Member of the Council of the Federation of the Russian Federation, politician, public figure Tulpanov Vadim Albertovich is known to the general public for his many public initiatives. He is considered a member of the team of V. Putin, and he says that he achieved everything in his life. Tyulpanov’s biography is an example of progressive upward movement, and perhaps his main achievements are yet to come.
early years
May 8, 1964 in Leningrad, Tulipov Vadim Albertovich was born. The boy's parents were ordinary people. Father worked for many years as a sailor. Vadim’s childhood was typical for that time: school, games with friends in the yard, football. He says that he drove the ball so excitedly that rare days were dispensed with without a broken window. From early childhood, he was friends with Anton Sievers, now an actor and television producer.
Years of study
Tulpanov Vadim Albertovich, whose family always encouraged him to gain knowledge, studied at secondary school. After graduation, he entered the Higher School of Marine Engineers. Admiral S.O. Makarov, which he graduated in 1986.
Later, in 2009, Tulipanov graduated from St. Petersburg University and received a diploma in higher education with a degree in jurisprudence. In 2012, he successfully defended his thesis for the degree of candidate of sciences in the direction of “Constitutional Law”.
"Marine" biography
At the end of the school, Tulpanov Vadim Albertovich entered the Baltic Shipping Company, where he worked as a mechanic on ships. After 6 years, when the era of private entrepreneurship in Russia began, he creates his own company - “Mercury Transport Company”, which is engaged in shipping. But he soon became cramped within the framework of the business, and he began to engage in socially significant activities. In 1997, Tulipanov became one of the founders and chairman of the public council of the regional fund in St. Petersburg, which was involved in the legal protection of pensioners and the poor. The Foundation issued a free newspaper for its wards “With all my heart”, opened a free legal consultation. Vadim Albertovich's activity was successful, and soon he felt the strength in himself to go into politics.
Political career in St. Petersburg
In 1998, Vadim Tyulpanov successfully passed the election and became a deputy of the district council. In the same year he became a deputy of the city executive body of St. Petersburg. A year later, he was elected chairman of the Legislative Assembly Commission on the transport complex. He headed the "Faction of a reasonable compromise", later renamed "Unity - St. Petersburg." In 2001, he became deputy chairman of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg. In 2002, Vadim Albertovich again became a deputy of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg of the third convocation. At the very first session, deputies elected Tyulpanov as chairman of the city’s executive body and coordinator of the United Russia faction. In 2007, he again passes to the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg of the fourth convocation, this time according to the lists of the United Russia party. And immediately he was re-elected as chairman of the Legislative Assembly. In December 2011, he became a deputy for the fourth time, but this time he was offered a higher post.

State level politician
In December 2011, Tyulpanov was elected a member of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation from the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg. Tulpanov Vadim Albertovich, whose family (photo can be seen in the article) which actively supported him in all endeavors, moves to Moscow, where a new level of his political career begins. He is elected to the post of deputy. Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Economic Policy, then he becomes the Chairman of the Federation Council Committee, which oversees the implementation of the regulations and the organization of parliamentary activities. In 2014, Tyulpanov again became a member of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, this time he received authority from the administration of the Nenets Autonomous Okrug. In July 2015, Tulipov headed the temporary committee of the Federation Council to prepare for the 2018 World Cup, and he is also a member of the coordinating council for preparing for this event.

"United Russia"
In 2000, Vadim Albertovich began to actively cooperate with the Unity party, he was a member of the party bloc with this political force in the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg. A year later, Tulipov headed the St. Petersburg branch of the Unity party. Later, he organically joined the ranks of the United Russia party, the successor to the former Unity. In 2004, at the congress of the regional branch of the Tulip Party, he was elected secretary of the political council of the St. Petersburg part of United Russia. Since 2013, he has been a member of the Presidium of the Central Council of supporters of the ruling party. Since October 2013, he is a member of the highest deliberative body of United Russia.
Participation in the elections
In addition to his own career, Vadim Albertovich many times participated in the preparations for the election. In 2000, V. Tyulpanov during the presidential election was a confidant of candidate V. Putin. In 2003, Vladimir Albertovich was included in the election headquarters of V. Matvienko in the election of the governor of St. Petersburg. In 2007, he worked actively as part of the party list from United Russia in the elections to the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg. In the same year he was the head of the electoral headquarters in the elections to the State Duma of the Russian Federation. In 2008, Tulipanov worked as deputy chairman of the election headquarters in the presidential election. In the 2011 elections to the State Duma and the Legislative Assembly, he works as deputy electoral headquarters. And in the 2012 presidential election , Tulipov is a member of one of the election headquarters.
