Head of the EAJC Strategic Council. Vice President of the World Jewish Congress.

Born in Moscow on September 26, 1940. Graduated from Institute of Oriental languages of MSU named after M.V.Lomonosov, candidate of history, professor, academician of State Jewish academy named after Maimonides (Moscow) and Academy of history and culture of Jews in Ukraine named after Shimon Dubnov(Kiev), author of 150 scientific publications.

In the mid-1970 Mikhail Chlenov became one of the founders of the so-called “culture-mongering direction” in the independent Jewish monument. Over the last decade of Soviet power, he was one of the leaders of the Jewish movement and underwent prosecutions by official authorities and KGB.

In 1989 – elected co-chairman of the Council of Confederation of Jewish organizations and communities at the First Congress of USSR Jews in Moscow. President of the Federation of Jewish organizations and communities of Russia (Vaad) since 1992.

A member of the Presidium of the World Zionist Organization, in 1998 – a member of the Board of directors of a Jewish Agency for Israel.

In 2002 – elected Secretary General at the founding convention of the Euro-Asian Jewish Congress in Moscow (Russia), a position he held until 2017.