Dmitry Chernyshenko

Dmitry Nikolayevich Chernyshenko (Russian: Дмитрий Николаевич Чернышенко; born 20 September 1968) is a Russian businessman and politician serving as Deputy Prime Minister of Russia for Tourism, Sport, Culture and Communications since 2020. Previously he was the President of the Sochi 2014 Olympic Organizing Committee for the 2014 Winter Olympics which were held in Sochi, Russia.[1]

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming conventions, the patronymic is Nikolayevich and the family name is Chernyshenko.

Dmitry Chernyshenko
Дмитрий Чернышенко
Official portrait, 2020
Deputy Prime Minister of Russia
for Tourism, Sport, Culture and Communications
Assumed office
21 January 2020
Prime MinisterMikhail Mishustin
Preceded byOlga Golodets
President & of the Sochi 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Organizing Committee
In office
28 February 2010 – 23 February 2014
IOC PresidentJacques Rogge (2010–13)
Thomas Bach (2013–14)
Preceded byJohn Furlong
Succeeded byCho Yang-ho
Chair of the Sochi 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Organizing Committee
In office
2 October 2007 – 2 August 2015
Preceded byCommittee established
Succeeded byPosition dissolved
Personal details
Born (1968-09-20) 20 September 1968
Saratov, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
(now Russia)
Alma materSTANKIN

Sporting activities

Since 27 November 2014, Chernyshenko has been the President of Kontinental Hockey League, replacing Alexander Medvedev.[2] In addition he was appointed as Board Chairman of Gazprom-Media in December 2014.[3] Member of the Supervisory Board of Sberbank of Russia (2020–21).[4]

He was removed from the IOC Coordination Commission Beijing 2022 by the International Olympic Committee, due to his involvement in the Russian doping scandal.[5]

Awards and honours

In 2014, Chernyshenko was awarded the Olympic Order and the Paralympic Order.[6] He was stripped of the orders, however, on 28 February and 2 March 2022 respectively due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.[7][8] He said: "Our country has always adhered to the principle that sport is beyond politics, but we are constantly drawn into the politics, because they understand the importance of sport in the lives of our Russian people."[9]

In 2019, Chernyshenko entered the list of the 500 most influential business leaders in media industry for a second year in a row – Variety500 (it is compiled annually by the American magazine Variety).[10]

Sanctions

In February 2022 Dmitry Chernyshenko was sanctioned by the EU [11]

In December 2022 the USA sanctioned Dmitry Chernyshenko.[12]

In January 2023 Dmitry Chernyshenko was sanctioned by Japan in relation to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine[13]

References
  1. "Dmitry Chernyshenko". Archived from the original on 28 March 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  2. "Sochi organizer takes over as KHL president". ESPN.com. 28 November 2014. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
  3. "Sochi Olympics Chief Named Head of Russia's Gazprom Media | News". The Moscow Times. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
  4. "Dmitry Chernyshenko". Sberbank. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  5. "IOC suspends Russian NOC and creates a path for clean individual athletes to compete in PyeongChang 2018 under the Olympic Flag". 14 July 2021.
  6. "The Paralympic Order". Paralympic Movement. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
  7. "IOC EB recommends no participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes and officials".
  8. "IPC makes decisions regarding RPC and NPC Belarus". International Paralympic Committee.
  9. https://copenhagengrid.com/en/news/article/4672058/russia-excluded-from-more-sports-as-sanctions-mount
  10. "Dmitry Chernyshenko". 28 August 2018.
  11. "EU sanctions Putin's spokesman, oligarchs, journalists". Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  12. "US sanctions five Russian Railways Board members". Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  13. "Japan imposes personal sanctions on 36 Russian individuals". Retrieved 7 February 2023.


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