Chief sanitary doctor Anishchenko. Biography

Onishchenko Gennady Grigorievich - Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, Honored Doctor. They write and talk about him a lot. People evaluate his work as head of Rospotrebnadzor differently. Some consider Onishchenko an example for other government officials and a fighter for the health of the nation.

Others call him the instigator of unpopular trade wars, carrying out certain government instructions during times of tense relations between Russia and other countries. Whatever goals Gennady Grigorievich pursued, he managed to prove that the Ukrainian, Georgian and Belarusian governments were right. All claims against products supplied by these countries were made after numerous analyses. It is difficult for an ignorant person to judge the correctness of his actions. But no one doubts that he is a good specialist who has helped the country, and simply an educated and competent person.

12 exploits of Gennady Onishchenko

But before achieving success in life, professional and political activity Gennady Grigorievich studied and worked a lot.

Childhood and family of Gennady Onishchenko

On October 21, 1950, a boy, Gena, was born into a family of a Ukrainian and a Turkmen woman in the small village of Chargyn-Tash in Kyrgyzstan. The future sanitary doctor of Russia spent his childhood like all his peers. Gennady Grigorievich’s mother was a medical worker, and he decided to follow in her footsteps.

Career of Gennady Onishchenko

In 1967, Gennady Onishchenko became a student of Donetsk medical institute. His career began in 1973 as a sanitary doctor at the Yasinovatsky sanitary-epidemiological station. Over the three years of work, Onishchenko managed to prove himself to be a competent specialist with good organizational skills. In 1976, he was appointed chief physician of the sanitary and epidemiological station in the city of Krasnoarmeysk.

Gennady Grigorievich worked a lot, studied at the Institute for Advanced Medical Studies.

Onishchenko’s successful career was influenced by his hard work and desire to put things in order everywhere. His work was adequately appreciated after the discovery of a focus of typhoid fever in Donetsk region.

In 1983, the young epidemiologist was invited to take the position of chief physician of the SES of the Moscow Metro.

During a difficult period for the country, during the liquidation of the consequences of the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, Gennady Grigorievich was involved in the decontamination of railway equipment.

His colleagues say that he lowered the permissible level of radiation for those working in the explosion zone and thereby saved the lives of many railway liquidators.

In 1988, Onishchenko was transferred to the Main Directorate of Quarantine Infections of the Ministry of Health to the position of deputy chief. In the early nineties, he became deputy chief state sanitary doctor of Russia.

Visiting Gennady Onishchenko. While everyone is at home

Gennady Grigorievich, holding high positions, first of all remembered that he was a doctor. When a cholera epidemic began in Chechnya and the threat of anthrax infection arose, Onishchenko delivered medicines and equipment to the republic and conducted soil research. He had to deal with militants.

Boris Yeltsin in 1996 appointed Onishchenko the chief state sanitary doctor of the Russian Federation. His compatriots saw him every year on television with warnings about the flu epidemic. And only a few know how many tons of defective alcohol and food products thanks to his activities. At this time, Gennady Onishchenko made a number of decisions that gave rise to various opinions about his activities. This is a ban on the sale of hygiene liquids containing technical alcohol. Due to their low price, the drugs were used as alcoholic beverages. Onishchenko banned the sale of cigarettes in cultural institutions. He suggested considering the issue of banning advertising of beer and alcoholic beverages in the media.

He actively participated in the reconstruction of the healthcare system in Chechnya and coordinated the program to combat the AIDS epidemic. Equipped infectious disease diagnostics laboratories with drugs to detect atypical pneumonia.

Onishchenko's work at Rospotrebnadzor

But the activities of Gennady Grigorievich as head of Rospotrebnadzor caused the most controversial opinions. On the one hand, these are, according to some experts, unfounded bans on the import of Georgian wine and mineral water, Ukrainian sweets and Belarusian cheeses. On the other hand, there is a stockpile of antibiotics and measures to prevent the spread of the H5N1 virus.

On October 23, 2013, he resigned and was appointed to the post of Assistant to the Prime Minister Russian Federation.

Onishchenko continues to struggle with alcohol consumption and smoking. And he has made statements about this in the media more than once. Demands the closure of sites that harm the mental health of adolescents. Thanks to him, the sale of energy drinks in youth recreation areas is prohibited.

Gennady Onishchenko about vaccinations

Onishchenko Gennady Grigorievich has many awards. The Order of Honor, received for measures to protect the life and health of the residents of South Ossetia, is especially valuable to him.

