Yegor Stroyev | |
Office: | 2nd Chairman of the Federation Council |
President: | Boris Yeltsin Vladimir Putin |
Term Start: | 23 January 1996 |
Term End: | 5 December 2001 |
Predecessor: | Vladimir Shumeyko |
Successor: | Sergey Mironov |
Office2: | Russian Federation Senator from Oryol Oblast |
Term Start2: | 25 March 2009 |
Term End2: | 24 September 2014 |
Predecessor2: | Marina Rogacheva |
Successor2: | Vladimir Krugly |
Office3: | 2nd Governor of Oryol Oblast |
Term Start3: | 11 May 1993 |
Term End3: | 16 February 2009 |
Predecessor3: | Nikolay Yudin |
Successor3: | Aleksandr Kozlov |
Nationality: | Russian |
Birth Date: | February 25, 1937 |
Birth Place: | Dudkino, Oryol Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
Party: | United Russia (2005–present) |
Otherparty: | CPSU (1958—1991) |
Native Name Lang: | ru |
Yegor Semyonovich Stroyev[1] (Russian: Его́р Семёнович Стро́ев; born February 25, 1937)[2] is a Russian politician and statesman who served as chairman of the Federation Council of Russia between 1996 and 2001. Previously, he was governor of Oryol Oblast[3] from 1993 to 2009.[4] He had a major post in the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Stroyev was reelected as governor with a very large majority. He was removed from his position on February 16, 2009, by Dmitry Medvedev due to economic concerns.
His daughter Marina Rogacheva is also a Russian politician.