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Sergei Shoigu

Date of Birth: 21.05.1955

Place of Birth. Education. Born in the city of Chadan, Tuva ASSR. Graduated in 1977 from Krasnoyarsk Polytechnic Institute with a degree in civil engineering.

Career. 1977-1978 - Master at Trust Promhimstroy (Krasnoyarsk).

1978-1979 - Master, Head of Department at Trust Tuvinstroy (Kyzyl).

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1979-1984 - Construction manager, chief engineer, head of the construction trust Achinsk Aluminum Plant (Achinsk).

1984-1985 - Deputy manager of the Trust Sayana Aluminum Combine (Sayanogorsk).

1985-1986 - Manager of the Trust Sayantyazhstroy (Abakan).

1986-1988 - Manager of the Trust Abakanvagonstroy (Abakan).

1988-1989 - Second Secretary of the Abakan City Committee of the CPSU (Abakan).

1989-1990 - Inspector of the Party Committee of the Krasnoyarsk Territory of the CPSU (Krasnoyarsk).

1990-1991 - Deputy Chairman of the State Committee of the RSFSR for Architecture and Construction (Moscow).

1991 - Chairman of the Russian Rescue Corps (Moscow).

Since 1991 - Chairman of the State Committee of the RSFSR for Emergency Situations.

Since 1994 - Minister of the Russian Federation for Civil Defense, Emergency Situations and Elimination of Consequences of Natural Disasters.

From January 2000 - Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation - Minister of the Russian Federation for Civil Defense, Emergency Situations and Elimination of Consequences of Natural Disasters.

Since May 18, 2000 - Minister of the Russian Federation for Civil Defense, Emergency Situations and Elimination of Consequences of Natural Disasters.

He held the position of head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations in the governments of Viktor Chernomyrdin, Sergei Kiriyenko, Yevgeny Primakov, Sergei Stepashin, Vladimir Putin (twice), Mikhail Kasyanov, Mikhail Fradkov, and Viktor Zubkov.

Since May 2012 - Governor of the Moscow Region.

On November 6, 2012, he was appointed Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation by a decree of President Putin.

In September 2015, he was placed on the Ukrainian sanctions list in response to Russian armed aggression.

On January 21, 2020, the new government of the Russian Federation was formed, in which Shoigu retained his position.

Awards. Army General. Hero of the Russian Federation. He has state awards: the Order 'For Services to the Fatherland' III degree (2005) and others. Honored Rescuer of the Russian Federation (2000).

Family. Married. He has two daughters - Yulia (1977) and Ksenia (1991).

19.05.2022