Received the “Person of the Year 2013” ​​award for measures taken to protect the health of Russian citizens.

Personal life of Gennady Onishchenko

During advanced training at the Institute for Advanced Medical Studies, he met his future wife Smirnova Galina Anatolyevna. Gennady Grigorievich is a father of three children and a happy grandfather. His two sons work as dentists. The youngest daughter Maria works as a clinical resident.

Onishchenko's hobbies

In his youth he was involved in weightlifting. During his student years he became a candidate for master of sports.

How does a believer adhere? healthy image life, observes Orthodox traditions. First of all, he cares about people. When Onishchenko was kidnapped by militants in Chechnya, he asked for pity and to release the driver of the car. Colleagues speak of him as a demanding leader. He devotes a lot of time to work and demands this from his subordinates.

Gennady Onishchenko today

Gennady Grigorievich continues to develop measures to combat infectious diseases and HIV infection. In March 2014, he visited the Tyumen Research Institute of Regional Infectious Pathology. At the Annual All-Russian Congress on Infectious Diseases, he raised the issue of the need to prevent measles among the adult population and the need to immunize the population against hepatitis. Experts listen to his opinion. Even holding responsible positions, he remained an epidemiologist and took an active part in the elimination of many natural disasters. Onishchenko is going to continue to fight for the health of his compatriots.

Most likely, Onishchenko’s resignation (and this is how his resignation from the post of head of Rospotrebnadzor to the post of adviser to the head of the Government of the Russian Federation should be regarded) was caused by the fact that Gennady Grigorievich began to “play around”, gradually turning into a key player on the Russian political scene. At the same time, Gennady Grigorievich Onishchenko is a true professional in his field, thanks to which he towers many heads above the legion of “effective managers”, as well as a very principled and strong-willed person.

Onishchenko Gennady Grigorievich, born October 21, 1950, native of the village. Chargyn-Tash, Suzak district, Osh region, Kirghiz SSR. Graduated from Donetsk State Medical Institute named after. M. Gorky. It has academic degree Doctor of Medical Sciences.

After graduating from university, he worked as an epidemiologist at the Donetsk Railway, from 1982 to 1983 he was the chief sanitary doctor of the Moscow Metro, and from 1983 to 1988 he was deputy head of the Main Directorate of Quarantine Infections of the USSR Ministry of Health. Participated in the liquidation of the accident at Chernobyl nuclear power plant.

In 1993, he was appointed Deputy Chief State Sanitary Doctor of the Russian Federation with the rank of Deputy Chairman State Committee sanitary and epidemiological surveillance. In 1996, he became the chief state sanitary doctor of the Russian Federation, at the same time being the first deputy minister of health. In 2004, he took the position of head of the Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Welfare (Rospotrebnadzor).

Onishchenko G. G. has the Order “For Merit to the Fatherland, IV degree”, the Order of Honor, the medal of the Order “For Merit to the Fatherland, I degree”, as well as departmental awards, the State Prize of the Russian Federation in 2002 and the Government Prize of the Russian Federation in the field of science and technology in 2005 of the year. He also has the honorary titles “Honored Doctor of the Russian Federation” and “Honored Doctor of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan”.

Married, has three children.

Closest relatives:

Wife: Onishchenko (maiden name Smirnova) Galina Anatolyevna, born on September 11, 1953, doctor. Met during co-educational at the Moscow Institute for Advanced Medical Studies in the early 1980s.

Son: Grigory Gennadievich Onishchenko, born 09/01/1984, dentist at one of the Moscow private clinics.

Son: Onishchenko Vsevolod Gennadievich, born November 3, 1985, dentist of the medical and surgical department of dental clinic No. 23 of the CJSC of Moscow.

Daughter: Maria Gennadievna Onishchenko, born July 20, 1987, clinical resident.

Belyaev Evgeniy Nikolaevich, born October 22, 1937, first deputy chief physician of the Federal Center for Hygiene and Epidemiology, former chief sanitary doctor of the Russian Federation. Onishchenko was his deputy and actually took over the entire leadership of the department. It was Belyaev who recommended him as his successor.

Berezhnov Sergei Petrovich, born March 23, 1949, chief sanitary doctor of Ukraine, classmate of Onishchenko. They continue to maintain friendly relations.

Olga Yuryevna Golodets, born on June 1, 1962, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation. Hardware opponent of Onishchenko, whose resignation occurred largely on her initiative.

