Nikolay Vinnichenko

{{for|the race walker|Mykola Vynnychenko}} {{Update|date=December 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Nikolay Vinnichenko | image = Nikolay Vinnichenko 2020.jpg | image_size = 250px | office = Deputy [[Prosecutor-General of Russia]] | term_start = 27 March 2013 | 1blankname = Prosecutor-General | 1namedata = [[Yury Chaika]]<br/>[[Igor Krasnov]] | office1 = 4th Russian Presidential Envoy to the [[Northwestern Federal District]] | term_start1 = 6 September 2011 | term_end1 = 11 March 2013 | president1 = [[Dmitry Medvedev]]<br>[[Vladimir Putin]] | predecessor1 = [[Ilya Klebanov]] | successor1 = [[Vladimir Bulavin]] | office2 = 2nd Russian Presidential Envoy to the [[Urals Federal District]] | term_start2 = 8 December 2008 | term_end2 = 6 September 2011 | president2 = [[Dmitry Medvedev]] | predecessor2 = [[Pyotr Latyshev]] | successor2 = [[Yevgeny Kuyvashev]] | office3 = Director of the [[Federal Bailiff Service]] and Chief Bailiff of Russia | term_start3 = 21 October 2004 | term_end3 = 8 December 2008 | president3 = [[Vladimir Putin]]<br>[[Dmitry Medvedev]] | predecessor3 = ''Office established'' | successor3 = [[Artur Parfenchikov]] | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1965|04|10|df=y}} | birth_place = Oktyabrskoye village, [[Shemonaikha District]], [[East Kazakhstan Province]], [[Kazakh SSR]], [[USSR]] | death_date = | death_place = | spouse = | party = | native_name_lang = ru | native_name = {{nobold|Николай Винниченко}} | caption = Vinnichenko in 2020 }}

'''Nikolay Alexandrovich Vinnichenko''' ({{langx|ru|Николай Александрович Винничéнко}}, born April 10, 1965) is a Russian lawyer and politician. He has the federal state civilian service rank of [[1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation]].<ref>{{cite act|type=Decree|index=1769|date=13 December 2008|legislature=[[President of Russia]]|title=О присвоении классного чина государственной гражданской службы Российской Федерации Винниченко Н.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=13.12.2008&a8=1769&a8type=1&a1=&a0=&a16=&a16type=1&a16value=&a17=&a17type=1&a17value=&a4=&a4type=1&a4value=&a23=&a23type=1&a23value=&textpres=&sort=7&x=49&y=18}}</ref>

== Biography ==

Nikolay Vinnichenko graduated from the [[Saint Petersburg State University Faculty of Law]] in 1987.<ref name="genproc vinnichenko">{{cite web|url=https://eng.genproc.gov.ru/management/deputy/person-83472/|title=Nikolay Aleksandrovich VINNICHENKO|website=Genproc.gov.ru}}</ref>

He started his career as a trainee for the Prosecutor of Saint Petersburg, and became his assistant in 1990. In 1995, he became public prosecutor of Saint Petersburg, and Deputy public prosecutor of the city in 1999. In 2001, he was named Federal inspector in-chief of Saint Petersburg. From April 9, 2003, until September 12, 2004, he was the Chief Prosecutor of [[Saint Petersburg]]. From October 21, 2004, he had been the Chief Bailiff, Director of the [[Federal Bailiff Service]] of Russia.<ref name="genproc vinnichenko"/>

On December 8, 2008, Vinnichenko was appointed to be the Russian [[Presidential Envoy]] to the [[Urals Federal District]]. Since September 6, 2011, he is the Russian [[Presidential Envoy]] to the [[Northwestern Federal District]].<ref>{{cite web | script-title=ru:Винниченко для УрФО | publisher = [[Interfax]] | url = http://interfax.ru/politics/txt.asp?id=50263 | date = 2008-12-08 | accessdate = 2008-12-11|language=ru}}</ref>

Since 2013, Nikolay Vinnichenko is Deputy [[Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation]].<ref name="genproc vinnichenko"/>

In the aftermath of the [[Malaysia Airlines Flight 17]] crash, Nikolay Vinnichenko declared, as Deputy Prosecutor General, that Russia had sent to the Dutch-led Joint Investigation Team (JIT) the proof that the missile that caused the crash was a Ukrainian one, and that this information had not been taken into consideration by the JIT.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.urdupoint.com/en/world/jit-refuses-to-comment-on-former-sbu-officer-578082.html|title=JIT Refuses To Comment On Former SBU Officer's Claim About Kiev's Role In MH17 Crash|website=Urdupoint.com|author=Fakhir Rizvi|date=25 March 2019}}</ref>

Nikolay Vinnichenko sanctioned the extradition of the belarusian refugee Andrey Kazimirov, who was seeking asylum in Russia after being tortured by the police for 2 days in the aftermath of the Belarus election protests.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rbc.ru/society/27/05/2021/60af6c369a79473f24be5e0f|title = Суд разрешил экстрадицию обвиняемого в массовых беспорядках белоруса}}</ref>

== Other roles ==

* Member of the State Border Commission<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archive.government.ru/eng/gov/agencies/7/|title=Commission on State Border|website=Government.ru}}</ref>

==Honours and awards== *[[Order of Honour (Russian Federation)|Order of Honour]] *[[Medal "In Commemoration of the 300th Anniversary of Saint Petersburg"]] *[[Medal "In Commemoration of the 1000th Anniversary of Kazan"]]

{{s-start}} {{s-off}} {{succession box| title=Chief Prosecutor of [[Saint Petersburg]]| years=April 9, 2003, - September 12, 2004| before=[[Ivan Sydoruk]]|after=[[Sergei Zaytsev (prosecutor)|Sergei Zaytsev]]| }} {{s-bef|before=[[Arkady Melnikov]]}} {{s-ttl|title=Chief Bailiff of Russia|years=October 21, 2004–present}} {{s-inc}} {{s-end}}

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