Vasily Nikolayevich Likhachyov (; 5 January 1952 – 8 April 2019)Василий Лихачев скончался на 68-м году жизни was a Russian politician, the Permanent Representative for Russia to the European Council (1998), and Deputy Minister of Justice in Russia. Since 2011 until his death he was a Russian State Duma deputy from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation.

Likhachyov was the son of Nina F. Likhachyova and was married to Nailya Imatovna Taktasheva and had two daughters.

Biography In 1975 he graduated from Kazan State University and obtained a degree of PhD in Law.ЛИХАЧЕВ Василий Николаевич (род. 1952) Retrieved on 6 February 2018 He was a Fellow of Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, an Associate Member of Tatarstan Republic Academy of Sciences.ЛИХАЧЕВ ВАСИЛИЙ НИКОЛАЕВИЧ Retrieved on 6 February 2018

In 1978–1988 he was an associate professor in Kazan University. During the period of 1982–1983 he was lecturing in National Law school of Guinea-Bissau Republic. In 1987–1988 he was a lecturer in the University of Madagascar Republic.

From 1991 to 1995 he was holding an office of Vice-president of Tatarstan Republic. In 1995–1998 he was a Chair of the National Council of Tatarstan Republic and a chairman assistant of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation. From 1998 to 2003 he was a Permanent Representative from Russian Federation in European Communities, Brussel.Лихачев Василий Николаевич Retrieved on 6 Feb 2918 In 2004 he was elected as a representative from the legislative body of Republic Ingushetia government to the Federation Council. In 2010 he was appointed a Deputy Minister of Justice of Russian Federation and stayed in this office till 2011.ЛИХАЧЕВ Василий Николаевич Retrieved on 6 February 2018Василий Николаевич Лихачев. Биографическая справка (biographical info) Retrieved on 6 February 2018 He was a member of Duma Committee on the Commonwealth of Independent States and Connections with Countrymen.Лихачев Василий Николаевич Retrieved on 6 February 2018 He authored ten monographs and more than 500 scientific articles. He had a diplomatic rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.

Awards Order of Honour (1996) Order for Merit to the Fatherland Fourth Class (2007)Лихачев Василий Николаевич Retrieved on 6 February 2018

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