Narkevich Mikhail Ivanovich, born November 8, 1939, president of the public association “Medantispid”, former head of the Main Directorate of Quarantine Infections of the USSR Ministry of Health. On his recommendation, Onishchenko was appointed to the post of Deputy Chief Sanitary Doctor of the Russian Federation.

Food for thought:

Gennady Grigorievich Onishchenko was born in distant Kyrgyzstan. Since childhood, he dreamed of following in his mother's footsteps and becoming a doctor. However, the only medical institute in Kyrgyzstan in the city of Frunze gave priority to “national personnel,” and since Gena Onishchenko was not Kyrgyz, his chances of entering there were zero. Therefore, Gennady had to go to Ukraine, to Donetsk, where his father, Grigory Panteleevich, was from, and where his uncle lived, to enter the local medical institute.

While studying at the university, Gennady Grigorievich was remembered as a very serious young man who did not smoke, hardly drank (except maybe a glass of champagne on holidays), was not seen in bad companies and was actively involved in sports. Thus, Onishchenko even received the title of candidate master of sports in light heavyweight weightlifting. Free time tried to spend time in the library, studying works on epidemiology, in which he became seriously interested.

After graduating from the institute, the young doctor Onishchenko was assigned to the linear sanitary-epidemiological station of the Yasinovataya station in Donetsk railway. And three years later, he was promoted to chief physician of the transport SES in the city of Krasnoarmeysk, Donetsk region. The young manager quickly “restored order” among the station’s personnel, who had somewhat “dissolved” under the previous chief physician, a woman of retirement age, forcing his subordinates to observe subordination and discipline. At the same time, Gennady Grigorievich gained respect from his employees by always personally drawing up reports and checking objects, coming to work before everyone else and leaving later than everyone else. Under his leadership, the SES not only became the best throughout the Donetsk railway, but also many managers, often twice his age, began to be afraid of the young but principled sanitary doctor. The SES also received high praise from the commission of the Ministry of Health of the Ukrainian SSR for identifying a source of typhoid fever infection in the Donetsk region.

Of course, all this had a positive impact on the future career of Gennady Grigorievich. In 1982, at the age of 32, he was invited to Moscow to the position of chief physician of the sanitary-epidemiological station of the Moscow Metro. Onishchenko did not stay in this post for long, soon becoming chief physician om Central SES of the USSR Ministry of Railways. During the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, he personally supervised the evacuation of railway equipment and people from the contaminated zone, and monitored the process of decontamination of trains. In addition, Gennady Grigorievich lowered the permissible level of radiation for liquidators from 50 to 5 rem, thanks to which not a single liquidator among the railway workers died.

In 1987, the new Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the RSFSR Nikolai Trubilin ( former minister Health of the RSFSR) invited Onishchenko to the Department of Health and Social Welfare of the Council of Ministers for the position of adviser. But Gennady Grigorievich did not work here for long, soon becoming deputy head of the Main Directorate of Quarantine Infections of the USSR Ministry of Health. In this position, Onishchenko was distinguished by his trademark ability to work: he came to work earlier than everyone else, and left later than everyone else, and could come to his office on weekends and holidays. After the collapse of the USSR and the liquidation of the all-Union Ministry of Health, he became deputy chairman of the State Committee for Sanitary and Epidemiological Surveillance of the Russian Federation - deputy chief state sanitary doctor of Russia.

During the first Chechen war, Onishchenko controlled the epidemiological situation in the rebellious republic, where there was a serious threat of epidemic anthrax, and natural plague foci became more active. At the same time, Gennady Grigorievich personally visited Chechnya seven times. In the fall of 1995, he was even kidnapped by militants on the road from Mozdok to Grozny. What saved him was that Onishchenko’s Soviet passport indicated Ukrainian nationality, and in the militant detachment there were several “lads” from among Ukrainian nationalists. They started talking to Gennady Grigorievich in “Mauve”, he carried on the conversation. As a result, he was not shot, but only his car, money and documents were taken away, and Onishchenko and the Ingush driver were left on the road.

In 1996, on the eve of the presidential elections, the chief state sanitary doctor of the Russian Federation, Evgeny Belyaev, was dismissed from his post. The reasons for his resignation were both Belyaev’s uncompromising struggle against the wave of low-quality food products and alcoholic products that flooded the country, from the import of which very influential people then made fortunes, and participation in political life. In particular, he created the Kedr party, which included heads of departments and regional divisions of the State Committee for Sanitary and Epidemiological Surveillance, and this party was not one hundred percent loyal to the course of the then President of the Russian Federation. Gennady Onishchenko performed his duties for four months, and then was confirmed as the chief state sanitary doctor of the Russian Federation, at the same time becoming the first deputy minister of health.

