Yulia Shoygu

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]

Yulia Shoygu
Юлия Шойгу
Director of the Center of Emergency Psychological Aid of the EMERCOM
Assumed office
2002–present
PresidentVladimir Putin
Preceded byOffice created
Personal details
Born
Yulia Sergeevna Shoygu

4 May 1977 (aged 43)
Krasnoyarsk, Soviet Union
(now Russia)
Spouse(s)Alexey Zakharov
ChildrenDaria
Kirill
Alma materMoscow State University
Awards (with swords)

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]

References
  1. Yulia Shoygu / Official website of the professional corporation Russian psychologists
  2. Personal life governor: the children and grandchildren of Sergey Shoygu / «City Stars»
  3. Biography Yulia Shoygu / «Russia today»
  4. "Senior relatives. envoys - What do the wives and children of Russian officials do".
  5. Center of Emergency Psychological Aid EMERCOM of Russia / The site of the Russian Emergencies Ministry
  6. «We wish each other unemployment» / on the work of the Center of Emergency Psychological Aid EMERCOM of Russia, «Russian newspaper»
  7. The center of the Russian Emergencies Ministry Director Yulia Shoygu visited the Polytechnic University / The site of Saint Petersburg State Polytechnic University
  8. Shoygu and her husband / «Husbands and Wives stars»
  9. Биография Сергея Шойгу
  10. Рейтинг персональных страниц | VIPERSON
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