Leonid Klimov


Leonid Mykhailovych Klimov is a Ukrainian parliamentarian, banker, and politician. He is a member of the Party of Regions in Verkhovna Rada and a member of the Committee on National Security and Defense. He is also a member of the Party of Regions Council and chairman in the Odessa Oblast department of the Party of Regions.

Biography

He was born on March 31, 1953 in Makiivka, Donetsk Oblast. He has a wife, Tatiana Yuriivna, who is a housewife, and three children: daughters Daria and Anastasia and son, Alex.
He graduated from Odessa Institute of People's Economy in 1979. He was an economist of Product Management and Organization of Food Products.

Timeline of career

Commercial

In the 2012 parliamentary election he was -elected into parliament for Party of Regions after winning in single-member districts number 137 located in Odessa Oblast. In 2014, he joined the parliamentary faction Economic Development.
In the 2014 parliamentary election Klimov was re-elected into parliament again as an independent candidate again in single-member districts number 137; this time with 30.09% of the votes.
In the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election Klimov lost reelection as an independent candidate in single-seat constituency 137.

Awards

Klimov was awarded the Order of Merit III degree.