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Valentin Lednev

Politician

Valentin Lednev is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Valentin Lednev · Леднев, Валентин Петрович · ڤالينتين ليدنيڤ				[sources]
Alias	Valentin Petrovich Lednev · Валентин Петрович Леднев				[sources]
Birth date	1941-06-29				[sources]
Place of birth	Maykopsky District				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Citizenship	Russia				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Valentin				[sources]
Political association	Communist Party of the Soviet Union · Democratic Choice of Russia · Liberal Democratic Party of Russia				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q18634509				[sources]
Position	member of the State Duma				[sources]
Education	Kuban State Technological University				[sources]
Last change	2026-02-09	Last processed	2026-02-15	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

Russian politician

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
member of the State Duma	-	-

Data sources

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories339,029

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons270,885

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions508,675

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata333,870

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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