Anatoliy Vladimirovich Kaminski (born 15 March 1950) is a Transnistrian politician who served as speaker of the Supreme Council from 2009 to 2012. He is the former chairman of the Obnovlenie party.
Early life Kaminski was born in 1950 in eastern Russia, but his family was of Ukrainian-Polish descent. His family moved to the Moldavian SSR in 1957. Kaminski studied in Odesa, Ukraine, at the M.V. Lomonosov Odesa Institute of Technology. He subsequently worked as a manager at several dairy plants in the Moldavian SSR.
Political career Kaminski's first political office was as a member of the council of the city of Rîbnița from 1990 until 2000, when he was elected to the Supreme Council. In 2005, he was re-elected in an election that proved to be a victory for his party. Kaminski was subsequently elected as vice-speaker, with Yevgeny Shevchuk, also of the Obnovlenie party, becoming speaker.
On 22 July 2009, Shevchuk resigned as speaker and Kaminski was elected unopposed to replace him. The newly elected vice-speaker was Mikhail Burla, chairman of Obnovlenie.Supreme Council - parliamentary news MPs vote on a resolution accepting the resignation of Parliamentary Speaker Yevgeny Shevchuk. (22 July 2009)
President of South Ossetia Eduard Kokoity awarded Kaminski the "Order of Friendship" on 12 March 2010, "for a great personal contribution to the development of friendship between the peoples of South Ossetia and Transnistria, merits in strengthening inter-parliamentary cooperation and for his 60-year birthday".
In December 2011, Kaminski ran for president of Transnistria as the candidate of Obnovlenie. In the first round of elections, he received 26.48% of the vote, narrowly making it into the second round of voting. Yevgeny Shevchuk, the former chairman of the Supreme Soviet, received the most support with 38.53%, while sitting president, Igor Smirnov, came in third with 24.82%.Центризбирком Приднестровья огласил предварительные результаты голосования на выборах Президента ПМР, РИА Новый День, 15 December 2011Запасной аэродром Игоря Смирнова: Предварительные результаты выборов президента могут признать недействительными, Независимая газета, 15 December 2011. http://www.ng.ru/cis/2011-12-15/1_smirnov.html In the election, United Russia, the ruling political party of Russia, supported Kaminski's campaign.Некремлевский претендент: Приднестровье не поддержало предложенную Москвой кандидатуру, Независимая газета, 13 December 2011. http://www.ng.ru/cis/2011-12-13/1_pridnestrovie.html
Personal life Kaminski is married and has two children.
External links Official biography page, from Parliament English version of the same page
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