Yury Nozhikov

Yury Nozhikov
Юрий Ножиков
1st Governor of Irkutsk Oblast
In office
19 September 1991  25 April 1997
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byBoris Govorin
Member of the Federation Council from Irkutsk Oblast
In office
11 January 1994  25 April 1997
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byBoris Govorin
12th Chairman of Irkutsk Oblast Executive Committee
In office
14 July 1988  19 September 1991
Preceded byAlexey Kovalchuk
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Personal details
Born
Yury Leonidovich Chen

(1934-02-17)17 February 1934
Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died15 June 2010(2010-06-15) (aged 76)
Irkutsk, Russia
Alma materIvanovo State Power Engineering University
Awards

Yury Abramovich Nozhikov (Russian: Юрий Абрамович Ножиков, 17 February 1934 – 15 June 2010) was a Soviet and Russian politician who was the first governor of Irkutsk Oblast (East Siberia) in 1991–1997.