Valery Vladimirovich Melnikov (Russian: Валерий Владимирович Мельников; 14 October 1956 - 14 September 2008) was a Russian politician and trade union leader who had last served as Member of the State Duma from 2007 to 2008.
[3] in 1975 he graduated from the Norilsk Industrial Institute and received a degree in electrical engineering.
[8] In January 2003, when the incumbent mayor of Norilsk, Oleg Budargin, was elected governor of the Taimyr (Dolgano-Nenets) Autonomous Okrug and early elections were called, Melnikov registered as a candidate and received 46 percent of the votes in the first round, but before the second round he was deregistered by the court.
[11] The second round of elections did not take place due to the refusal of all candidates to participate in it, and in the repeat elections scheduled for October, he won in the first round, gaining 52 percent of the vote.
[12] In 2007, during the elections to the State Duma of the fifth convocation, Melnikov was included in the lists of the United Russia party in the Krasnoyarsk Krai group and, following the election results, received a deputy mandate, after which he served the term as mayor.