Natalia Poklonskaya Member of Parliament |
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Ната́лья Покло́нская (Russian) Наталія Поклонська (Ukrainian) |
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Deputy of the State Duma of Russian Federation | |
Assumed office 5 October 2016 |
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President | Vladimir Putin |
Prime Minister | Dmitry Medvedev |
Prosecutor of the Republic of Crimea | |
In office 25 March 2014 – 6 October 2016 |
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President | Vladimir Putin |
Prime Minister | Sergey Aksyonov |
Preceded by | None (post created) |
Succeeded by | Oleg Kamshylov |
Prosecutor of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea | |
In office 11 – 17 March 2014 |
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President | Oleksandr Turchynov (acting) |
Preceded by | Pavlov Vyacheslav Stechbart Alexander (acting) |
Succeeded by | Vasily Sinchuk |
The senior Prosecutor of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine | |
In office 2012–2014 |
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President |
Viktor Yanukovych Oleksandr Turchynov (acting) |
Personal details | |
Born |
Mikhailovka village, Perevalsk Raion, Voroshilovgrad Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine) |
18 March 1980
Citizenship | Soviet Union → Ukraine → Russia |
Political party | United Russia |
Children | 1 |
Alma mater | University of Internal Affairs in Yevpatoria |
Profession | Attorney |
Military service | |
Allegiance |
Ukraine (2002–2014) Russia (2014–present) |
Service/branch |
Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation |
Rank |
State Counselor of Justice 3rd Class |
Natalia Vladimirovna Poklonskaya (Russian: Ната́лья Влади́мировна Покло́нская, IPA: [nɐˈtalʲjə pɐkˈlonskəjə], Ukrainian: Наталія Володимирівна Поклонська; born 18 March 1980) is a Russian politician, serving as Deputy of the State Duma of Russia from 5 October 2016.
From 2 May 2014 to 6 October 2016, she served as Prosecutor of the Republic of Crimea and in 2015 as State Counselor of Justice 3rd Class.
Prosecutor of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea from 11 to 17 March 2014.
Poklonskaya was a Ukrainian prosecutor from 2002 to February 2014, working in various Prosecutor's Offices or as an assistant district attorney. During the 2014 Crimean crisis, she resigned from Ukrainian service and was appointed Prosecutor General of Crimea on 11 March 2014; a press conference given by Poklonskaya on that day resulted in her becoming an Internet phenomenon. After Crimea was annexed by Russia during the 2014 Crimean crisis, Poklonskaya's appointment was confirmed by Russian authorities on 25 March, around the same time Ukrainian judicial authorities declared her a wanted criminal.
Poklonskaya resigned as Prosecutor General on 6 October 2016 due to her election to the State Duma during the 2016 Russian legislative election.
Natalia Poklonskaya was born 18 March 1980 in the village of Mikhailovka, Voroshilovgrad Oblast (today Luhansk Oblast); later in 1990, her family moved to Yevpatoria in Crimea. Poklonskaya graduated from the University of Internal Affairs in Yevpatoria in 2002.