A lot of words have been said about statesmen, politicians and other famous personalities. Often people are interested in their families, but rarely someone from the relatives of a famous person is of great interest. There are quite a few exceptions to this rule, and among them is the son of the scandalous politician Vladimir Zhirinovsky, Igor Lebedev. He deserves attention, if only because since 2009 he has been the head of the Supreme Council of the Liberal Democratic Party. In addition, Igor Lebedev is the LDPR leader in the State Duma of the last three convocations. And from the achievements of this person, it is worth noting the position he holds as an adviser to the Minister of Labor and Social Development. In addition, Zhirinovsky's son Igor Lebedev is engaged in scientific activities, he defended his doctorate in history and became a candidate of sociological sciences.
Biography
At the end of September, on the 27th, 1972, Igor Vladimirovich Zhirinovsky was born. At the age of 16, the guy changed his last name. His parents are Galina Lebedeva and Vladimir Zhirinovsky. According to some reports, he persuaded to change the surnamethe father himself, believing that his political activities may affect his son's personal life.
Then Vladimir was already engaged in the creation of a liberal party, even on the territory of the USSR. Having obeyed his father, the guy decided to get a passport in his mother's surname. For this reason, Igor Lebedev is known to the public under this name and surname.
Beginning of political activity
The guy's first attempt to get into the State Duma was in 1995. He was included in the electoral list of his father's party, but he never managed to get to the post. At that time, he simultaneously studied at the Moscow Law Academy. The year before, Zhirinovsky had assigned him the position of his own assistant for state affairs.
At the beginning of his work, Zhirinovsky's son Igor Lebedev performed only minor missions. After Igor received a law degree, his father's instructions became more serious. Instead of business trips and small assignments, he took up the organization of important meetings, which were to be held in complete confidentiality. Sometimes the task fell on his shoulders to conduct serious negotiations instead of his boss.
Career start
Igor Lebedev officially began his career as a politician in 1997. It was then that he got the position of an expert specialist in the main apparatus of his father's faction in the State Duma. In addition, at that time, the young politician held the position of head of the LDPR youth organization and the same place in the Youth Initiative Support Center, infaction structure.
A year later, Igor Lebedev, whose biography is quite bright, becomes an adviser to Sergei Kalashnikov, who holds the post of Minister of Labor and Social Development. It is worth noting that Sergei used to be a member of the faction created by Zhirinovsky.
1999 election campaign
When the parliamentary elections of the Russian Federation took place at the turn of the century, Zhirinovsky's son took the place of one of the leading campaign headquarters of his father's faction. Some sources say that his task was to monitor the situation in the election of the governor of the Belgorod region and the positive rating of Zhirinovsky's candidacy in them. But unfortunately, Igor's father did not win, taking only third place in the race for the leadership position and losing to Yevgeny Savchenko, gaining only 17.4% of the vote. At the end of this year, Igor Lebedev, the son of Zhirinovsky, whose biography is inextricably linked with politics, runs for the State Duma and gets into it, being on the list of those elected in his father's bloc.
After Vladimir Zhirinovsky is elected vice-speaker, his son takes his place as head of the faction. At that time, the father simply did not have the right to combine these two positions. According to Vladimir Zhirinovsky, he did nothing reprehensible or unusual, because in many areas the family business passes from father to son, why should there be exceptions if he is confident in the professionalism of the heir.
Three leaders of the Liberal Democratic Party
State Duma deputy Igor Lebedev became one of the three leaders of the electoral list of his father's faction in 2003. Although according to some sources, its presence in this list is completely accidental. The absurdity of the situation was that the second number was to be taken not by Igor, but by Pavel Chernov, who was a KGB officer. Zhirinovsky commented on this discrepancy as that Chernov did not have time to collect and bring all the documents necessary for submission to the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation.
At that time, Igor Lebedev, whose photo is presented in the article, again fell into the ranks of the members of the State Duma and immediately took over as head of the faction. According to some sources, in addition to the leadership, Igor is also editing party literature, and he has the entire party fund at his disposal.
Fifth convocation
Lists for elections in the fifth convocation to the State Duma were approved in September 2007 at the LDPR congress. The first on the list was, of course, Vladimir Zhirinovsky himself, number two was Andrey Lugovoy, a former FSB officer, and then there was Lebedev's place. By the way, it is worth noting that the businessman Lugovoy at that time was accused by the British authorities of committing the murder of Alexander Litvinenko, who also previously served in the FSB. At that time, Alexander was granted political asylum in the UK. Thus, after the vote, Lebedev got into the Duma and this time, once again taking his usual post, however, already in the lower house of parliament.
XXII Congressfractions of the Liberal Democratic Party
At the end of 2009, another congress of the Zhirinovsky faction took place, at which amendments were made to the party charter. At that time, information regarding the possibility of combining posts has changed. Thus, the head of the Supreme Council could well be the chairman of the party in parallel.
At that time, the position still belonged to Vladimir Zhirinovsky, but less than a month later, his son announced that he would combine these posts and take the corresponding positions.
Lebedev's income
At the beginning of 2010, information regarding the financial condition possessed by Igor Lebedev, the son of Zhirinovsky, whose biography testifies to the multifaceted development of this person, became known to the public in the last year. This information shocked almost everyone, because he became the richest person holding the position of head of the State Duma faction. At that time, he was able to earn more than 178 million rubles in a year. In addition, he owned four apartments and cars, as well as one motorcycle. The following year, his earnings were strikingly different from the previous one, before the sixth congress he was able to receive less than 5 million, but at the same time he acquired several apartments in the capital, another car and bought shares in VTB Bank. Yet he remained the richest member on the party's electoral list.
Scientific activity
According to the website of the State Duma, Lebedev has a doctorate in history and is a candidatesociological sciences. But when and how he earned it is unknown. There are no topics, dates, or any other information on this matter.
Igor Lebedev, biography: Zhirinovsky's opinion about his son
Like any other father, Vladimir considers his son a little lazy, in his opinion, he can do more, but still remains a typical member of the Gorbachev generation. According to some reports, the positions occupied by Lebedev did not at all surprise Zhirinovsky's entourage, everything seemed to be logical and expected. They say about Igor himself that he always calculates his actions, listens carefully, thinks everything over and only then makes any decisions.
According to the environment, the main shortcomings of the hereditary politician are his age and the lack of charisma of Vladimir Zhirinovsky. According to Lebedev himself, there is nothing surprising in the fact that he does not look like his father. After all, people like him are unique, and Zhirinovsky himself can only be one.
Private life
Igor Lebedev is married to Lyudmila Nikolaevna. She is three years younger than him, and he met his future wife as a child. In 1998, two twin sons appeared in their family, who were named Sergey and Alexander.
