On Thursday, May 21,
Sergei Shoigu celebrates his 65th birthday.
MOSCOW, May 21.
/TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on awarding Defense
Minister Sergei Shoigu the 1st Class Order of Merits to the Fatherland with
swords, the Kremlin’s press office reported on Thursday.
"President of
the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin congratulated Defense Minister of Russia
Sergei Shoigu on his 65th birthday and signed a decree on awarding the defense
chief the ‘For Merits to the Fatherland 1st Class’ Order with swords," the
press office said in a statement.
Sergei Shoigu was
born on May 21, 1955 in the town of Chadan in the Tuva ASSR (currently, the
Republic of Tyva). In 1977, he graduated from the Krasnoyarsk Polytechnic
Institute as construction engineer.
In 1991-1994, he
headed Russia’s State Committee for Civil Defense, Emergencies and Clean-Up of
Natural Disasters.
In 1994-2012, Shoigu
served as Russia’s emergencies minister. Between May 11 and November 6, 2012,
he held the post of the Moscow Region governor. On November 6, 2012, Shoigu was
appointed as Russia’s defense minister.
Shoigu is army
general, Hero of Russia, with a PhD in Economy.
Source: ITAR-TASS
21-05-2020
