Andrey Klychkov was born in
Kaliningrad on 2 September 1979. In his youth, he was engaged in
pentathlon. In 2000 he graduated from the Kaliningrad Law Institute of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia (now a branch of the St. Petersburg University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia), majoring in "jurisprudence". After graduation, he worked for two years in the criminal investigation of the criminal police in Kaliningrad. In July 2001 he joined the Communist Party of the Russian Federation. He worked with the appeals of citizens in the party's public reception hall, held the post of assistant legal adviser, and went to the deputy head of the Legal Service of the Central Committee of the Communist Party. In the system of the Communist Party Klychkov from February 24, 2014, he was a member of the Presidium of the Central Committee of the Communist Party. On May 27, 2017, he was promoted secretary of the Communist Party. He is also the secretary of the Moscow City Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, and besides this, the adviser of the chairman of the Central Committee
Gennady Zyuganov. In September 2016, Klychkov ran for the State Duma of the Russian Federation VI, but again he did not receive a deputy mandate. In early 2017, the politician said that he intends to participate in the election of the
Mayor of Moscow in 2018. He was also sanctioned by the European Union on 24 June 2024 for being "involved in the
illegal deportation of Ukrainian children to Russia". ==Personal life==