Yury Nozhikov

Yury Nozhikov
Юрий Ножиков
1st Governor of Irkutsk Oblast
In office
19 September 1991 – 25 April 1997
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byBoris Govorin
Member of the Federation Council from Irkutsk Oblast
In office
11 January 1994 – 25 April 1997
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byBoris Govorin
12th Chairman of Irkutsk Oblast Executive Committee
In office
14 July 1988 – 19 September 1991
Preceded byAlexey Kovalchuk
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Personal details
Born
Yury Leonidovich Chen

(1934-02-17)17 February 1934
Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died15 June 2010(2010-06-15) (aged 76)
Irkutsk, Russia
Alma materIvanovo State Power Engineering University
AwardsOrder of the Red Banner of Labour

Yury Abramovich Nozhikov (‹See Tfd›Russian: Юрий Абрамович Ножиков, 17 February 1934 – 15 June 2010) was a Soviet and Russian politician who was the first governor of Irkutsk Oblast (East Siberia) in 1991–1997.