Vyacheslav Shverikas

Vyacheslav Nikolayevich Shverikas (, 3 February 1961 – 23 June 2021) was a Russian politician. He served as member of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly as the representative of Adygea.

Shverikas graduated from Leningrad State University with a speciality in economics, and went on to work with the Saint Petersburg City Administration, before moving to the central governmental organs, holding positions in the Presidential Administration of Russia, and the Ministry of Finance. In 2004 he was appointed the representative of the Republic of Adygea's executive body to the Federation Council. He held the post through two convocations of the council, between 2004 and 2017. He sat on several of the council's committees during his tenure, including those on financial markets and currency circulation, on information policy, and on economic policy. He stepped down in 2017, and died in 2021.

Career Early politics Shverikas was born on 3 February 1961. He graduated from the of Leningrad State University in 1984 as an economist, and teacher of political economy.

Shverikas then became head of the general department of the Main Control Directorate of the Presidential Administration of Russia, working in the central government apparatus, as well as in the Ministry of Finance. In 2003 he was awarded the Medal "In Commemoration of the 300th Anniversary of Saint Petersburg". He was confirmed for the second time on 6 April 2012, with his term due to expire in September 2017. He was also chairman of the committee's Expert Council on the Development of the Precious Metals and Precious Stones Industry, holding a round table in April 2016 on the topic of "Improving the procedures for the import and export of precious metals and goods". He also hosted presentations to the committee from Adygean producers in the context of entering international markets. He was also a member of the board of trustees of the patriarchal compound of the Znamenskaya Church in Dubrovitsy. On the expiration of his second term on 10 September 2017, his successor Oleg Seleznyov, was appointed by Murat Kumpilov, Head of the Republic of Adygea.

Over his political career Shverikas received a certificate of honour of the Federation Council, and the honorary badge of the Federation Council "For merits in the development of parliamentarism."