Natalya Khorova

Natalya Khorova
Наталья Хорова
Senator from the Jewish Autonomous Oblast
Assumed office
23 September 2025
Preceded byYuri Valyaev
Deputy Minister of Health of Russia
In office
11 June 2014 – 23 September 2025
Personal details
Born (1969-11-12) 12 November 1969
PartyIndependent
EducationSamara State Academy of Economics
Awards
Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland"[1]
Honoured Economist of Russia

Natalya Aleksandrovna Khorova (Russian: Наталья Александровна Хорова; born November 12, 1969) is a Russian politician, and economist. She has served as a senator of the Federation Council and as a representative of the executive branch of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast since September 23, 2025. She has also served as Deputy Chair of the Federation Council Committee on Budget and Financial Markets since October 22, 2025.

She is 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation (2021).[2] She is also an Honoured Economist of Russia (2017).

Biography

Natalia Khorova was born on November 12, 1969, in Kuybyshev Oblast.

In 1993, she graduated from the Samara Institute of Economics with a degree in finance and credit. In 2004, she graduated from the Samara State Academy of Economics with a degree in jurisprudence.

She has worked in various positions in healthcare and financial institutions. She served as an economist, head of the planning and economic department of a territorial medical association, chief treasurer-inspector of the Federal Treasury for the city of Syzran, and head of the municipal treasury of the financial department of the Syzran City Administration, Samara Oblast.[3]

In 2004, she joined the civil service at the Ministry of Health of Russia. From 2005, she held the position of deputy director of the Finance Department of the Ministry of Health of Russia. From 2012, she served as Director of the Finance and Economic Department of the Ministry.

On June 11, 2014, she was appointed Deputy Minister of Health of the Russian Federation.[4][5]

Federation Council

On September 23, 2025, following the election of the head of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Governor-elect Maria Kostyuk granted Natalya Khorova the powers of a senator representing the regional government.[6] She joined the Federation Council Committee on Budget and Financial Markets. On October 22, 2025, she was appointed deputy chair of this committee.

References

  1. ↑ "Хорова Наталья Александровна. Структура". Совет Федерации Федерального Собрания Российской Федерации.
  2. ↑ "Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 29.01.2021 г. № 54 «О присвоении классных чинов государственной гражданской службы Российской Федерации федеральным государственным гражданским служащим»".
  3. ↑ "Замглавы Минздрава Наталья Хорова перешла на работу в Совет Федерации". Zdrav.Expert. Retrieved 2025-09-26.
  4. ↑ "Хорова Наталья Александровна — Министерство здравоохранения — Биография". Коммерсантъ (in Russian). 2020-12-01. Retrieved 2025-09-26.
  5. ↑ "Распоряжение Правительства Российской Федерации от 11.06.2014 г. № 1031-р «О заместителе Министра здравоохранения Российской Федерации»".
  6. ↑ "Новости Хабаровска". www.dvnovosti.ru. Retrieved 2025-09-26.