{{Short description|Russian politician (born 1965)}} {{family name hatnote|Anatolyevich|Chuychenko|lang=Eastern Slavic}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Konstantin Chuychenko | native_name = {{nobold|Константин Чуйченко}} | native_name_lang = ru | image = Chuychenko 2024.jpg | caption = Chuychenko in 2024 | alt = | office = [[Ministry of Justice (Russia)|Minister of Justice]] | president = [[Vladimir Putin]] | prime_minister = [[Mikhail Mishustin]] | term_start = 21 January 2020 | term_end = | predecessor = [[Aleksandr Konovalov (judge)|Aleksandr Konovalov]] | successor = | office1 = [[Deputy Prime Minister of Russia]] – Chief of Staff of the Government | president1 = [[Vladimir Putin]] | prime_minister1 = [[Dmitry Medvedev]] | term_start1 = 18 May 2018 | term_end1 = 15 January 2020<br> [[Acting (law)|Acting]]: 15 January 2020 – 21 January 2020 | predecessor1 = [[Sergei Eduardovich Prikhodko|Sergey Prikhodko]] | successor1 = [[Dmitry Grigorenko]] | office2 = Head of the Control Department in the Russian Presidential Administration | term_start2 = 13 May 2008 | term_end2 = 18 May 2018 | predecessor2 = | successor2 = | president2 = Dmitry Medvedev<br />Vladimir Putin | birth_name = Konstantin Anatolyevich Chuychenko | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1965|7|12|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Lipetsk]], [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic|Russian SFSR]], [[Soviet Union]] (now [[Russia]]) | death_date = | death_place = | spouse = | party = Independent }}
'''Konstantin Anatolyevich Chuychenko''' ({{Langx|ru|Константин Анатольевич Чуйченко}}; born 12 July 1965) is a Russian politician, businessman, and lawyer who has served as the [[Ministry of Justice (Russia)|Minister of Justice]] since 21 January 2020. Previously, he was [[Deputy Prime Minister of Russia]] and Chief of Staff of the Government from 2018 to 2020.
He has the federal state civilian service ranks of [[1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation]]<ref>{{cite act|type=Decree|index=1225|date=15 August 2008|legislature=[[President of Russia]]|title=О присвоении классных чинов государственной гражданской службы Российской Федерации федеральным государственным гражданским служащим Администрации Президента Российской Федерации|language=ru|url=http://pravo.gov.ru/proxy/ips/?searchres=&bpas=cd00000&a3=102000503&a3type=1&a3value=&a6=102000070&a6type=1&a6value=&a15=&a15type=1&a15value=&a7type=1&a7from=&a7to=&a7date=15.08.2008&a8=1225&a8type=1&a1=&a0=&a16=&a16type=1&a16value=&a17=&a17type=1&a17value=&a4=&a4type=1&a4value=&a23=&a23type=1&a23value=&textpres=&sort=7&x=45&y=14}}</ref> and Active State Councillor of Justitia of the Russian Federation.<ref>{{cite act|type=Decree|index=501|date=9 August 2020|legislature=[[President of Russia]]|title=О присвоении классного чина Чуйченко К.А.|language=ru|url=http://pravo.gov.ru/proxy/ips/?searchres=&bpas=cd00000&a3=102000503&a3type=1&a3value=&a6=102000070&a6type=1&a6value=&a15=&a15type=1&a15value=&a7type=1&a7from=&a7to=&a7date=09.08.2020&a8=501&a8type=1&a1=&a0=&a16=&a16type=1&a16value=&a17=&a17type=1&a17value=&a4=&a4type=1&a4value=&a23=&a23type=1&a23value=&textpres=&sort=7&x=30&y=16}}</ref>
== Biography == Born in [[Lipetsk]], [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic|Russian SFSR]], [[Soviet Union]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Konstantin Chuychenko|url=http://government.ru/en/gov/persons/548/events/|publisher=[[Government of Russia]]|language=en|access-date=8 August 2020}}</ref> Chuychenko graduated from the [[Saint Petersburg State University Faculty of Law|Law Faculty]] of [[Leningrad State University]] in 1987 as a fellow student of [[Dmitry Medvedev]].<ref name="reuters">{{cite news|url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKL1439741520080514|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080705140042/http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKL1439741520080514|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 July 2008|title=Medvedev names key advisers and most are Putin men|date=14 May 2008|work=Reuters |access-date=5 February 2010}}</ref>
From 1989 to 1992, Chuychenko served in the [[KGB]].<ref name="Spiegel">{{cite news|url=http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,537864-3,00.html|title=The Anointed One:Tracking the Rise of Putin's Crown Prince|date=26 February 2008|work=Der Spiegel |access-date=5 February 2010}}</ref> In March 2001, he became the Chief of the Legal Department of [[Gazprom]]<ref name="reuters"/> and since April 2002 he has been a member of the management committee of Gazprom.