Name Yuriy Borisov Rank General of the Army | Years of service 1978 — present Allegiance Soviet Union
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Born December 31, 1956 (age 67)
Vyshny Volochyok ( 1956-12-31 ) Awards Order for Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR | ||
Native name YUrii Ivanovich Borisov Service/branch Russian Armed Forces | ||
Yuriy Ivanovich Borisov (Russian: Юрий Иванович Борисов born December 31, 1956) is a Russian Deputy Minister of Defence and a recipient of Order for Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR, 3d degree.
Biography
Yuriy Borisov was born on December 31, 1956 in Vyshny Volochyok. He graduated from Suvorov Military School in 1974 and from Radioelectronics Higher Command School in 1978. In 1980s he also studied mathematics at the Moscow State University from which he graduated in 1985. Mr Borisov is married and has two children. For 20 years from 1978 to 1998 he was enlisted into the Armed Forces of both Soviet Union and Russia. He was Federal Agency on Industry deputy head in October 2007 and became Minister of Industry and Trade in July 2008. He was a Military-Industrial Commissioner for Russia in March 2011 and as of November 12, 2012 under Presidential Decree, Borisov was promoted to Deputy Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation.