Nataliya Nikonorova
Natalia Nikonorova | |
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Permanent Representative of the Donetsk People's Republic at the Trilateral Contact Group on Ukraine | |
Assumed office 12 September 2018 | |
Preceded by | Denis Pushilin |
Head of the interdepartmental committee for the accreditation of humanitarian missions | |
Assumed office 14 September 2018 | |
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Donetsk People's Republic | |
Assumed office 23 February 2016 | |
Preceded by | Aleksandr Igorevich Kofman |
Head of the Legal Department at the People's Council of the Donetsk People's Republic | |
In office 2014–2016 | |
Personal details | |
Nationality | Ukrainian |
Political party | Donetsk Republic |
Natalia Yurievna Nikonorova (Russian: Никонорова Наталья Юрьевна; Ukrainian: Никонорова Наталія Юріївна; born on September 28th, 1984) is a politician who serves as Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Donetsk People's Republic, Permanent Representative at the Trilateral Contact Group in Minsk and head of the interdepartmental committee for the accreditation of humanitarian missions.
Biography
Early life and career
Nikonorova was born on September 28th, 1984, in Donetsk. In 2001, she graduated from High School No. 115 in Donetsk and entered the International Solomon University in Kiev. In 2005, she moved to the Faculty of Law of the KNEU, graduating in 2006.[1]
From 2006 to 2012, on a paid basis, she worked as an assistant to the deputies of the Verkhovna Rada Svyatoslav Piskun and Hennadiy Moskal. At the same time, since 2008, she attended the graduate school of the Koretsky KIHP, entering the MAUP in 2012.[1]
From 2014 to 2016, she headed the legal department of the People's Council of the Donetsk People's Republic.[1]
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In 2016, Nikonorova was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Donetsk People's Republic, later becoming also the head of the interdepartmental committee for the accreditation of humanitarian missions.
Since 2018, she's also a permanent representative of the DPR in the trilateral commission for the settlement of the conflict in Donbass (she had worked as a member of the trilateral commission since 2015).
Personal life
Her brother Aleksey Yuryevich Nikonorov is also a lawyer of the apparatus of the People's Council of the DPR and also a representative in Minsk.[1]
Natalia and Aleksey's mother is the long-time head of the election headquarters of:
- Alexander Ryzhenkov, the president of Donetsk Metallurgical Plant, for the elections to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine;
- Tamara Yegorenko, the chairman of the Lenin district executive committee of Donetsk (that was headed to him by Alexander Ryzhenkov);
- Yuriy Ryzhenkov, the general director of Metinvest (central company of Rinat Akhmetov, where formerly Yuriy held a financial position).[2][3][4][5][6]
References
- ^ a b c d "В ДНР опять неожиданность" (in Russian). 2016-02-23. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
- ^ ""Министр иностранных дел "ДНР" Никонорова связана с Ахметовым (ФОТОрепортаж) — Паноптикон". panoptikon.org (in Russian). Retrieved 2018-09-17.
- ^ "Новым министром ДНР стала блондинка из Рады". job-sbu.org (in Russian). Retrieved 2018-09-17.
- ^ "Собрано досье на нового "министра ДНР". Фото - Новости ukrhome.net". news.ukrhome.net (in Russian). Retrieved 2018-09-17.
- ^ "Делегацію сепаратистів "ДНР" у Мінську очолила Наталія Никонорова | Новинарня". novynarnia.com (in Russian). Retrieved 2018-09-17.
- ^ "Указ врио Главы ДНР о руководителе межведомственного комитета по вопросам аккредитации гуманитарных миссий". mid-dnr.su (in Russian). Retrieved 2018-09-17.