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{{Short description|Russian cosmonaut (born 1971)}}
{{update|date=April 2013}}
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|honorific_suffix = [[List of members of the 8th Russian State Duma|MP]]
|native_name      = {{nobold|{{lang|ru|Роман Романенко}}}}
|image            = Roman Romanenko.jpg
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|office        = Member of the [[State Duma]] for [[Moscow]]
|term_start    = 12 October 2021
|term_end      = 
|predecessor   = [[Anatoly Vyborny]]
|successor     = 
|constituency  = [[Chertanovo constituency|Chertanovo (No. 210)]]

|office1      = Member of the State Duma ([[closed list|Party List]] Seat)
|term_start1  = 14 October 2015
|term_end1    = 12 October 2021
|predecessor1 = [[Rostislav Goldstein]]


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|birth_place = [[Shchyolkovo]], [[Moscow Oblast]], [[Russian SFSR]], [[Soviet Union]]
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|party       = [[United Russia]]
|spouse      = Yuliya Leonidovna Romanenko
|father      = [[Yuri Romanenko|Yuri Viktorovich Romanenko]]
|mother      = Alevtina Ivanovna Romanenko
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|occupation  = [[Pilot]]
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|type        = [[Roscosmos]] cosmonaut
|status      = Retired
|nationality = Russian
|rank        = [[Colonel]]
|selection   = [[List of astronauts by selection#1997|1997 TsPK Cosmonaut Group]]
|evas        = 1
|eva_time    = 6h 38m
|time        = 333d 11h 18m
|mission     = [[Soyuz TMA-15]] ([[Expedition 20]]/[[Expedition 21|21]]), [[Soyuz TMA-07M]] ([[Expedition 34]]/[[Expedition 35|35]])
|insignia    = [[Image:ISS Expedition 20 Patch.svg|50px]][[Image:ISS Expedition 21 Patch.svg|50px]]  [[Image:ISS Expedition 34 Patch.svg|50px]] [[Image:ISS Expedition 35 Patch.svg|50px]]
|awards      = [[Hero of the Russian Federation]]
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'''Roman Yurievich Romanenko''' ({{langx|ru|Роман Юрьевич Романенко}}; born 9 August 1971) is a Russian retired [[cosmonaut]] at the [[Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center]]. He is also a politician, sitting in the [[State Duma]] since [[2021 Russian legislative election|2021]] representing the [[Chertanovo constituency]].

==Personal life==
Romanenko was born in [[Shchyolkovo]], near [[Moscow]]. His parents, [[Yuri Romanenko|Yuri Victorovich Romanenko]] and Aleftina Ivanovna Romanenko, live in [[Star City, Russia|Star City]]. He is married to Yulia Leonidovna Romanenko (Danilovskaya). They have a son and a daughter. His hobbies include underwater hunting, tennis, car repairs, tourism, yachting, volleyball and music.

He was sanctioned by the United Kingdom from 11 March 2022 in relation to Russia's actions in Ukraine.<ref>{{cite web |title=CONSOLIDATED LIST |url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1188172/Russia.pdf |date=29 September 2023}}</ref>

==Education==
After when he graduated from Star City high school in 1986, Romanenko entered the Leningrad Suvorov military school, from which he graduated in 1988. In 1988, he entered the Chernigov High Air Force School for pilots, from which he graduated in 1992 as a pilot-engineer.

==Experience==
Following graduation from pilot school Romanenko served as a second commander in the Air Force. He flew L-39 and [[Tupolev Tu-134|Tu-134]] aircraft. Romanenko has logged over 500 hours of flight time. He is a Class 3 Air Force pilot.

==Awards==
On 6 May 2010 Romanenko was awarded the [[Hero of the Russian Federation]] medal by the decree of the Russian President [[Dmitry Medvedev]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eng.kremlin.ru/sdocs/news.shtml?month=05&day=06&year=2010|title=Dmitry Medvedev presented state decorations in the Kremlin|date=May 6, 2010|accessdate=May 14, 2010}} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.federalspace.ru/main.php?id=2&nid=9063&lang=en|title=Russian Cosmonaut Roman Romanenko was Awarded the Hero of Russia and the Cosmonaut Pilot Statuses by the Decree of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev|author=Russian Federal Space Agency|date=April 12, 2010|accessdate=May 14, 2010}}</ref> He was also awarded the honorary title Pilot-Cosmonaut of the Russian Federation.

==Cosmonaut career==
[[File:Roman Romanenko1.jpg|left|thumb|Roman Romanenko inside the Zvezda module of the ISS.]]
Romanenko was selected as a cosmonaut candidate at the [[Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center]] Cosmonaut Office in December 1997. From January 1998 to November 1999 he undertook his basic training course. In November 1999 he was qualified as a Test Cosmonaut.

He served as the backup to [[Oleg Kotov]] as the Commander of [[Soyuz TMA-10]] and [[Fyodor Yurchikhin]] as Commander of [[Expedition 15]].

===Expedition 20/21===
On 27 May 2009 Romanenko was launched into space as the commander of the [[Soyuz TMA-15]] spacecraft from [[Gagarin's Start|Site 1/5]] at the [[Baikonur Cosmodrome]] in [[Kazakhstan]].<ref name="de winne">{{Cite web|url=http://www.esa.int/esaMI/ESApod/SEMTHPRTKMF_0.html |title=Frank De Winne prepares for new mission |accessdate=November 3, 2008 |publisher=ESA |year=2008 |author=ESA |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090603063825/http://www.esa.int/esaMI/ESApod/SEMTHPRTKMF_0.html |archivedate=June 3, 2009 }}</ref> He was part of the [[Expedition 20]] and [[Expedition 21]] crews and was the third second-generation space traveller after [[Sergey Alexandrovich Volkov|Sergey Volkov]] and [[Richard Garriott]]. Romanenko served as a Flight Engineer aboard the ISS during the two long duration missions.

After spending 187 days and 20 hours in space, Romanenko returned to Earth along with astronauts, [[Robert Thirsk]] and [[Frank de Winne]] on 1 December 2009.

===Expedition 34/35===
On 19 December 2012, Romanenko was launched to space on [[Soyuz TMA-07M]] along with [[Chris Hadfield]] and [[Thomas Marshburn]]. He was a part of the crews of [[Expedition 34]] and [[Expedition 35]] aboard the ISS. He served as a Flight Engineer.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Agency |first=Canadian Space |date=2012-06-06 |title=Mission objectives |url=https://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/missions/expedition34-35/about/objectives.asp |access-date=2022-06-09 |website=www.asc-csa.gc.ca}}</ref>

Romanenko returned to Earth on 14 May 2013 spending 145 days and 14 hours in space. 

===First Spacewalk===
[[File:ISS-35 EVA 10 Roman Romanenko.jpg|right|thumb|Romanenko during the first spacewalk of the [[Expedition 35]] mission on April 19, 2013.]]
On 19 April 2013 Romanenko completed his first spacewalk with fellow cosmonaut [[Pavel Vinogradov]], a 6-hour 38 minute EVA to conduct repairs to the ISS.<ref name="spacewalk">{{Cite web| url=http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20130419/SPACE/130419021/Cosmonaut-becomes-oldest-spacewalker | title=Cosmonaut becomes oldest spacewalker | accessdate = April 30, 2013}}</ref>
==See also==
*[[List of Heroes of the Russian Federation]]

==References==
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==External links==
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*[http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/romanenko.html NASA Bio]
*[http://www.spacefacts.de/bios/cosmonauts/english/romanenko_roman.htm Spacefacts biography of Roman Romanenko]
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