Yevgeny Roizman
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Born | Yevgeny Vadimovich Roizman 14 September 1962 |
Citizenship | Russian |
Alma mater | Ural State University |
Known for | Founder of "City without Drugs" Fund. Mayor of Yekaterinburg |
Political party | A Just Russia (2005–2006) Right Cause (Pravoye Delo) (June–September 2011) Civic Platform (2012-2015) |
Yevgeny Vadimovich Roizman (Russian: Евге́ний Вади́мович Ро́йзман; born 14 September 1962) is a Russian politician. He served as Mayor of Yekaterinburg[1] from 2013 to 2018. He campaigned against corrupt police, illegal drug sellers and for drug rehab centers.
Early life[]
He was born in Sverdlovsk to a Jewish father and Russian mother (his surname is of German origin and is a cyrillized version of Reusemann). His father was a schoolteacher of Russian Language and Literature. His mother was an artist. Roizman claims to have left home at age 14, to have traveled across the country and later to have started work at Uralmash as a welder. He graduated from Ural State University as a historian/archivist. He was sentenced to a two-year prison term in 1981 on charges of theft and fraud.[2]
Philanthropy[]
Roizman is the founder of Museum of Nevyansk Icon at Sverdlovsk region.[3] This is the first private museum to collect icon-paintings. It is located in the city of Yekaterinburg. This museum has over 600 exhibits, including icons, gospel covers, crosses, books and wooden sculptures. The earliest icon is The Egyptian Mother of God (1734), the latest is Christ Pantocrator (1919). Roizman worked in finding, searching and restoration of the icons.
In 1999, Roizman cofounded the City Without Drugs program. He operates a drug rehab center in Yekaterinburg.[4] He was accused by city officials of kidnapping drug-addicts.[1]
Political career[]
Roizman was a State Duma deputy between 2003-2007, and attempted to run for parliament from the A Just Russia party in 2007, but was taken off the election list after a conflict with party leaders.[citation needed] Until 2015, he was a political ally of Prokhorov[5] and was supported by the Civic Platform party.[citation needed]
Mayor of Yekaterinburg[]
He was elected Mayor of Yekaterinburg on September 9, 2013, with over 30 percent of the vote, beating United Russia candidate Yakov Silin who got under 29 percent.[6]
In 2018, Roizman resigned after Russian authorities decided to scrap mayoral elections in the city.[7]
Gubernatorial campaign[]
In May 2017, Roizman announced that he would stand in gubernatorial elections in September as the candidate from the liberal opposition party Yabloko. He challenged acting Sverdlovsk Governor Yevgeny Kuivashev, a United Russia politician with whom Roizman has a longstanding personal rivalry.[8]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Controversial Opposition Wild Card Yevgeny Roizman Takes Over In Yekaterinburg". RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty.
- ^ [1].
- ^ "Музей Невьянская икона, Екатеринбург – Афиша-Выставки". Афиша.
- ^ "Yevgeny Roizman: A macho mayor at war with drug addicts". BBC News. 28 October 2013.
- ^ March 25, 2013 Forbes
- ^ Sputnik. "Opposition Candidate Roizman Declares Victory In Yekaterinburg". en.rian.ru.
- ^ "Russian Court Cuts Jail Term Of Former Russian Lawmaker, Navalny Supporter To One Day". RFERL.org. 13 May 2021.
- ^ https://meduza.io/news/2017/05/16/evgeniy-royzman-poydet-na-gubernatorskie-vybory-ot-yabloka Евгений Ройзман пойдет на губернаторские выборы от «Яблока»
- 1962 births
- Civic Platform (Russia) politicians
- 21st-century Russian politicians
- Living people
- Members of the State Duma (Russian Federation)
- Mayors of places in Russia
- People from Yekaterinburg
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- Ural State University alumni
- Recipients of the Order of Saint Righteous Grand Duke Dmitry Donskoy, 3rd class