Yury Luzhkov

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Yury Luzhkov
Юрий Лужков
Luzhkov in 2016
2nd Mayor of Moscow
In office 6 June 1992 – 28 September 2010
Preceded by	Gavriil Popov
Succeeded by	Vladimir Resin (acting) Sergey Sobyanin
Deputy Chairman of the Committee on the Operational Management of the Soviet Economy
In office 24 August 1991 – 29 October 1991
Premier	Ivan Silayev
Personal details
Born	Yury Mikhaylovich Luzhkov (1936-09-21)21 September 1936 Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died	10 December 2019(2019-12-10) (aged 83) Munich, Germany
Resting place	Novodevichy Cemetery
Political party	CPSU (1968–1991) Fatherland (1998–2001) United Russia (2001–2010)[1]
Spouses	Marina Bashilova ​ ​ (m. 1958; died 1989)​ Yelena Baturina ​ (m. 1991)​
Children	4
Alma mater	Gubkin Moscow Petrochemical & Gas Industry Institute
Awards
Signature

Yury Mikhailovich Luzhkov (Russian: Юрий Михайлович Лужков, IPA: [ˈjʉrʲɪj mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪtɕ lʊˈʂkof]; 21 September 1936 – 10 December 2019) was a Russian politician who served as mayor of Moscow from 1992 to 2010. Before the election of Gavriil Popov as the first mayor of Moscow, he also headed the capital in 1990-1991 as chairman of the Mosgorispolkom. He was the vice-chairman and one of the founders of the ruling United Russia party. During Luzhkov's time, Moscow's economy expanded and he presided over large construction projects in the city, including the building of a new financial district. At the same time, he was accused of corruption, bulldozing historic buildings, and poor handling of traffic, as well as the city's smog crisis during the 2010 Russian wildfires.^[2] On 28 September 2010, Luzhkov was fired from his post by a decree issued by then-President Dmitry Medvedev.^[3]