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Evgeny Lebedev
The Lord Lebedev | |
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 Lebedev in 2012 | |
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| Assumed office 19 November 2020 Life peerage | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Evgeny Alexandrovich Lebedev 8 May 1980 Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Nationality | Russian and British |
| Political party | Crossbench |
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| Relatives | Vladimir Sokolov (grandfather) |
| Residence(s) | London, England |
| Education | |
Evgeny Alexandrovich Lebedev, Baron Lebedev[1] (Russian: Евгений Александрович Лебедев, romanized: Evgeniy Aleksandrovich Lebedev,[a] pronounced [jɪvˈɡʲenʲɪj ˈlʲebʲɪdʲɪf]; born 8 May 1980), is a Russian-British businessman, who owns Lebedev Holdings Ltd, which in turn owns the Evening Standard and ESTV (London Live). He is also an investor in The Independent.[3]
In July 2020, Lebedev was nominated for a life peerage by British prime minister Boris Johnson for philanthropy and services to the media, a move that drew widespread criticism due to Lebedev's father having been a KGB agent.[4][5][6] He was appointed to be a crossbench life peer in the House of Lords as Lord Lebedev in November 2020.[7] His full title is Baron Lebedev, of Hampton in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames and of Siberia in the Russian Federation.[8]
- ^ "Titled". The Daily Telegraph. 19 December 2020.
- ^ "Russian – BGN/PCGN transliteration system". transliteration.com. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Evening Standard owner Lebedev uses front page to urge Putin to halt invasion". The Independent. 13 May 2022. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
- ^ Woodcork, Andrew (31 July 2020). "The Independent's Evgeny Lebedev awarded peerage by PM". The Independent. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
- ^ Courea, Eleni; Maguire, Patrick; O'Neill, Sean (31 July 2020). "Evgeny Lebedev: Son of KGB agent handed a seat in the Lords". The Times. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
- ^ "Evgeny Lebedev: I am not some agent of Russia". BBC News. 11 March 2022.
- ^ "Contact information for Lord Lebedev". Parliament of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
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