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
The State Space Corporation "Roscosmos" (russian: Государственная корпорация по космической деятельности «Роскосмос»), commonly known simply as Roscosmos (russian: Роскосмос) ...
.
From 2018 to 2022, he served as the
Deputy Prime Minister of Russia
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, and from 2012 to 2018, as the Deputy
Minister of Defence
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. He is a recipient of
, 3d degree.
Biography
Yury Borisov was born on 31 December 1956 in
Vyshny Volochyok
Vyshny VolochyokThe more-regular spelling Vyshny Volochok ( rus, Вы́шний Волочо́к)—with instead of after an unpaired " hush consonant"—is seen but is not official; the two spellings are pronounced the same in Russian. ( rus, ...
. 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
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from which he graduated in 1985. Borisov is married and has two children. For 20 years from 1978 to 1998 he was enlisted into the
Armed Forces
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of both the
Soviet Union
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and
Russia
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. 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
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, Borisov was promoted to Deputy
Minister of Defence
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of the
Russian Federation
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.
On 7 May 2018, Borisov was nominated as Deputy Prime Minister for Defence and Space Industry in
Dmitry Medvedev's Second Cabinet
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The Cabinet resigned on 15 January 2020, in response to significant co ...
.
On 15 January 2020,Medvedev resigned as part of the cabinet, after
President
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Vladimir Putin
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delivered the
2020 Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly, in which he proposed
several amendments to the constitution. Borisov was kept on in
Mikhail Mishustin's Cabinet
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The Cabi ...
..
In 2021 he was awarded the
Order of the Republic of Serbia.
In 2022, he replaced
Dmitry Rogozin
Dmitry Olegovich Rogozin (russian: link=no, Дми́трий Оле́гович Рого́зин; born 21 December 1963) is a Russian politician who served as director general of Roscosmos from 2018 to July 2022. He previously served as deputy ...
as the new Director General of
Roscosmos
The State Space Corporation "Roscosmos" (russian: Государственная корпорация по космической деятельности «Роскосмос»), commonly known simply as Roscosmos (russian: Роскосмос) ...
.
References
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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