Nationality Yakut Spouse Lidiya Shtyrova Religion Eastern Orthodoxy Political party United Russia | Name Vyacheslav Shtyrov Succeeded by Yegor Borisov Role Russian Politician | |
Vice President Evgeniya Isaevna Mikhailova Preceded by Mikhail Efimovich Nikolayev Born May 23, 1953 (age 70)
Khandyga, Tomponsky ulus of the Yakut ASSR ( 1953-05-23 ) Education Far Eastern State Technical University Similar People Mintimer Shaimiev, Yury Luzhkov, Sergey Shoygu, Vladimir Lenin | ||
Vyacheslav Anatolyevich Shtyrov (Russian: Вячеслав Анатольевич Штыров) (born May 23, 1953) is a Russian businessman who ran the diamond mining giant Almazy Rossii-Sakha (ALROSA ) from 1996 to 2002. He joined ALROSA in 1975. In 2004 it was reported that he owns 0.14% of ALROSA. In 2002 he became a politician and was elected the president of the Sakha Republic, a federal subject of Russia. He took office on January 27, 2002 after being elected in an election which took two rounds. He received 52.25% of the vote in the runoff. He left office on May 31, 2010 for personal reasons. Later he became the Chairman of the Federation Council at the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation.
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Family
Shtyrov is married to Liliya Ivanovna Shtyrova, They have two daughters. Yuliya and Tatiana.
Wealth
In 2004, his wealth was estimated to be $410 million (12.5 Billion Rubles)