Yuri Berg is a well-known domestic politician and public figure. He currently holds the post of governor of the Orenburg region. He has been in this position since 2010.
Biography Politician
Yuri Berg was born in the small village of Nyrob in the Perm Region. He was born in 1953. His parents were civil servants.
When the hero of our article was 8 years old, the family moved to the Orenburg region. Berg settled in Orsk - this is the second largest city in the region in terms of industrial importance and size, in which non-ferrous metallurgy, mechanical engineering, oil refining, food processing, energy and exploration are developing.
Berg's education
Berg Yuri Alexandrovich graduated from high school in Orsk in 1969. After 9 classes, he went to a naval school in Astrakhan. The profession of a long-distance sailor always attracted him with high incomes in the long run and special romance. He received a diploma in maritime navigation.
However, after college, he decided to continue to study. In 1982 he graduated from the State Pedagogical University in Orenburg. Already in 2000, he won the second diploma of higher education at Orenburg State University. This time by specialty economist-manager.
Labor activity
Yuri Berg began his career in the trust "Orenburgspetsstroy" as a simple laborer. He entered this enterprise in 1974, when he was 21 years old.
After graduating from a pedagogical university, the hero of our article worked for nine years as a teacher in one of the schools in Orsk, and in 1985 became the director of secondary school No. 15. Yuri Berg worked in this post until the early 90's.
After the collapse of the USSR, Berg goes into business. In 1997, he was already heading the Orsk-ASKO Closed Joint-Stock Company. In the late 90s, he became the general director of the Orsk-Service LTD limited liability partnership, and a little later, the head of the Novotroitsky Cement Plant limited liability company. Since 2005, he has been working as Deputy General Director for Regional Development at OrskInterSvyaz Open Joint-Stock Company.
Political career
Yuri Berg, whose biography today is associated with politics, went to the authorities when he was still the principal of the school in Orsk. In 1990, he was invited to the post of deputy head of the city administration. In this position, he oversaw a block of social issues.
In the mid-90s he was included in the reserve of federal executive bodies. In 1997, he took the post of Deputy Director of the Orenburg Oblast Tax Police Assistance Fund.
In 2005, he won the election of the head of Orsk, and in 2010 he was appointed governor of the Orenburg region by presidential decree.
Second term
In 2014, Governor Yuri Berg decided to go for a second term. To do this, he went through the standard procedure. In May, he resigned early, which was accepted by Russian President Vladimir Putin. This was done so that the candidate could officially participate in the elections.
In addition to Berg, four more candidates took part in them. Moreover, not a single representative of parliamentary parties was among them. The competition was composed of Galina Shirokova from the party of pensioners of Russia, Abdrakhman Sagritdinov from the party of veterans of Russia, Tatyana Titova from the Civil Platform and Alexander Mitin from the party HONESTLY (Person. Justice. Responsibility).
It is not surprising that, with such rivals, Yury Berg confidently became the second time governor of the Orenburg region.
At the same time, a rather high turnout was noted in the region, about 44%. According to the results of the election for Berg, more than 80% of voters cast their votes (this is more than half a million residents of the Orenburg region). The second was Alexander Mitin, who received more than 7%, in third place Tatyana Titova with a result of 4.5%. About 3.5% of voters voted for Abdrakhman Sagritdinov, and about 2.5% for Galina Shirokova.
On September 26, 2014, Berg officially took office.
Revenue Details
Like all Russian officials, Governor Berg Yuri Alexandrovich annually declares his income. At the end of 2016, the head of the Orenburg region earned almost four million rubles. In individual and common shared ownership, he has two land plots, as well as a residential building with an area of 138 square meters.
The wife of the head of the region for the year earned only about 220 thousand rubles. In her individual ownership of two land plots, one of which has an area of more than two thousand square meters. As well as a residential building with an area of almost 550 square meters. In the shared ownership of the wife of the governor with her husband, an apartment of about 90 square meters.
