Yegor Stroyev

Yegor Stroyev
Yegor Stroyev in 2000
2nd Chairman of the Federation Council
In office 23 January 1996 – 5 December 2001
President	Boris Yeltsin Vladimir Putin
Preceded by	Vladimir Shumeyko
Succeeded by	Sergey Mironov
Governor of Oryol Oblast
In office 11 May 1993 – 16 February 2009
Preceded by	Nikolay Yudin
Succeeded by	Alexander Kozlov
Personal details
Born	(1937-02-25) February 25, 1937 Dudkino, Oryol Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Nationality	Russian

Yegor Semyonovich Stroyev^[1] (Russian: Его́р Семёнович Стро́ев; born February 25, 1937, Khotynetsky District^[2]) is a governor of Oryol Oblast^[3] from 1993 to 2009.^[4] He used to be the speaker of the Federation Council of Russia (1996–2001). He had a major post in the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Stroyev was reelected as governor with a very large majority. He was removed from his position on February 16, 2009 by Dmitry Medvedev due to economic concerns.

Honours and awards

• Order of Merit for the Fatherland;
  • 1st class (5 December 2001) - for outstanding contribution to the strengthening and development of Russian statehood and parliamentarianism
  • 2nd class (20 February 1997) - for services to the state, his great personal contribution to the development of Russian parliamentarianism and strengthen friendship and cooperation between nations
  • 3rd class (2 May 1996) - for his great personal contribution to economic reform and development of the state
  • 4th class (25 February 2007) - for services to the state, a large contribution to the socio-economic development of the field and many years of diligent work
• Order of the October Revolution
• Order of the Red Banner of Labour
• Badge of Honor (Order) "Sports Glory of Russia", 1st class (newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda and the board of the Russian Olympic Committee)
• Diploma of the President of the Russian Federation (12 December 2008) - for active participation in the drafting of the Constitution and a great contribution to the democratic foundations of the Russian Federation
• Order of Friendship (Vietnam)^[5]

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