The children’s ombudsman has been replaced in Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin took this position to Senator Maria Lvova-Belova. She stated that she began her work as a children’s ombudsman by analyzing incoming appeals.
Lvova-Belova has been appointed to the post of Presidential Commissioner for Human Rights for a period of five years. On website The Kremlin will be announced on October 27.
Maria Lvova-Belova began her social activities as a volunteer social worker, helped refusenik children in hospitals in the city of Penza. She is a graduate of the 4th stream of the program for the development of the personnel management reserve of the Higher School of Public Administration of the RANEPA (“school of governors”). In 2014, Lvova-Belova established the Kvartal Louis ANO, a non-profit organization that deals with the assisted living, education and employment of young people with disabilities who are left without a family.
From 2017 to 2019, she was a member of the Public Chamber, from 2019 – a member of the Presidium of the General Council of United Russia. In 2020, Lvova-Belova took the post of plenipotentiary representative of the Federation Council with powers under the President of Russia on the rights of the child.
In addition, Maria Lvova-Belova is a mother of many children, she is raising five natural children, as well as four adopted ones. At the same time, he is a guardian of 13 young people with a disability status (all over 18 years old).
In the new post, Lvov-Belova will replace Anna Kuznetsova, who, after the September elections, accepts the offer of Russian President Vladimir Putin to go to the State Duma and oversee the protection of families and children. On my page in Facebook Kuznetsova reported.
The appointment of Lvova-Belova to the post of Commissioner for Children’s Rights was actively welcomed in the Public Chamber. The Secretary of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation Lidia Mikheeva noted that Lvova-Belova has a huge life and professional experience in the field of family support and child protection. She has come a long personal and professional path – from a volunteer and founder of a regional charitable organization to a public and political federal level.
The head of demography, family protection, general director of the ANO Institute of Scientific and Social Expertise Sergei Rybalchenko expressed the hope that the new appointment would give her additional strength to continue working in the field of family and childhood protection. Consent that the Commission will always be a reliable partner of Maria Lvova-Belova in all projects, events and activities related to the activities of the Children’s Ombudsman
Natalya Kravchenko, Chairperson of the Commission for the Development of Preschool, School, Vocational Education and Educational Activities of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation, said that the personality of Lvova-Belova “personifies the high moral and ethical ideal of family service, and another example of successful self-realization in the service of society.”
In general, the members of the Public Chamber are confident that the new children’s ombudsman is actively involved in the work of the Commission, and together they will be able to build a constructive program of work on the entire range of issues: from the development of the education system at the preschool and school levels to the development and implementation of new measures to protect children from destructive behavior. content on the web.