Nataliya Nikonorova

Natalia Yurievna Nikonorova (; ; born on 28 September 1984) is a Ukrainian-Russian politician, who serves as the Russian Federation Senator from the Donetsk People's Republic since 2022. She previously served as the republic's Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2016 until its widely internationally unrecognised annexation by Russia in 2022.

As Foreign Minister, Nikonorova represented her region at the Trilateral Contact Group.

Biography Early life and education Nikonorova was born on 28 September 1984, in Donetsk. In 2001, she graduated from High School No. 115 in Donetsk and entered the International Solomon University in Kyiv. In 2005, she moved to the Faculty of Law of the Kyiv National Economic University, graduating in 2006.

Career From 2006 to 2012, Nikonorova worked as an assistant to Svyatoslav Piskun and Hennadiy Moskal, members of the Ukrainian Parliament. During this period, she attended the graduate school of the Koretsky KIHP, entering the Interregional Academy of Personnel Management in 2012.

Personal life Her brother Aleksey Yuryevich Nikonorov was also a lawyer working for the DPR's parliament and was involved as its representative at the Minsk Accords negotiations.