukrainian SSR.
In 1972 she graduated from the Leningrad Chemical and Pharmaceutical Institute, in 1985 - the Academy of Social Sciences under the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Central Committee of the CPSU), in 1991 - advanced training courses for leading diplomatic workers at the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of the USSR.
Since 1972 - in the Komsomol and party work, has gone from head of department of the Petrograd district committee of the Komsomol to the first secretary of the Leningrad regional committee of the Komsomol.
In 1984-1986 - First Secretary of the Krasnogvardeisky District Committee of the CPSU, in 1986-1989 - Deputy Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Leningrad City Council of People's Deputies for Culture and Education.
From 1989 to 1991 - People's Deputy of the USSR, Chairman of the Committee of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR for Women, Family Protection, Motherhood and Childhood.
From 1991 to 1998 she was in the diplomatic service: in 1991-1994 she was the extraordinary and plenipotentiary ambassador of the USSR and the Russian Federation to the Republic of Malta. In 1994-1995 - Ambassador-at-Large of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in 1995-1997 - Director of the Department for Relations with the Subjects of the Federation, Parliament and Social and Political Organizations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From 1997 to 1998 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Hellenic Republic.
Has the diplomatic rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (1997). She entered the history of Russia as one of the three women ambassadors in the entire history of Russian diplomacy.
1998-2003 - Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation (Evgenia Primakov, Sergei Stepashin, Vladimir Putin, Mikhail Kasyanov). Supervised the social sphere. She headed the commission on religious associations under the government, the government commission on the affairs of compatriots abroad.
From March to October 2003, she held the post of Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the Northwestern Federal District.
On October 5, 2003, she was elected Governor of St. Petersburg during the second round of early elections. She received 48.73% of the votes in the first round, 63.12% in the second, ahead of the vice-governor of St. Petersburg, Anna Markova, who gained 24.2%. Valentina Matvienko replaced Vladimir Yakovlev. On December 20, 2006, on the proposal of the President of the Russian Federation, the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg endowed her with the powers of the governor for a new term.
In August 2011, Matvienko wrote a statement on early resignation in connection with the receipt of the deputy mandate of the municipal formation "Krasnenkaya Rechka". On August 22, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev accepted her resignation. On August 31, the Governor of St. Petersburg Georgy Poltavchenko signed a decree on the appointment of Matvienko as a member of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation - a representative in the Federation Council from the executive body of state power of St. Petersburg.
On September 21, 2011, she was elected chairman of the Federation Council (140 senators voted for her). She replaced Sergei Mironov in this post. Matvienko became the first woman in the history of Russia to take this post. On October 1, 2014, she was re-elected as the chairman of the upper house of parliament (her candidacy was supported by 141 members of the Federation Council).
Member of the United Russia political party (since 2009). Member of the Supreme Council of the Party. Since September 22, 2011 - a permanent member of the Security Council of the Russian Federation.
The total amount of declared annual income for 2013 was RUB 3.05 million.
She was awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor (1976), the Order of the Red Banner of Labor (1981), Honor (1996), the Order of Merit to the Fatherland I, II, III and IV degrees (2014, 2009, 1999, 2003), the Stolypin P. A. I degree (2014).
Laureate of the RF Government Prize in Science and Technology "for the development and implementation of a targeted comprehensive innovative program for the modernization of engineering networks based on energy-saving technologies (on the example of the Petrogradsky District of St. Petersburg)" (2010).
She was awarded the Orders of Merit (Austria; 2001), Princess Olga III degree (Ukraine; 2002), Grand Cross of the Order of Honor (Greece; 2007), Orders of Friendship of Peoples (Belarus; 2009), "For great love for independent Turkmenistan" (2009), Legion of Honor (France; 2009), Grand Knight's Cross of the Order of the Lion of Finland (Finland; 2009), National Order of Merit (Republic of Malta; 2013).
Fluent in German, English and Greek.
She is married and has a son. Husband - Vladimir Vasilievich Matvienko, retired colonel of the medical service. Son - Sergey (born 1973), businessman, graduated from the Institute of Modern Business and the St. Petersburg Institute of Service and Economics.
Plays tennis, goes downhill skiing.
