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Sergey Shoygu : biography

May 21, 1955 –

Sergey Kuzhugetovich Shoygu () (born May 21, 1955) is a Russian political figure who was Minister of Emergency Situations from 1991 to 2012. He holds the military rank of General of the Army. He is also the President of the International Sport Federation of Firefighters and Rescuers.

In March 2012, he was announced as one of the potential candidates for the Governor of Moscow Oblast., The Moscow Times, Russia Today In April 5, 2012 he was elected as the 3rd Governor of Moscow Oblast, and entered into his office in May 11, 2012. On November 6, 2012 he was appointed Minister of Defence of Russia.http://rt.com/politics/defence-minister-shoigu-serdyukov-048/

Personal life

Sergey Shoygu is married to Irina Shoygu, and has two daughters (Yuliya, born 1977 and Kseniya, born 1991). In his spare time, Shoigu enjoys sports such as football and horseback riding, and enjoys music of Vanessa Mae and The Ramones. He speaks nine languages, including English, Japanese and Turkish. He also has the largest collection of ancient samurai swords in Russia, worth over $40 million.

Russian scientist Viktor Petrik attempted to use Shoygu’s name to market his water filters. Shoygu has requested that Petrik cease using his name to market products. Alexander Bratersky, Moscow Times. February 15, 2010.

On May 16, 2011, Shoigu fired his personal driver because of the driver’s threat to shoot a motorist made during a row on a Moscow Ring Road.

Ministry of Emergency situations

In 1991, he was appointed the head of Rescuer Corps, which was later given more responsibilities and renamed first to the State Committee on Emergencies, and eventually to the Ministry of Emergency Situations, making Shoigu a government minister. He became popular because of his hands-on management style and high visibility during emergency situations, such as floods, earthquakes and acts of terrorism. In 1999 he became one of the leaders of the Russian pro-government party Unity. He was awarded the Russia’s most prestigious state award – Hero of the Russian Federation – in 1999.

Early life and education

Shoigu was born in Chadan, Tuva to a Tuvan father and a Russian mother.http://echo.msk.ru/programs/korzun/509322-echo/ In 1977, Shoigu graduated from the Krasnoyarsk Polytechnic Institute with a degree in Civil Engineering. Following graduation in 1977, he worked in the construction industry for the next decade, advancing from low levels to become an executive. In 1988 he became a minor functionary in the Abakan branch of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and then in Komsomol for a couple of years. In 1990 he moved to Moscow from Siberia and was appointed Deputy Chief of State Architecture and Construction Committee of the Russian Federation.

Ministry of Defence

On November 6, 2012 Shoygu was appointed Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation when Putin ousted his longtime ally, Anatoly Serdyukov. During a meeting, Putin alluded to another apparent disagreement, urging General Gerasimov to smooth over relations with the defense manufacturing sector. Defense plants have complained that the top military brass too frequently update their orders for weapons and other military hardware.

“The situation in the scientific-technical sphere is changing quickly, and new means of armed warfare are appearing,” Putin said. “We should orient ourselves toward optimal means, but still need to maintain a certain stability. I am counting on you and the ministry to establish stable, good collegial work with our leading manufacturers in the defense sector.”

Some analysts on Friday concluded that General Gerasimov was being instructed to accept outdated Russian-made weaponry.

Defense manufacturing dominates large areas of Russia, in many of the places Putin counted on as bases of support in the presidential election in March. Major government orders buoyed economic prospects in many of those places during Putin’s campaign, helping him to win about 64 percent of the vote nationwide. Military spending has become a tense subject this fall, however, when the government turned its attention to the budget.