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Anatoly Karpov elected as Deputy Secretary General of the Assembly

08/02/2021 21:54

President of the International Union of Charitable and Humanitarian Public Associations “Soviet Peace Fund”, multiple world champion, Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR, International Grandmaster Anatoly Karpov was elected Deputy Secretary General of the Eurasian Peoples' Assembly.

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Anatoly Evgenievich Karpov (born May 23, 1951, Zlatoust, Chelyabinsk Region) is a Soviet and Russian chess player and politician, the twelfth World Chess Champion (1975-1985), international Grandmaster (1970), Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR (1974). Three-time World Chess Champion among men (1975, 1978, 1981), three-time FIDE World Champion (1993, 1996, 1998), two-time World Champion in the USSR national team (1985 and 1989), six-time winner of Chess Olympiads in the USSR national team (1972, 1974, 1980, 1982, 1986, 1988), three-time Champion of the USSR (1976, 1983, 1988), Champion of the RSFSR (1970), winner of nine chess “Oscars” (1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1984), Honorary Citizen of Zlatoust (1979) and Tula (1998). Anatoly Evgenievich is a Deputy of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the VI and VII convocations, member of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs, member of the United Russia faction.

Since 2006, Anatoly Karpov was the Chairman of the Commission for Ecological Safety and Environmental Protection of the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation. Since 2007 he is member of the Public Council under the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation.

Participation in public organizations:

  • President of the International Union of Charitable and Humanitarian Public Associations “Soviet Peace Fund”
  • Chairman of the Organizing Committee and President of the All-Russian competition “Belaya Ladya”
  • Chairman of the Council - President of the Interregional Public Fund “Mikhail Botvinnik”
  • Vice-President of the International Russian Chess Federation
  • President of the Organizing Committee of the World Children's Chess Olympiads
  • Chairman of the Council of the Chess School “Children of Chernobyl”
  • Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the International “Chess in Schools” Festival
  • UNICEF Regional Goodwill Ambassador
  • President of the Union of National and Non-Olympic Sports of Russia
  • President of the All-Russian ecological public movement “Green Russia”
  • President of the Russian Ecological Fund “TEKHECO”

Anatoly Karpov was awarded the Orders of Merit for the Fatherland, Friendship, Lenin, the Red Banner of Labour (Russia), “For Merit” II and III degrees (Ukraine), May (Argentina), the Silver Olympic Order, the Order For Exceptional Achievements in Sports ( Cuba), Paris Grand Gold Medal. He was marked with many other awards and titles all over the world.