Valentina Matviyenko

"Russian Margaret Thatcher". Valentina Matvienko is proud of her comparison with the British prime minister. And not only because she is close to the highest state post - she occupies the third place in the hierarchy of the Russian power system. The first female governor and speaker of the upper house of parliament, the "iron lady", was nicknamed for the same tough character and integrity.

Valentina Ivanovna was born on April 7, 1949 in the Ukrainian village of Shepetovka, in the family of the front-line soldier Ivan Yakovlevich and theatrical costume designer Antonina Kondratyevna Tyunin. By nationality, she is half Ukrainian.

The father died when the girl was not yet seven years old. The mother, who was left with three daughters in her arms, of whom Valya was the youngest, began to have financial difficulties. This became a key factor in choosing a further path.

POLICIES IN YOUTH. Valentina Matvienko.

After graduating from high school with a silver medal, Valentina, without hesitation, entered the Cherkasy medical school in order to quickly get a profession and start earning on her own. Having received a red diploma, she moved to Leningrad, graduated from the Chemical and Pharmaceutical Institute and received a postgraduate course.

However, at the university, the girl, keen on social work, realized that medicine was not her vocation. So in the biography of Matvienko, the Academy of Social Sciences appeared at the Central Committee of the CPSU, advanced training courses for leading diplomatic workers at the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Valentina Ivanovna went through a thorny path from an ordinary member of the Communist Party to the secretary of the Leningrad Regional Committee of the Komsomol. Even in her youth, some media wrote, a strange nickname "Valka-glass" stuck to her. It is no secret that in those days the Komsomol congresses were accompanied by stormy feasts. It was unreasonable for the beginning politician to break away from the team, so Matvienko sometimes put a glass on the table herself and offered to drink.

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Now the chairman of the Federation Council with a grain of irony recalls only half of the glass and notes that there are hardly those who have not found themselves in a similar situation.

In 1986, Valentina entered the world of big politics: she took the position of deputy chairman of the executive committee of the City Council of People's Deputies of Leningrad, oversaw the issues of culture and education, and a few years later became a People's Deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR and headed the committee for the protection of families, children and women.

After the collapse of the Union, the doors of diplomacy opened before Matvienko - she was appointed the first Russian ambassador to Malta. Igor Ivanov, who became foreign minister, made Valentina Ivanovna director of the department for relations with the regions, then ambassador to Greece. When Yevgeny Primakov sat in the prime minister's chair, he appointed Matvienko as deputy for social issues. She held on to her position under the heads of the cabinet of ministers Sergei Stepashin, Vladimir Putin and Mikhail Kasyanov.

In 2003, Valentina Matvienko was offered to return home in the role of the president's plenipotentiary representative in the Northwestern Federal District. In October of the same year, the politician was elected governor of St. Petersburg. The first attempt to take this post was made back in 2000, but then Matvienko decided that popular support was not enough to win the elections.

In her own words, she literally "pulled the city out of the horrors of the 90s by force." However, opponents of Valentina Ivanovna's activities during the governorship consider her achievements and innovations outrageous.

The appearance of St. Petersburg under Matvienko has changed significantly. Many old buildings were demolished, on the site of which business and shopping and entertainment centers were built, a significant restructuring of transport interchanges took place. But the mayor was subjected to a flurry of criticism for the destruction of the historical center, for powerlessness in the face of communal problems. Valentina Ivanovna urged to attract students and homeless people to clear the snow, but the streets were still mired in snowdrifts.

In 2006, Matvienko submitted her early resignation, but the head of state, Vladimir Putin, rejected it and reappointed governor of St. Petersburg. In June 2011, the head of Bashkortostan Rustem Khamitov proposed Valentina Matvienko's candidacy for the post of chairman of the Federation Council. The then-current President Dmitry Medvedev supported the initiative, Matvienko resigned as governor of her own free will.

