Leonid Slutsky (politician)

Leonid Slutsky MP
Леонид Слуцкий
Slutsky in 2023

Leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia
Incumbent
Assumed office 27 May 2022
Preceded by	Alexei Didenko (acting) Vladimir Zhirinovsky
Parliamentary leader of the LDPR in the State Duma
Incumbent
Assumed office 18 May 2022
Preceded by	Vladimir Zhirinovsky
Chairman of the Duma Committee on International Affairs
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 October 2016
Preceded by	Aleksey Pushkov
Member of the State Duma (Party List Seat)
Incumbent
Assumed office 19 January 2000
Chairman of the Duma Committee on the CIS, Eurasian Integration, and Relations with Compatriots
In office 21 December 2011 – 5 October 2016
Preceded by	Alexey Ostrovsky
Succeeded by	Leonid Kalashnikov

Personal details
Born	(1968-01-04) 4 January 1968 Moscow, RSFSR, USSR
Political party	LDPR

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Leonid Eduardovich Slutsky (/ˈsluːtski/ SLOOT-ski; Russian: Леонид Эдуардович Слуцкий; born 4 January 1968) is a Russian politician who leads the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR) since 2022, and has served as a deputy of the State Duma since 1999.

With his party being associated with the hard right of political spectrum, Slutsky's tenure as Chairman of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs has been eventful and widely covered in the national and international media. In 2018, he was the central figure of a sexual assault scandal in parliament. In 2022, he represented Russia during peace negotiations with Ukraine following the Russian invasion. The following year, he announced his candidacy in the 2024 Russian presidential election.