<ref name="Kremlin">{{cite web|url=http://eng.kremlin.ru/subj/201295.shtml|title=Konstantin Chuychenko – Kremlin profile|access-date=5 February 2010}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> From 17 January 2003 to July 2004, he was the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the [[Gazprom Media]] holding. Since March 2003, he has been a member of the board of directors of the [[TNT Russia|TNT]] TV network. He is also a member of the board of directors of [[Gazprom Media]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://unian.net/eng/news/news-240453.html|title=Ukraine agrees to buy gas from Russia at US $321 for thousand cu m|date=3 November 2008|publisher=[[Ukrainian Independent Information Agency|UNIAN]]|access-date=5 February 2010}}</ref> [[NTV Russia|NTV]] and a shareholder of Gazprom. Since July 2004, he has been an executive director of [[RosUkrEnergo]] representing [[Gazprombank]].<ref name="Spiegel"/> Since 23 December 2005, he has been a member of the board of directors of [[Sibneft]] (now Gazprom Neft).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gazprom-neft.com/press-center/press-releases/?id=648|title=Sibneft Shareholders Choose New President, Board of Directors|date=23 December 2005|publisher=[[Gazprom Neft]]|access-date=5 February 2010}}{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
On 15 January 2020, he resigned as part of the cabinet, after [[President of Russia|President]] [[Vladimir Putin]] delivered the [[Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/dmitry-medvedev-resign-russia-prime-minister-putin-quit-latest-a9284741.html |title=Russian PM resigns in shock move as Putin announces dramatic constitutional shake-up |last=Carroll |first=Oliver |date=15 January 2020 |website=The Independent |language=en |access-date=17 January 2020}}</ref> On 21 January, he was appointed Minister of Justice in the [[Mikhail Mishustin's First Cabinet|First Cabinet of Mikhail Mishustin]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 21.01.2020 № 35 ∙ Официальное опубликование правовых актов |url=http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/Document/View/0001202001210036 |access-date=2024-06-17 |website=publication.pravo.gov.ru}}</ref> On 14 May 2024 he was again appointed Minister of Justice in the [[Mikhail Mishustin's Second Cabinet|Second Cabinet of Mikhail Mishustin]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 14.05.2024 № 384 ∙ Официальное опубликование правовых актов |url=http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/document/0001202405140108 |access-date=2024-06-17 |website=publication.pravo.gov.ru}}</ref>
== Awards ==
* [[Order of Honour (Russia)|Order of Honour]] (2006)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 23.03.2006 г. № 234 |url=http://kremlin.ru/acts/bank/23576 |access-date=2024-06-17 |website=Президент России |language=ru}}</ref> * [[Order "For Merit to the Fatherland"]] IV degree (2011)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 03.08.2011 г. № 1043 |url=http://kremlin.ru/acts/bank/33752 |access-date=2024-06-17 |website=Президент России |language=ru}}</ref> * [[Order of Alexander Nevsky]] (2014)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Чуйченко Константин Анатольевич |url=https://minjust.gov.ru/ru/ministry/persons/546/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211231183829/https://www.minjust.gov.ru/ru/ministry/persons/546/ |archive-date=2021-12-31 |website=Министерство юстиции РФ}}</ref>
== Personal life == He is married to Christina Tikhonova, who is a lawyer and has three daughters.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Биография нового министра юстиции Константина Чуйченко|url=https://tass.ru/info/7572553|access-date=2021-07-16|website=ТАСС}}</ref>
===Sanctions=== In 2022, the United States and United Kingdom imposed sanctions on Chuychenko.<ref>{{cite web |title=U.S. Treasury Escalates Sanctions on Russia for Its Atrocities in Ukraine |url=https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy0705 |date=April 6, 2022 |website=U.S. Department of the Treasury |access-date=7 February 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Consolidated list of financial sanctions targets in the UK |publisher=Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation |url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1150217/Russia.pdf |access-date=16 April 2023 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230416080058/https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1150217/Russia.pdf |archive-date= 16 April 2023 }}</ref> In December 2022, the European Union sanctioned him in relation to the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]],<ref>{{cite web |title=COUNCIL DECISION (CFSP) 2022/2477 of 16 December 2022 |url=https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=uriserv%3AOJ.LI.2022.322.01.0466.01.ENG&toc=OJ%3AL%3A2022%3A322I%3ATOC |website= EUR-Lex |access-date=8 February 2023}}</ref> followed by Japan in February 2023.<ref>{{cite web |title=Japan adds more Russian people and organizations to sanctions list as Ukraine invasion drags on |date=27 January 2023 |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/01/27/national/japan-russia-sanctions-list/ |website=The Japan Times |access-date=7 February 2023}}</ref>
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