Oleg Tsaryov

Oleg Tsaryov
Олег Царёв
Олег Царьов
Tsaryov in 2014
Speaker of the Parliament of Novorossiya
In office
26 June 2014  18 May 2015
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byOffice abolished
People's Deputy of Ukraine
In office
14 June 2006  27 November 2014
In office
14 May 2002  25 May 2006
Personal details
Born (1970-06-02) 2 June 1970
Dnipropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Dnipro, Ukraine)
NationalityUkrainian, Russian
Political partyParty of Regions (until 2014)
Alma materNational Research Nuclear University MEPhI
Signature
Websiteolegtsarov.com

Oleg Anatolyevich Tsaryov (Russian: Олег Анатольевич Царёв; Ukrainian: Олег Анатолійович Царьов, romanized: Oleh Anatoliiovych Tsariov; born 2 June 1970) is a Ukrainian and Russian businessman, politician and former separatist official in eastern Ukraine.

Tsaryov is a former People's Deputy of Ukraine elected for the Party of Regions in 2002, who was expelled from the party on 7 April 2014.

On 26 July 2014, he became the speaker of the Parliament of Novorossiya, a confederation that included the separatist Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics, and served until its dissolution on 18 May 2015. He has been wanted by Ukrainian police since June 2014 for promoting separatism and violence.