Yury Trutnev | |
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Юрий Трутнев | |
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| Deputy Prime Minister of Russia and Presidential Envoy to the Far Eastern Federal District | |
| In office 31 August 2013 – 15 January 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Viktor Ishayev |
| Succeeded by | vacant |
| Assistant to the President of Russia | |
| In office 22 May 2012 – 31 August 2013 | |
| 2nd Minister of Natural Resources and Ecology of Russia | |
| In office 9 March 2004 – 21 May 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Vitaly Artyukhov |
| Succeeded by | Sergey Donskoy |
| 3rd Governor of Perm Oblast | |
| In office 17 December 2000 – 11 March 2004 | |
| Preceded by | Gennady Igumnov |
| Succeeded by | Oleg Chirkunov |
| 1st Mayor of Perm | |
| In office 9 December 1996 – 17 December 2000 | |
| Preceded by | Vladimir Fil |
| Succeeded by | Arkady Kamenev |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 March 1956 Perm, Perm Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Political party | United Russia |
Yury Petrovich Trutnev (Russian: Ю́рий Петро́вич Тру́тнев; born 1 March 1956) is a Russian politician who served as a Deputy Prime Minister of Russia and Presidential Envoy to the Far Eastern Federal District from 2013–2020.
From 2004 to 2012, he served as Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment of Russia.
Political career
Local government
He was elected mayor of Perm in 1996 (achieving 61.42% support in the first round) and governor of the Perm region in 2000 (51.48%).
Federal government
During his governor term, Trutnev maintained a neutral stance towards the Kremlin administration.
In 2008 and 2009, Trutnev was officially named Russia's best earning government member. In April 2010, he reported an overall income of 155 million rubles ($5.34 million) for the past fiscal year, according to figures published by the government.[1] President Dmitry Medvedev in 2008 obliged all government officials to publish their incomes and assets, in his drive to fight rampant corruption. However, the figures do not explain how money was earned.[2]
On 15 January 2020, he resigned as part of the cabinet, after President Vladimir Putin delivered the Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly, in which he proposed several amendments to the constitution.[3]
Defending baby seals
Russia made headlines worldwide when, on 18 March 2010, it announced that it would ban the killing of seals less than a year old,[4] effectively ending one of the biggest kills of harp seals in the world. Yury Trutnev called the seal slaughter "bloody", and remarked that the killing of defenceless animals can't be deemed a "hunt".[5]
References
- ^ (in Russian) Income declarations of Russian government officials for 2009 Archived 15 April 2010 at the Wayback Machine. Published 12 April 2010
- ^ "Article in the Moscow Times". Retrieved November 19, 2017.
- ^ Carroll, Oliver (January 15, 2020). "Russian PM resigns in shock move as Putin announces dramatic constitutional shake-up". The Independent. Retrieved January 17, 2020.
- ^ Press, Associated (March 19, 2009). "Russia bans hunting of baby harp seals". Retrieved November 19, 2017 – via www.theguardian.com.
- ^ "International Fund for Animal Welfare Press Release". Retrieved November 19, 2017.
External links
- (in Russian) Official site