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Secretary General

Secretary General of the General Confederation of Trade Unions: Viktor Vitalyevich Pinsky

Born in 1964 in Lida, Grodno Region, Byelorussian SSR.

Education: Higher, Military Law.

Professional and Political Career:

1982 - 1996: Military Service.

1996 - 2005: Management of a legal firm (Vladivostok).

2001 - 2011: Deputy of the Legislative Assembly of Primorsky Krai (3rd and 4th convocations). Chairman of the Committee on Regional Policy and Legality.

2005 - 2015: Deputy Chairman, then Chairman of the Federation of Trade Unions of Primorsky Krai. Chairman of the Far Eastern Association of Trade Unions. Member of the General Council and Executive Committee of the Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Russia (FNPR).

2015 - 2022: Secretary of the Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Russia for Liaison with the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation.

2017 - 2022: Deputy General Secretary of the World Confederation of Labour.

2022 - 2023: Deputy Chairman of the FNPR.

December 2023: Elected General Secretary of the World Confederation of Labour.

2011 – 2016: Deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation (6th convocation). First Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Civil, Criminal, Arbitral, and Procedural Legislation.

2016 – 2021: Deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation (7th convocation). Chairman of the Committee on Regulations and Organization of the State Duma.

2021 – Present: Deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation (8th convocation). Chairman of the Commission on Regulations and Parliamentary Procedures of the State Duma.

Chairman of the Commission on Legislation and Regulations of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union of Belarus and Russia.

Member of the Association of Lawyers of Russia.

GCTU News

  • Viktor Pinsky: "The meeting of the General Confederation of Trade Unions Council in Dushanbe is a landmark event for the entire trade union movement of the Commonwealth of Independent States"

    Dushanbe, Tajikistan, July 1, 2026 – Viktor Pinsky, Chairman of the Commission of the Russian State Duma on Regulations and Organisation of State Duma Activities and General Secretary of the General Confederation of Trade Unions (GCTU), called the meeting of the GCTU Council, held on July 1 in Dushanbe, a landmark event for the trade unions of the Commonwealth of Independent States.

  • Viktor Pinsky Met with Deputies of the Parliament of Tajikistan

    June 30, Dushanbe, Tajikistan – The work on developing model labor legislation within the CIS format was discussed during a meeting between Viktor Pinsky, Chairman of the Commission of the Russian State Duma on Regulations and Organisation of State Duma Activities and General Secretary of the General Confederation of Trade Unions (GCTU), and Makhmadshokh Gulzoda, Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs, Public Associations, and Information of the Majlisi Namoyandagon Majlisi Oli of the Republic of Tajikistan. The meeting, held today in Dushanbe at the Parliament of Tajikistan, was also attended by other deputies of the Tajik Parliament: Orip Amirsoda, Chairman of the Environmental Commission; Naima Solizoda, member of the Commission on Deputy Ethics; Karakhon Chillazoda, Chairman of the Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Tajikistan; and Margarita Usova, Deputy General Secretary of the GCTU.

  • Viktor Pinsky met with the Deputy Minister of Labor of Tajikistan

    June 30, Dushanbe, Tajikistan - The gradual formation of a common labour market and the regulation of labour migration among the member states of the Commonwealth of Independent States were the main topics of a meeting between the Chair of the Commission on Rules and Maintenance of Activity of the State Duma, and the General Secretary of the General Confederation of Trade Unions (GCTU), and Sharif Norzoda, Deputy Minister of Labour, Migration and Employment of the Republic of Tajikistan.