Yury Borisov
Yury Borisov | |
|---|---|
Юрий Борисов | |
 Borisov in 2018 | |
| General Director of Roscosmos | |
| Assumed office 15 July 2022 | |
| President | Vladimir Putin |
| Preceded by | Dmitry Rogozin |
| Deputy Prime Minister of Russia for Defence and Space Industry | |
| In office 18 May 2018 – 15 July 2022 | |
| Prime Minister | Dmitry Medvedev Mikhail Mishustin |
| Preceded by | Dmitry Rogozin |
| Succeeded by | Denis Manturov |
| Deputy Minister of Defence | |
| In office 15 November 2012 – 18 May 2018 | |
| Minister | Sergey Shoygu |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 31, 1956 Vyshny Volochyok, Kalinin Oblast, Soviet Union (now Russia) |
| Political party | Independent |
| Alma mater | Moscow State University |
| Awards | Order for Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Soviet Union Russia |
| Branch/service |  Armed Forces of the Russian Federation |
| Years of service | 1978–present |
| Rank | Class 1 Active State Advisor of the Russian Federation |
Yury Ivanovich Borisov (Russian: Юрий Иванович Борисов; born 31 December 1956) is a Russian politician, former military strategist, and mathematician currently serving as General Director of Roscosmos.
From 2018 to 2022, he served as the Deputy Prime Minister of Russia, and from 2012 to 2018, as the Deputy Minister of Defence. He is a recipient of Order for Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR, 3rd degree.[1]
He has the federal state civilian service rank of 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation.[2]
Biography
[edit]Yury Borisov was born on 31 December 1956 in Vyshny Volochyok. He graduated from Kalinin Suvorov Military School in 1974 and from Radioelectronics Higher Command School in 1978. In 1980s he studied mathematics at the Faculty of Computational Mathematics and Cybernetics of Moscow State University from which he graduated in 1985. Borisov is married and has two children.[3] For 20 years from 1978 to 1998 he was enlisted into the Armed Forces of both the Soviet Union and Russia. He was Federal Agency on Industry deputy head in October 2007 and became Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade in July 2008. He was a Military-Industrial Commissioner for Russia in March 2011 and as of 12 November 2012 under Presidential Decree,[4] Borisov was promoted to Deputy Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation.[citation needed]
On 7 May 2018, Borisov was nominated as Deputy Prime Minister for Defence and Space Industry in Dmitry Medvedev's Second Cabinet.[5]
On 15 January 2020, Medvedev resigned as part of the cabinet, after President Vladimir Putin delivered the 2020 Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly, in which he proposed several amendments to the constitution.[6]
In 2021 he was awarded the Order of the Republic of Serbia.[7]
In 2022, he replaced Dmitry Rogozin as the new Director General of Roscosmos.[8]
Sanctions
[edit]Sanctioned by Canada under the Special Economic Measures Act (S.C. 1992, c. 17) in relation to the Russian invasion of Ukraine for Grave Breach of International Peace and Security.[9]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Borisov, Yuriy Ivanovich". Federal Press Encyclopedia.
- ^ О присвоении классных чинов государственной гражданской службы Российской Федерации и классных чинов юстиции федеральным государственным гражданским служащим (Decree 770) (in Russian). President of Russia. 7 October 2013.
- ^ "Yuriy Borisov". Rostec.
- ^ "Yuriy Borisov". Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
- ^ "Медведев предложил кандидатов в новый состав правительства". РИА Новости (in Russian). Retrieved 14 May 2018.
- ^ Carroll, Oliver (15 January 2020). "Russian PM resigns in shock move as Putin announces dramatic constitutional shake-up". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2022-05-07. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
- ^ "Председник Вучић уручио одликовања поводом Дана државности Републике Србије". Председник Републике Србије. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
- ^ Новости, Р. И. А. (2022-07-15). "Борисов сменил Рогозина на посту гендиректора Роскосмоса". РИА Новости (in Russian). Retrieved 15 July 2022.
- ^ "Special Economic Measures (Russia) Regulations (SOR/2014-58)". Retrieved 24 June 2023.
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| National | |
- 1956 births
- Living people
- 1st class Active State Councillors of the Russian Federation
- Moscow State University alumni
- Deputy heads of government of the Russian Federation
- 21st-century Russian politicians
- Heroes of the Russian Federation
- People from Vyshny Volochyok
- Recipients of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class
- Recipients of the Order of Honour (Russia)
- Recipients of the Order "For Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR", 3rd class
- Deputy defence ministers of Russia