Gennady Grigorievich held this post for seventeen years. During this time, Boris Yeltsin was replaced as president by Vladimir Putin, then Vladimir Putin was replaced by Dmitry Medvedev, then Putin returned to the Kremlin again. Prime ministers and health ministers changed, but only the chief state sanitary doctor did not change. Although the names of this position also changed, but not his personality. And all because Onishchenko learned from the experience of his predecessor and developed two golden rules for himself: never come up with an initiative to ban any product, since you can offend the interests of very serious people, and stay away from politics. And Gennady Grigorievich began to strictly observe them, which ultimately became the key to his record-breaking stay in office.

It should be noted that, unlike his predecessor, Onishchenko, although he was super-loyal to the leadership of the Russian Federation and never allowed himself even a half-hint of front, at the same time he pointedly distanced himself from all political movements, even pro-government ones. He never joined either United Russia or the ONF. But he was able to predict the desires of the higher management from a half-hint, as evidenced by all his activities as chief sanitary doctor.

For the first time, Gennady Grigorievich was remembered by the general population for the fact that in 2001 he spoke out against beer advertising in the media, which allegedly contributes to the development of teenage “beer alcoholism”, and also stated that all types of beer with a strength of more than 6 degrees should be equated to alcoholic ones drinks. This was the first and last time, when he violated one of his rules not to put forward initiatives that were not approved by higher authorities. As a result, Onishchenko made enemies among beer magnates and barely escaped resignation. He did not allow such “punctures” anymore.

In 2004, after the reorganization of the Government of the Russian Federation, Gennady Grigorievich became the head of the Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Welfare under the Ministry of Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation (Rospotrebnadzor). After changing the name of the structure he headed, Onishchenko literally “registered” on television screens. Either he is fighting “bird flu”, calling for a ban on bird hunting, or he is banning the supply of Georgian and Moldovan wine and Georgian mineral water due to their non-compliance with “Russian quality standards”, or he is proposing to ban smoking on the streets and stop the production and sale of tobacco, then declares a “milk war” on Belarus and a “cheese war” on Ukraine. He tried to save ordinary citizens of the Russian Federation from the H1N1 virus, recommending that the population refrain from traveling abroad and pay attention to the “beautiful Moscow region, fabulous Baikal, legendary Sochi”, advised Muscovites not to go outside in icy conditions, prohibited the import of vegetables from the European Union, and in the midst of during the winter protests of 2011 - 2012, he called not to go to rallies in order to avoid influenza and ARVI.

Although he generally said the right things, and his prohibitions were not without foundation, the population, especially young people, began to view him with a great deal of skepticism. After all, Gennady Grigorievich, being a serious specialist in his field, was often overly zealous in fulfilling the wishes of his customers. For example, the ban on Georgian wines and Borjomi suspiciously coincided with the worsening of Russian-Georgian relations. It is interesting what was forbidden to him due to excess toxic substances Moldovan wine soon returned to Russian shelves, immediately after relations between Moscow and Chisinau were settled. At the same time, it is unlikely that this wine has become less toxic over time, and Onishchenko himself, of course, understood this very well. Well, some of his steps, such as the inclusion of parsley in the list of plants containing narcotic and toxic substances, and the statement about the dangers of plastic containers (this harm is not confirmed by independent research, including outside the Russian Federation), cannot be called anything other than strange.

After Bidzina Ivanishvili became Prime Minister of Georgia, Russian-Georgian relations improved, and Georgian wines began to be supplied to Russia again. Abruptly forgetting about their harmfulness, Gennady Grigorievich switched to Ukrainian sweets and cookies made by the Roshen concern due to the excess fat content in them and violations of their production technology. Onishchenko’s last act as head of Rospotrebnadzor was a ban on the import of milk and dairy products from Lithuania to Russia.

Thus, Gennady Onishchenko turned into a kind of flail with which the Russian leadership tried to deal with its opponents. With his bans, he struck at those countries whose governments Moscow wanted to put pressure on. And often this tactic was quite successful, since the economies of these small countries were highly dependent on the Russian sales market. In turn, Gennady Grigorievich not only did not dislike this role, but even really liked it. In any case, he played it perfectly.

