{{Short description|Russian politician (born 1973)}}{{Infobox officeholder | name = Alexander Vysokinsky | native_name = {{nobold|Александр Высокинский}} | native_name_lang = ru | image = Vysokinskij.jpg | caption = <!-- --> | office = Senator from Sverdlovsk Oblast | term_start = 8 October 2021 | term_end = | predecessor = Arkady Chernetsky | successor = <!-- --> | office1 = First Deputy Governor of Sverdlovsk Oblast | term_start1 = 22 December 2020 | term_end1 = 8 October 2021 | predecessor1 = Aleksey Orlov | successor1 = | office2 = Acting Governor of Sverdlovsk Oblast | term_start2 = 24 March 2021 | term_end2= 7 April 2021 | predecessor2 = Yevgeny Kuyvashev | successor2 = Yevgeny Kuyvashev
| office3 = 3rd Head of Yekaterinburg | term_start3 = 28 September 2018 | term_end3 = 22 December 2020 | predecessor3 = Yevgeny Roizman | successor3 = Aleksey Orlov
| birth_name = Alexander Vysokinsky | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1973|09|24|df=y}} | birth_place = Sverdlovsk, Russian Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union | death_date = | death_place = | party = United Russia | spouse = | children = | occupation = | alma_mater = Ural Institute of Management }}
'''Alexander Gennadyevich Vysokinsky''' ({{langx|ru|Александр Геннадьевич Высокинский}}; born 24 September 1973) is a Russian politician serving as a senator from Sverdlovsk Oblast since 8 October 2021.<ref name=TASS/>
==Biography==
Alexander Vysokinsky was born 24 September 1973 in Sverdlovsk (now Yekaterinburg). In 1996, he graduated from the Ural Institute of Management. Since December 2000, he was the head of the Department of Competitive Advantages and Investment Attractiveness of the Committee for Economics of the Administration of Yekaterinburg. From May 2002 to June 2008, he was the Chairman of the Economic Committee of the Administration of Yekaterinburg. In 2008 Vysokinsky was appointed the deputy head of Yekaterinburg. From 2016 to 2018, he was the deputy Governor of Sverdlovsk Oblast. On 25 September 2018, he was elected mayor of Yekaterinburg. On 8 October 2021, he became the senator from the Legislative Assembly of Sverdlovsk Oblast.<ref name=TASS>{{cite web |url=https://tass.ru/encyclopedia/person/vysokinskiy-aleksandr-gennadevich |title=Высокинский, Александр Геннадьевич |publisher=ТАСС |accessdate=2023-03-01}} </ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pnp.ru/person/aleksandr--vysokinskiy/ |title=Александр Геннадьевич Высокинский |publisher=Парламентская газета |accessdate=2023-03-01}} </ref>
===Sanctions=== Alexander Vysokinsky is in the list of personal sanctions introduced by the European Union, the United Kingdom, the USA, Canada, Switzerland, Australia, Ukraine, New Zealand, for ratifying the decisions of the "Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance between the Russian Federation and the Donetsk People's Republic and between the Russian Federation and the Luhansk People's Republic" and providing political and economic support for Russia's annexation of Ukrainian territories.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sanctions.nazk.gov.ua/en/sanction-person/490/ |title=Vysokinsky Alexander Gennadyevich |publisher=War and Sanctions |accessdate=2023-03-01}} </ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32022D0397&from=EN |title=Official Journal of the European Union |publisher=European Union |accessdate=2023-03-01}} </ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy0981 |title=Treasury Imposes Swift and Severe Costs on Russia for Putin's Purported Annexation of Regions of Ukraine |date=2022-09-30 |publisher=US Department of the treasury |accessdate=2023-03-01}} </ref>
==References== {{reflist}} {{Current Russian Federation senators}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Vysokinsky, Alexander}}
Category:Living people Category:1973 births Category:United Russia politicians Category:People from Sverdlovsk Oblast Category:Members of the Federation Council of Russia (after 2000)