Yury Borisov Explained

Yury Borisov
Native Name Lang:ru
Office:Director General of Roscosmos
Term Start:15 July 2022
President:Vladimir Putin
Predecessor:Dmitry Rogozin
Office1:Deputy Prime Minister of Russia for Defence and Space Industry
Term Start1:18 May 2018
Term End1:15 July 2022
Primeminister1:Dmitry Medvedev
Mikhail Mishustin
Predecessor1:Dmitry Rogozin
Successor1:Denis Manturov
Office2:Deputy Minister of Defence
Minister2:Sergey Shoygu
Term Start2:15 November 2012
Term End2:18 May 2018
Birth Date:31 December 1956
Birth Place:Vyshny Volochyok, Kalinin Oblast, Soviet Union
Alma Mater:Moscow State University
Party:Independent
Allegiance:
Branch: Armed Forces of the Russian Federation
Serviceyears:1978 – present
Rank:Class 1 Active State Advisor of the Russian Federation
Awards:Order for Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR

Yury Ivanovich Borisov (Russian: Юрий Иванович Борисов; born 31 December 1956) is a Russian politician, former military strategist, and mathematician currently serving as Director General 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

Yury Borisov was born on 31 December 1956 in Vyshny Volochyok. He graduated from 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.

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

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Borisov, Yuriy Ivanovich. Federal Press Encyclopedia.
  2. Decree. 770. 7 October 2013. President of Russia. О присвоении классных чинов государственной гражданской службы Российской Федерации и классных чинов юстиции федеральным государственным гражданским служащим. ru.
  3. Web site: Yuriy Borisov. Rostec.
  4. Web site: Yuriy Borisov . Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation. 27 July 2013.
  5. News: Медведев предложил кандидатов в новый состав правительства. РИА Новости. 14 May 2018. ru.
  6. Web site: Russian PM resigns in shock move as Putin announces dramatic constitutional shake-up . https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220507/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/dmitry-medvedev-resign-russia-prime-minister-putin-quit-latest-a9284741.html . 2022-05-07 . subscription . live . Carroll . Oliver . 15 January 2020 . The Independent . en . 17 January 2020.
  7. Web site: Председник Вучић уручио одликовања поводом Дана државности Републике Србије. 24 February 2021. Председник Републике Србије.
  8. Web site: Новости . Р. И. А. . 2022-07-15 . Борисов сменил Рогозина на посту гендиректора Роскосмоса . 15 July 2022 . РИА Новости . ru.
  9. Web site: Special Economic Measures (Russia) Regulations (SOR/2014-58) . 24 June 2023.