At the same time, Gennady Grigorievich Onishchenko is a true professional in his field, thanks to which he towers many heads above the legion of “effective managers”, as well as a very principled and strong-willed person. Although he acted largely for political reasons, the decisions he made were still based on objective information about the quality of products imported into the Russian Federation. To control products on the domestic market, Rospotrebnadzor did not have many levers due to legislation on the protection of medium and small businesses. According to this law, enterprises can be inspected no more often than once every three years, and even then, they must be notified several days before the inspection. So it was much easier for him to ban the import of products, which he actively used.

It seems that Onishchenko’s resignation (and this is how his resignation from the post of head of Rospotrebnadzor to the post of adviser to the head of the Government of the Russian Federation should be regarded) was caused by the fact that Gennady Grigorievich began to “play around”, gradually turning into a key player on the Russian political scene. But, as you know, the flail should not get out of the control of the one who operates it, otherwise he will start nailing everyone. To avoid this, Onishchenko was deprived of his position.

Gennady Onishchenko is a well-known domestic epidemiologist who is currently a deputy of the State Duma. He became popular in the position of chief state sanitary doctor, which he held from 1996 to 2013. He has a scientific degree, the title of professor, academician Russian Academy medical sciences.

Biography of the official

Gennady Onishchenko was born in 1950 in the small village of Chargyn-Tash in the territory of modern Kyrgyzstan. Higher education received from the Gorky Medical Institute in Donetsk, from which he graduated in 1973. The hero of our article has a diploma in sanitation, hygiene and epidemiology. In his youth he was fond of sports and has the title of Candidate Master of Sports in weightlifting.

After graduation, Gennady Onishchenko worked at the Ministry of Railways Soviet Union. First as an epidemiologist, and then in leadership positions at various levels.

In 1982, significant changes occurred in the biography of Gennady Onishchenko, when he became the chief sanitary doctor of the capital’s metro. On next year he was appointed head of the central sanitary-epidemiological station of the Ministry of Railways of the Soviet Union.

Gennady Grigoryevich Onishchenko took part in eliminating the consequences of the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. In 1988, he was appointed deputy head of the main department of quarantine infections of the Ministry of Health.

In the Chechen war

When did the first one begin? Chechen War, Gennady Onishchenko served as deputy chairman of the State Committee for Sanitary and Epidemiological Supervision. As journalists who covered the events in the republic wrote in detail, he spent 140 of the first 280 days on the territory of the republic. In 1994, there was already an outbreak of cholera in Chechnya, it was believed that it was our hero who prevented it from happening again, and also stopped the spread of polio and other infections articles.

Together with Onishchenko, a small but well-trained and equipped army of doctors and medical specialists arrived in Chechnya. They were engaged in the restoration of sanitary and epidemiological stations, resuscitating a service that had been destroyed not only by the war, but by the devastation and confusion that had reigned in the region over the past few years.

Once in Grozny, doctors learned about the consequences of the 1994 cholera epidemic. In total, about a thousand people were ill, and the exact number of deaths is unknown, since Chechnya refused help Russian doctors. Information appeared about the threat of anthrax and the activation of three deadly outbreaks of plague at once. Onishchenko’s team also had to fight a number of other more standard infections - dysentery, hepatitis, diphtheria, and carried out vaccination campaigns.

In Chechnya, Onishchenko was somehow kidnapped by Chechen militants. A car traveling from Mozdok to Grozny was stopped on the highway. Presumably, the hero of our article was saved by the fact that he was unarmed, and his passport indicated that his nationality was Ukrainian. In addition, the doctor had amazing endurance and self-control. As a result, the bandits took the money, car and documents, leaving Gennady Grigorievich with the driver on the road.

Chief sanitary doctor

Onishchenko became the acting head of the State Committee for Sanitary and Epidemiological Surveillance in the summer of 1996. It is largely believed that he received a high position after successfully carrying out work in the territory Chechen Republic. Already in October, he simultaneously became first deputy minister of health.

At the same time, during the first time in his position, Gennady Grigorievich Onishchenko was practically invisible to the public. He began to regularly enter the information space only in 2000, starting to make resonant statements and proposals. In particular, he proposed tightening government control over advertising and beer production.

In 2003, his statements appeared in the media mass media, dedicated to the threat of SARS, and since 2004, regularly warned the population about the threat of an avian influenza pandemic.

In March 2004, Gennady Onishchenko received a new position. Retaining the post of chief state sanitary doctor, he headed the department of Rospotrebnadzor. According to the new staffing table, one official now had to combine both of these positions.

