Yulia Shoygu
Yulia Shoygu Юлия Шойгу | |
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Director of the Center of Emergency Psychological Aid of the EMERCOM | |
Assumed office 2002–present | |
President | Vladimir Putin |
Preceded by | Office created |
Personal details | |
Born | Yulia Sergeevna Shoygu 4 May 1977 Krasnoyarsk, Soviet Union (now Russia) |
Spouse(s) | Alexey Zakharov |
Children | Daria Kirill |
Alma mater | Moscow State University |
Awards | (with swords) |
Yulia Sergeevna Shoygu (Russian: Юлия Сергеевна Шойгу́; born 4 May 1977) is a Russian politician who is the current director of the Center of Emergency Psychological Aid of the Ministry of Emergency Situations. She was appointed in 2002 and is concurrently the Vice-President of the Russian Psychological Society.[1] She is the eldest daughter of the Minister of Defense of Russia Sergey Shoygu.[2]
Biography[]
Shoygu was born in 1977[3] in the city of Krasnoyarsk into the family of Sergey Shoygu, who was studying at the Krasnoyarsk Polytechnic Institute with a major in civil engineering at the time. Due to the nature of the work of her father, the family often changed residence. Yulia graduated from a secondary school in Moscow in 1994, and was admitted to the Faculty of Psychology of Moscow State University.[4] In 1999, after graduating from university she came to work in the Center for Emergency and Psychological Aid of the EMERCOM and started to work as a psychologist. In 2001, Shoygu was appointed Deputy Director, and a year later the director of the Center.[5] At various times, Shoygu participated in the provision of psychological assistance to the victims of the terrorist attacks, hostage-taking, after man-made disasters in Moscow, 1995 Neftegorsk earthquake, S7 Airlines Flight 778, Kursk submarine disaster and other emergency situations in Russia and abroad.[6] She gained her PhD as the author of scientific works on the psychology of extreme situations.[7]
Family[]
Yulia Shoygu is married to the Deputy Prosecutor General of Russia Alexey Zakharov,[8] and has two children, a daughter named Daria, and a son named Kirill.
Awards[]
She has been awarded with various state and departmental awards:[9][10]
- Medal of the Order For Merit to the Fatherland 1st class
- Medal of the Order For Merit to the Fatherland 2nd class
References[]
- ^ Yulia Shoygu / Official website of the professional corporation Russian psychologists
- ^ Personal life governor: the children and grandchildren of Sergey Shoygu / «City Stars»
- ^ Biography Yulia Shoygu / «Russia today»
- ^ "Senior relatives. envoys - What do the wives and children of Russian officials do".
- ^ Center of Emergency Psychological Aid EMERCOM of Russia / The site of the Russian Emergencies Ministry
- ^ «We wish each other unemployment» / on the work of the Center of Emergency Psychological Aid EMERCOM of Russia, «Russian newspaper»
- ^ The center of the Russian Emergencies Ministry Director Yulia Shoygu visited the Polytechnic University / The site of Saint Petersburg State Polytechnic University
- ^ Shoygu and her husband / «Husbands and Wives stars»
- ^ Биография Сергея Шойгу
- ^ Рейтинг персональных страниц | VIPERSON
- Living people
- 1977 births
- People from Krasnoyarsk
- Recipients of the Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" I class
- Recipients of the Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" II class
- Moscow State University alumni
- 21st-century Russian women politicians
- 21st-century Russian politicians