In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Volfovich and the family name is Zhirinovsky.
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Vladimir Zhirinovsky
Владимир Жириновский
State Duma portrait, 2022
Leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia
In office 18 April 1992 – 6 April 2022
Succeeded by
Alexei Didenko (acting)
Leonid Slutsky
Parliamentary leader of the LDPR in the State Duma
In office 21 December 2011 – 6 April 2022
Preceded by
Igor Lebedev
Succeeded by
Leonid Slutsky (acting)
In office 12 December 1993 – 18 January 2000
Succeeded by
Igor Lebedev
Vice Chairman of the State Duma
In office 18 January 2000 – 21 December 2011
Chairman
Gennady Seleznyov
Boris Gryzlov
Preceded by
Mikhail Gutseriyev
Succeeded by
Igor Lebedev
Member of the State Duma (Party List Seat)
In office 17 December 1995 – 6 April 2022
Succeeded by
Andrey Svintsov
Member of the State Duma for Moscow Oblast
In office 11 January 1994 – 17 January 1996
Preceded by
constituency established
Succeeded by
constituency abolished
Constituency
Shchyolkovo (No. 114)
Leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of the Soviet Union
In office 1989–1992
Personal details
Born
Vladimir Volfovich Eidelshtein
(1946-04-25)25 April 1946 Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union (now Almaty, Kazakhstan)
Died
6 April 2022(2022-04-06) (aged 75) Moscow, Russia
Resting place
Novodevichy Cemetery
Political party
Liberal Democratic Party of Russia
Spouse
Galina Lebedeva
(m. 1971)
Children
3, including Igor Lebedev
Education
Moscow State University (DPhil)
Occupation
Lawyer
Politician
Philologist
Awards
Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" (2nd, 3rd, 4th class)
Order of Alexander Nevsky (2015)
Order of Honour (2008)
Religion
Russian Orthodox
Signature
Military service
Allegiance
Soviet Union
Branch/service
Soviet Army
Years of service
1970–1972
Rank
Colonel
Vladimir Zhirinovsky's voice
recorded May 2013
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1992–2022
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Vladimir Volfovich Zhirinovsky (Russian: Владимир Вольфович Жириновский, IPA:[vlɐˈdʲimʲɪrˈvolʲfəvʲɪtɕʐɨrʲɪˈnofskʲɪj], née Eidelstein, Russian: Эйдельштейн; 25 April 1946 – 6 April 2022)[1] was a Russian right-wing populist politician and the leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR) from its creation in 1992 until his death in 2022.[1][2] He had been a member of the State Duma since 1993 and leader of the LDPR group in the State Duma from 1993 to 2000, and from 2011 to 2022.[3]
He served as a deputy chairman of the State Duma from 2000 until 2011. He also worked as a delegate in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe from 1996 to 2008. During his lifetime, Zhirinovsky ran in every single Russian presidential election apart from in 2004.
He was known for many controversies, as well as staunch advocacy for Russian military action against NATO.[4][5]
^ abSteele, Jonathan (6 April 2022). "Vladimir Zhirinovsky obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
^MacFarquhar, Neil; Troianovski, Anton; Nechepurenko, Ivan (6 April 2022). "Vladimir V. Zhirinovsky Dies at 75; Ultranationalist Russian Politician". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
^"Жириновский Владимир Вольфович" (in Russian). State Duma. Archived from the original on 18 April 2018. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
^Ilyushina, Mary; Bernstein, Adam (6 April 2022). "Vladimir Zhirinovsky, ultranationalist Russian political leader, dies at 75". The Washington Post.
^"Profiles of Russia's 2012 presidential election candidates". BBC News. 30 January 2012.
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