Olga Kovitidi
Olga Kovitidi | |
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Ольга Ковитиди | |
| Russian Federation Senator from Crimea | |
| In office 15 April 2014 – 12 September 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Seat established |
| Succeeded by | Yury Nimchenko |
| Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Crimeaα | |
| In office 27 February 2014 – 26 March 2014 | |
| Member of the Crimean Supreme Council | |
| In office 26 March 2006 – 17 March 2014 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Olha Fedorivna Kovditidi 7 May 1962 Simferopol, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now disputed) |
| Political party | United Russia (since 2014) Party of Regions (2010 to 2014) |
Olga Fyodorovna Kovitidi (Ukrainian: Ольга Федорівна Ковітіді; Russian: Ольга Фёдоровна Ковитиди; born on 7 May 1962), is a Russian and former Ukrainian politician, who currently serves as Russian Federation Senator from Crimea since 2014. Kovitidi was previously a member of the Verkhovna Rada of Crimea from 2006 until 2014, when it was dissolved amidst the generally internationally unrecognised Russian annexation of Crimea, which she supported. During her tenure in the Rada, she briefly served as her peninsula's Deputy Prime Minister in 2014.
A longtime pro-Russian politician, she has generated controversy for expressing anti-Ukrainian sentiment on TV.