Valery Trapeznikov

Valery Vladimirovich Trapeznikov (Russian: Валерий Владимирович Трапезников; born 18 March 1947), is a Russian politician who served as a Member of the 6th convocation of the State Duma. A member of the United Russia party, he had been the member of the Duma Committee on Labor, Social Policy and Veterans Affairs. Before being elected to the State Duma, he was a turner at the Perm plant of JSC Star.

He became famous for his ideas to introduce the title “Hero of Labour of the Russian Federation” and limit the size of golden parachutes for top managers, which were immediately supported by Vladimir Putin.

Biography

Valery Trapeznikov was born on 19 March 1947.

In October 1999, Trapeznikov was on the list of candidates for deputies of the State Duma of the Russian Federation from the Fatherland – All Russia electoral bloc, but was not elected. In 2011, he was recommended to the State Duma's 6th convocation by the movement “Trade Unions of Russia for Elections”, nominated by the United Russia party, and was elected to the State Duma on 21 December.

On 29 March 2013, at a conference of the All-Russia People's Front in Rostov-on-Don, he proposed establishing the title “Hero of Labour of the Russian Federation” and limiting the size of golden parachutes for dismissed top managers. Both proposals were immediately supported by the host of the conference, President Putin, and the decree introducing the honorary title was signed on the same day. He was an elected a member of the regional legislative assembly in the same year, at the All-Russia People's Front congress at the end of autumn it was planned to appoint Trapeznikov responsible for the regional branch.

Participating in the XVI Congress of the United Russia party in January 2017, he made a statement about the shortage of blue-collar jobs, people ready and able to work in modern economies.

Personal life

As Trapeznikov himself reported in his declaration, the turner's total income for 2010 amounted to 343 thousand 134 rubles (salary and pension). Trapeznikov has two apartments in the Perm region (67.1 m2 - jointly owned and 57.7 m2), a Toyota Avensis. His wife earns 1.5 million rubles a year.

The couple has a daughter and grandchildren.