Georgy Poltavchenko, who took the place of the head of the Northern capital, appointed his predecessor the representative of St. Petersburg in the Federation Council. Literally two weeks later, Valentina Ivanovna was unanimously elected to the post of chairman of the Federation Council, out of 140 senators, only one abstained. Automatically, she entered the Security Council of the Russian Federation, and a year later, due to the changed legislation, she became a member of the State Council.

The Federation Council under the leadership of Matvienko approved the laws "On measures to influence persons involved in violations of fundamental human rights and freedoms," on fake news, disrespectful attitude to state symbols, and raising the retirement age, which caused violent indignation in society. At the same time, experts' opinions on the non-legal mechanism of these acts, incorrect wording and other violations were ignored.

However, there are also many positive results of the politician's work. Under Matvienko, the programs “Accessible Environment”, “Alarm Button” and “Children of Russia” were launched, she protected polyclinics and hospitals from indiscriminate privatization, with her submission, the Concept of Demographic Development was adopted and a second pension is paid to the blockade. Valentina co-authored a bill on tax incentives for patrons of art, set before the Minister of Education Olga Vasilyeva the task of reducing the number of unnecessary reports from teachers.

On March 1, 2013, the upper house of the Russian parliament gave the president the go-ahead to use the armed forces in Ukraine. Against the background of the current situation, Valentina Matvienko, like many other political figures, came under international sanctions. The speaker was banned from entering the EU, property in the United States was arrested, although Matviyenko stated that she never had accounts and real estate abroad. In America, she is generally considered the main culprit in violation of the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine.

Valentina Ivanovna's personal life is stable. In her fifth year at LHFI, she took the name of her husband Vladimir Matvienko, with whom she lived for 45 years.

Until 2000, the spouse taught at the Military Medical Academy, and after retiring, he started building a dacha near St. Petersburg. In the last years of his life, the man was seriously ill and was confined to a wheelchair. He died in August 2018.

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In this marriage, a son, Sergei, was born. He graduated from high school with advanced study of English, has two degrees in economics and a doctorate. According to media reports, Sergey Matvienko is a dollar billionaire. He made the capital while working as vice president of Bank Saint Petersburg, VTB and Vneshtorgbank, owning 28 subsidiaries of the Imperia company. The field of activity is development, transportation, cleaning, media market.

The businessman's mother has more modest incomes. In 2016, Valentina earned 22.8 million rubles, in 2017 - 23 million rubles, in 2018 - 15.3 million rubles.

In 2004, Sergey married a girl whom the country later recognized as the popular singer Zara. The marriage was passionate, but short-lived. As the spouses themselves argued, they simply did not agree on characters. In 2006, young people divorced.

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With his second wife, Yulia Zaitseva, Sergei is raising a daughter, Arina. Matvienko's daughter-in-law - a graduate of the Plekhanov Academy, a model, an accomplished businesswoman - together with her friend, runs the JM Studio showroom, where the St. Petersburg and Moscow elite are shopping. Valentina Ivanovna also orders fashionable things. Julia, the only family member, has a page on Instagram, only personal photos are posted there, the famous mother-in-law has enough publicity even without social networks.

In his spare time, the head of the Federation Council loves to do housework, is fond of cooking and painting. The most influential woman in Russia, despite her age (she turned 70 in 2019), is in impeccable physical shape, visiting the pool and gym. Another hobby of the speaker is tennis.

In January 2020, Vladimir Putin made an address to the Federal Assembly, which contained a number of initiatives, including on amendments to the Constitution. After that, the government headed by Dmitry Medvedev resigned.

Matvienko highlighted in the president's speech the part concerning the prohibition of dual citizenship for government officials. According to her, honest civil servants “do not need an alternate airfield”. Those who don't think so can go into business.

Meanwhile, Ekho Moskvy editor Aleksey Venediktov suggested that Valentina Ivanovna would have to leave her post before the end of the year. The upper house of parliament may be headed by former Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu.

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