Yuri Vorobyov

Yury Vorobyov
Юрий Воробьёв
Russian Federation Senator
from Vologda Oblast
Assumed office
4 May 2007
Preceded byGennady Khripal
Personal details
Born
Yury Leonidovich Vorobyov

(1948-02-02) 2 February 1948 (age 76)[1]
Krasnoyarsk, RSFSR, Soviet Union
Political partyUnited Russia
ChildrenAndrey Vorobyov
AwardsHero of the Russian Federation

Yury Leonidovich Vorobyov (Russian: Юрий Леонидович Воробьёв; born on 2 February 1948), is a Russian statesman, who is currently a member of the Federation Council, representing Vologda Oblast, on legislative authority, since 2007. He has the federal state civilian service rank of 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation.[2] He is award the title Hero of the Russian Federation.

Vorobyov is an honored Rescuer of the Russian Federation, twice laureate of the Prize of the Government of Russia in the field of science and technology, the acting state adviser of the Russia of the 1st class. He is a retired army officer a colonel. He was also the chairman of the Governing Council of the Russian Geographical Society.

In August 1991, he was the Deputy Chairman of the Russian Rescue Corps. From August to December 1991, he worked as Deputy Chairman of the State Committee of the RSFSR for Emergency Situations. From December 1991 to January 1994, he was the First Deputy Chairman of the State Committee of the Russian Federation for Civil Defense, Emergencies and Elimination of Consequences of Natural Disasters. From January 1994 to April 2007 he was the First Deputy Minister of the Russian Federation for Civil Defense, Emergencies and Elimination of Consequences of Natural Disasters.

  1. ^ "Воробьев Юрий Леонидович". Совет Федерации Федерального Собрания Российской Федерации (in Russian). Retrieved 2021-05-18.
  2. ^ О присвоении квалификационных разрядов федеральным государственным служащим Министерства Российской Федерации по делам гражданской обороны, чрезвычайным ситуациям и ликвидации последствий стихийных бедствий (Decree 321) (in Russian). President of Russia. 9 March 1999.