Ban policy

The public began to show increased attention to the biography of Gennady Grigorievich Onishchenko in the mid-2000s, when his department began a prohibitive policy regarding goods and products from other countries. Many believed that in this case Rospotrebnadzor acts as a political instrument, since all kinds of violations were invariably found in products from those countries with which Lately Russia's relations were deteriorating.

It all started in the spring of 2006, when Rospotrebnadzor introduced a ban on the import of Moldovan and Georgian wines to Russia. Then it was stated that they did not meet sanitary standards. Georgia admitted that on the Russian market there is a large number of counterfeits, initiating a number of criminal cases against local factories.

In the summer of 2009, a ban was imposed on the import of dairy products from Belarus due to the fact that producers did not reissue documents in accordance with the new requirements of the technical regulations for milk.

Anti-smoking

In his post, Onishchenko was remembered by many for proposing radical measures to combat smoking. In particular, he insisted on banning the sale and production of cigarettes throughout Russia.

Explaining that it is not worth introducing such restrictive measures immediately, but doing it gradually as part of the implementation of a special program.

Later, he proposed to include provisions in the draft anti-tobacco law banning the demonstration of smoking in programs for children.

Swine flu

In 2009, Onishchenko found himself at the forefront of the fight against the swine flu epidemic in Russia. The chief sanitary doctor recommended that regional authorities limit the holding of mass events and insisted on closing international traffic with countries that had outbreaks of swine flu.

In the summer of 2011, another prohibitive initiative of Rospotrebnadzor appeared. This time it concerned the import of vegetables from Egypt, where an intestinal infection was discovered.

In the fall of the same year, Onishchenko took the initiative to introduce surprise inspections at enterprises Catering, which, in his opinion, should improve the quality of service.

Attitude towards GMOs and conflict with Roshen

As head of Rospotrebnadzor, Onishchenko made scandalous and resonant statements more than once. For example, in the summer of 2012 he proposed starting to use genetically modified organisms in the cultivation of crops. This initiative was sent to the State Duma, but no decision was made.

Interestingly, in 2015 he radically changed his position. Noting that in Russia it is necessary to create special systems for monitoring the circulation of such products.

In the summer of 2013, it became known that Russia was introducing a ban on the import of confectionery products from the Ukrainian company Roshen. It turned out that the products did not meet the declared parameters, and there were many complaints about the products themselves regarding their quality and safety. Then active rumors appeared about a “trade war” between Russia and Ukraine.

In the fall of 2013, a ban was introduced on the import of Lithuanian milk.

Resignation

In October 2013, Gennady Onishchenko was dismissed. Moreover, at first the Deputy Prime Minister announced this, noting that the chief sanitary doctor’s term of office had expired, and Anna Popova would become the new head of the department.

In response, Onishchenko called Golodets a “strange character” who does not make any decisions, refusing to confirm rumors about his departure. Later, Dmitry Medvedev's press secretary said that the prime minister did not sign the order for Onishchenko's resignation.

The next day, the head of government still officially dismissed Onishchenko, according to some information, including due to problems with his controllability.

Work in parliament

After his resignation, Onishchenko served as Medvedev's assistant until 2016. Then he took part in the primaries for elections to the State Duma from the party " United Russia", winning in the Tushino district in Moscow.

As a result, Gennady Onishchenko became a deputy. He joined the seventh federal parliament. Gennady Grigoryevich Onishchenko’s current position is first deputy chairman of the Committee on Education and Science in the State Duma.

Among his latest high-profile initiatives is a proposal to euthanize unclaimed stray dogs and a complete ban on the sale and use of spinners in Russia.

In April 2018, he became one of the initiators of a bill on countermeasures against unfriendly actions of the United States and other states. In particular, he proposed introducing restrictions on the import of medicines from abroad. The bill was criticized.

Born on November 20, 1950 in the village. Chargyn-Tash, Suzak district, Osh region, Kirghiz SSR (now the Kyrgyz Republic). His father is Ukrainian by nationality, his mother is Turkmen, she was a medical worker.

In 1973 he graduated from the sanitary and hygienic faculty of the Donetsk State Medical Institute named after. Gorky (now Donetsk National medical University) by specialty "sanitary doctor".

Doctor of Medical Sciences (the candidate's dissertation was written on the materials of a large outbreak of hepatitis in 1987 in the Osh region of Kyrgyzstan, the doctoral dissertation was based on research and analysis of a massive outbreak of cholera in Dagestan in 1994).

