Vyacheslav Shtyrov

Former President of the Sakha Republic (born 1953)

Вячеслав Штыров

Shtyrov in 2007

Russian Federation Senator
from the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)In office
23 June 2010 – 28 September 2018Preceded byMikhail NikolayevSucceeded byYegor Borisov2nd President of the Republic of SakhaIn office
27 January 2002 – 31 May 2010Vice PresidentAlexander Akimov (2002–07)
Yevgeniya Mikhaylova (2007–10)Preceded byMikhail NikolayevSucceeded byYegor BorisovVice President of the Republic of SakhaIn office
20 December 1991 – 1997Preceded byOffice createdSucceeded bySpartak Borisov Personal detailsBorn (1953-05-23) 23 May 1953 (age 71)
Khandyga, Tomponsky ulus, Yakut ASSRNationalityRussianPolitical partyUnited Russia (2007–Present)SpouseLidiya Ivanovna ShtyrovaChildren2

Vyacheslav Anatolyevich Shtyrov (Russian: Вячеслав Анатольевич Штыров; born 23 May 1953) is a Russian businessman who ran the diamond mining giant Almazy Rossii – Sakha (Alrosa) from 1996 to 2002. In 2004 it was reported that he owns 0.14% of Alrosa.^[1]

Born on 23 May 1953 in Khandyga village, Tomponsky District, Yakut Autonomous Republic. Ethnically Russian. His father was counter admiral Anatoly Tikhonovich Shtyrov (1929–2014), First Deputy Chief of Intelligence of the Pacific Fleet, Deputy Chief of the Naval Directorate of the South-West Command. In 1975 Vyacheslav graduated from the Far Eastern State Technical University. After graduating, he was sent to work in the Construction Department "Gokstroy" of VilyuyGESstroy of the USSR Ministry of Energy. He spent 11 years at Gokstroy, moving to the post of deputy director.

From 1986 to 1988, he was Deputy Head of the Construction Department of the Yakutia Regional Committee of the CPSU. In 1991, he was appointed Minister of Construction and Investments of Yakutia.

From 1991 to 1997, Shtyrov served as Vice President of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) under Mikhail Nikolayev. From 1992 to December 1994, he combined the posts of Vice President and Chairman of the Government of Sakha. In 1995, he became the director of Diamonds of Russia — Sakha JSC, which was renamed into Alrosa a year later. In 2002, Shtyrov was elected second president of Sakha and left Alrosa.

He took office on 27 January 2002 after being elected in an election which took two rounds. He received 52.25% of the vote in the runoff. He left office on 31 May 2010 for personal reasons. Later he became a Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council at the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation.^[2]