Yuriy Viktorovich Ilyin (, ; born 9 April 1968) is a Kazakhstani politician and Lieutenant General who has served as Minister of Emergency Situations since 11 September 2020 to 10 June 2023.

Early life and education

Ilyin was born in the town of Kuybyshev in present-day

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. In 1989, he graduated from the Alma-Ata Higher Combined Arms Command School with a specialty in engineering for the operation of tracked and wheeled vehicles. He eventually attended the Kyrgyz State Law University where he earned a degree in law in 2006.

Career

In August 1989, Ilyin became the commander of a motorized rifle platoon of the 73rd Guards Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 2nd Guards Motorized Rifle Division of the Moscow Military District and from April 1990, he was the commander of the 1st Guards Motorized Rifle Regiment. In July 1992, Ilyin became a teacher of 390 courses of Civil Defense in the

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before becoming the deputy head of the courses in July 1993. From August 1996, Ilyin was a senior officer of the training center of the Almaty Regional Department for Emergency Situations. In June 1998, he became the Head of the Civil Protection Department of the Almaty City Emergency Management and served the post before becoming the Deputy Head of the Almaty City Department for Emergency Situations in June 1999. In March 2005, Ilyin became the Deputy Head of the Department for Emergency Situations of Almaty, and from December 2011, he was the Acting Head of the Department for Mobilization Preparation, Civil Defense, Organization of Prevention and Elimination of Accidents and Natural Disasters of Almaty before being appointed as the Head in January 2012.

High level positions

In March 2013, Ilyin became the Deputy Äkim of

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. He served the post until becoming the State Inspector of the Department of State Control and Organizational and Territorial Work of the Presidential Administration of Kazakhstan on 21 October 2015. On 8 April 2016, he was appointed as a Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs. While serving the post, Ilyin was awarded the rank of

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on 6 May 2020. On 11 September 2020, he was appointed as a Minister of Emergency Situations. On 10 June 2023, President Tokayev dismissed Ilyin amid large-scale wildfires in the

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References

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