He began his career in 1973 in the system of the USSR Ministry of Railways (USSR Ministry of Railways) as an epidemiologist, then was the chief physician of the linear sanitary and epidemiological station (SES) of Yasinovataya of the Donetsk railway. In 1976, he was appointed chief physician of the transport SES Art. Krasnoarmeysk Donetsk railway.
In 1982-1983 - Chief Sanitary Doctor of the Moscow Metro named after V.I. Lenin.
In 1983-1987 - Head of the central sanitary and epidemiological station of the USSR Ministry of Railways. In 1986, he personally took part in the liquidation of the consequences of the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant (carried out the decontamination of railway equipment).
In 1987-1988 - Advisor in the Department of Health and Social Security of the Council of Ministers of the RSFSR.
In 1988-1991 - Deputy Head of the Main Directorate of Quarantine Infections of the USSR Ministry of Health.
From December 28, 1991 to January 11, 1993, he served as Deputy Chairman of the State Committee for Sanitary and Epidemiological Surveillance under the President of the RSFSR - Deputy Chief State Sanitary Doctor of the RSFSR.
From January 11, 1993 to October 25, 1996 - Deputy Chairman of the State Committee for Sanitary and Epidemiological Surveillance of the Russian Federation - Deputy Chief State Sanitary Doctor of the Russian Federation. The post of head of the state committee in 1991-1996 was held by Evgeny Belyaev. From June 1 to October 25, 1996, he temporarily acted as chairman of the State Committee for Sanitary and Epidemiological Surveillance of the Russian Federation.
From October 25, 1996 to March 12, 2004 - First Deputy Minister of Health of the Russian Federation - Chief State Sanitary Doctor of the Russian Federation. He dealt with issues of the environment and resource management, environmental safety, genetic engineering activities, and the state monopoly on the production and circulation of ethyl alcohol and alcoholic products.
In January 2000, he headed the headquarters formed by the Russian Ministry of Health to recreate the health care system and medical care for the population of Chechnya; was involved in monitoring the expenditure of budget funds. In June of the same year he became a member of the Federal Anti-Terrorism Commission. In August 2002, Onishchenko was appointed coordinator from the Russian Federation for the implementation of the program of urgent measures of the CIS member states to counter the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
From March 12, 2004 to October 23, 2013 - Head of the Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Welfare (Rospotrebnadzor), Chief State Sanitary Doctor of the Russian Federation. He became known thanks to the department’s initiatives to ban the import of foreign food products, tightening restrictive measures in the field of the sale of alcohol and tobacco, etc.
On October 23, 2013, after resignation from the post of head of Rospotrebnadzor, he was appointed assistant to the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev. He held the position until October 6, 2016, but left it due to his election to the State Duma of the Russian Federation.
On February 26, 2016, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev reprimanded Gennady Onishchenko for violating the law on the state civil service in terms of the requirements for the official conduct of a civil servant. On May 21 of the same year, the head of government lifted the disciplinary sanction against Onishchenko.
On September 18, 2016, he was elected as a deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation of the VII convocation from the United Russia party in the Tushinsky single-mandate electoral district No. 206 (Moscow). He scored 25.20%, ahead of Yabloko candidate Dmitry Gudkov (19.74%). Since October 5, 2016 - First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Education and Science. Member of the United Russia faction.

The total amount of declared income for 2016 was 8 million 648 thousand rubles, spouses - 186 thousand rubles.
The total amount of declared income for 2017 was 7 million 147 thousand rubles, spouses - 199 thousand rubles.
The total amount of declared income for 2018 was 7 million 323 thousand rubles, spouses - 218 thousand rubles.

Acting State Councilor of the Russian Federation, 1st class (1999).

Awarded the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, IV degree (2005), the Order of Honor (2010), and the medal of the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, I degree (2006). Also has the South Ossetian Order of Honor (2008).

Honored Doctor of the Russian Federation (1998). Honored Doctor of the Kyrgyz Republic.
Laureate of the State Prize of the Russian Federation in 2002 in the field of science and technology (for the development and introduction into medical practice of new means of specific prevention, diagnosis and treatment of anthrax), the Government Prize of the Russian Federation in 2005 in the field of science and technology (for scientific substantiation, development and implementation of a system to protect the Russian population from new biological threats).

Married. Wife - Galina Anatolyevna (maiden name - Smirnova), doctor. Has three children. Sons Gregory (born 1984) and Vsevolod (born 1985) work as dentists, daughter Maria (born 1987) is a clinical resident.