Views and statements
Vadim Albertovich Tulpanov was always distinguished by his support for the position of the current government, at one time he became an active supporter of the governor V. Matvienko, he always supported V. Putin, the United Russia party. However, often he comes up with resonant statements and initiatives. In 2002, Tyulpanov became the organizer of a text selection contest for the official anthem of St. Petersburg, as a result of which Oleg Chuprov won. In 2006, deputy Tulipov became the author and active advocate of amendments to the Federal Law on Veterans of the Great Patriotic War, as a result of which a considerable number of victims of the siege of Leningrad were equated with war veterans and began to receive additional benefits. He has supported the hospice of St. Petersburg for many years and is an active lobbyist in palliative medicine in Russia.
Tulipov was among those who actively demanded the so-called "zero per mille", his main arguments were the words that small indicators give, for example, drugs, kvass. He repeatedly proposed extenuating amendments to the Criminal Code, in particular, he proposed guaranteeing those under house arrest a daily one-hour walk to provide each detainee with one phone call to family members or relatives within 2 hours after the detention. But at the same time he demanded to toughen the punishment for airborne bombers, telephone terrorists and ruffers.
In 2009, Vadim Albertovich became an active participant in the “One Family” project, in the framework of which assistance was rendered to orphanages, and families with foster children were supported. Tulipov was among those politicians who immediately and very actively welcomed the annexation of Crimea to Russia. He is a member of the board of trustees of the city of Kronstadt and the Cathedral of the Mother of God of Feodorov in St. Petersburg. In 2015, Vadim Albertovich was among the supporters of the bill on the establishment of baby boxes in hospitals.
Accusations and incriminating evidence
Tulpanov Vadim Albertovich, whose biography is associated with political and social activities, often becomes the object of journalistic investigations and claims. In particular, he is accused of lobbying for changes to the law on the election of St. Petersburg in 2009, which helped V. Matvienko take the post of governor. They also tried to declare him involved in the shadow business in the Northern capital, but no one could present serious arguments for this version.
Journalists also blame the senator for the fact that the wife of Tulpanov Vadim Albertovich, Natalia, earns more than he does. The media suspect that in this way the politician hides his business activities. But no one ever found serious evidence of these facts. Present policy and claims that he helped his brother Vladimir to become a deputy of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg in 2004. Vadim Albertovich condescendingly looks at the efforts of journalists and does not comment on them in any way.
Awards
For his active political activity, Tulpanov Vadim Albertovich more than once received various awards. In particular, he is a holder of the Order for Merit to the Fatherland (for merits in the development of Russian parliamentarism) and the Order of Honor (for active legislative activity), several church orders. Also Tulipov was awarded a medal in honor of the celebration of the 300th anniversary of St. Petersburg. He also has a letter of gratitude from the President of the Russian Federation and a letter of honor from senators of the Russian Federation.
Personal life
Politician V. Tulipov is known for his love of singing. In the Tulipov family, in general, everyone was a great lover of music, brother Vladimir even has a special education. Vadim Albertovich is an amateur singer, but he does it with excitement and scope. He will be remembered for many of the things that he sang from the rostrum of the Legislative Assembly. In addition, the senator has two discs: one is a collection of romances entitled “Give women tulips,” the second is a collection of military songs “Let us bow to those great years.” For several years, Tulipov conducted the program “Conversation with the Chairman” on RenTV in St. Petersburg, as well as the program series “Petersburg Meetings” on the channel “Culture”.
Tulpanov Vadim Albertovich, children for whom has always been a special topic, devotes a lot of time and effort to helping children's hospices in Russia and orphanages.
Tulip calls fishing his main hobby. Senator is an active user of the Twitter network.
A family
The senator is an example of a wonderful family man. Tulpanov Vadim Albertovich, whose wife worked with him in the Baltic Shipping Company, says that he was very lucky, since his first love became his wife. The Tulips have been together for over twenty years. Natalia is engaged in a house; in 2010, she became the face of the designer jewelry collection by designer Elena Tsvetkova. And Tyulpanova herself made several attempts to engage in design. The couple had two children: a daughter and a son. In 2015, an important event took place in the family. Tulpanov Vadim Albertovich, whose daughter Milan was married, became the father-in-law of the famous football player Alexander Kerzhakov.