During his student years he was involved in weightlifting, a candidate for master of sports in the light heavyweight division.

Onishchenko Gennady Grigorievich

Onishchenko Gennady Grigorievich - Russian statesman, supervisor . Chief State Sanitary Doctor of Russia.

Income, property

Income in 2010 amounted to 3 million 57 thousand rubles.

Property:

• Apartment - 170m2, Russia.

Biography

Education

1973 - graduated from the Sanitary and Hygienic Faculty of the Donetsk State Medical Institute with a degree in Sanitary Doctor.

Science degree

Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor.

Career

1973-1976 - epidemiologist at the Donetsk Railway.

1976-1982 - chief doctor of the linear sanitary and epidemiological station of Krasnoarmeysk of the Donetsk railway.

Since 1982 - chief doctor of the sanitary-epidemiological station of the Moscow Metro.

1983-1987 - Chief Physician of the Central Sanitary-Epidemiological Station of the USSR Ministry of Railways.

1987-1988 - Referent of the Department of Health and Social Welfare of the Council of Ministers of the RSFSR.

1988-1991 - Deputy Head of the Main Epidemiological Directorate of the USSR Ministry of Health.

1993-1996 - Deputy Chairman of the State Committee for Sanitary and Epidemiological Surveillance of the Russian Federation.

From June 1, 1996 - acting Chairman of the State Committee for Sanitary and Epidemiological Surveillance of the Russian Federation.

Since October 25, 1996 - First Deputy Minister of Health of the Russian Federation - Chief State Sanitary Doctor of the Russian Federation.

Since February 1997, he has been a member of the Interdepartmental Commission on Preventing the Entry of Substandard Consumer Goods into the Country’s Domestic Market, as well as the Government Commission on environment and environmental management.

August 19, 2002 - appointed coordinator from the Russian Federation for the implementation of the Program of Urgent Measures of the CIS Member States to combat the HIV/AIDS epidemic.

Since March 12, 2004 - Head of the Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Welfare.

Gennady Onishchenko: Russia is ready to meet radiation from Fukushima

Scientific activity

Gennady Onishchenko - Head of the Department of Epidemiology of the Russian Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education (since 1997), Professor in the Department of Occupational Medicine and Human Ecology (since 1998), Academician of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences (since 2002), Academician of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences (since 2000) , academician International Academy information processes and technologies (since 2002).

His monographs on the theory and practice of preventing and localizing epidemic situations in recent military conflicts have received recognition from experts.

A number of his monographs are devoted to anti-epidemic provision of the population in natural disaster zones. He also contributed significant contribution in the study of epidemiology and organization on modern stage combating particularly dangerous (cholera, anthrax, plague) and emerging infections (viral hepatitis B, C and E, Crimea-Congo hemorrhagic fever and West Nile fever), as well as HIV infection, typhus and others.

In 1995–2004 with the direct participation of Gennady Onishchenko, 6 most important federal laws, aimed at strengthening the sanitary and epidemiological well-being of the population of the Russian Federation: “On preventing the spread in the Russian Federation of the disease caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV infection)” (1995, No. 38-FZ), “On the immunoprevention of infectious diseases” (1998, No. 157-FZ), “On the sanitary and epidemiological welfare of the population” (1999, No. 52-FZ), “On the quality and safety of food products” (2000, No. 29-FZ) and others.

Under the scientific guidance and consultation of Gennady Onishchenko, 21 doctors and 20 candidates of medical sciences were trained.

Special rank

1998 – awarded the title of Honored Doctor of the Russian Federation for services in the field of healthcare and many years of conscientious work.

Honored Doctor of the Kyrgyz Republic.

Awards, titles, certificates

December 13, 2003 – State Prize of the Russian Federation 2002 in the field of science and technology - for the development and introduction into medical practice of new means of specific prevention, diagnosis and treatment of anthrax.

November 14, 2005 – Order of Merit for the Fatherland, IV degree - for his great contribution to the organization of healthcare, the sanitary-epidemiological service of the Russian Federation and many years of conscientious work.

February 20, 2006 – Prize of the Government of the Russian Federation 2005 in the field of science and technology - for the scientific substantiation, development and implementation of a system for protecting the population of the Russian Federation from new biological threats.

November 16, 2006 – Medal of the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, 1st class - for his great contribution to the preparation and holding of the meeting of heads of state and government of the G8 member countries in St. Petersburg