Yury Yarov

Yury Fyodorovich Yarov (Russian: Юрий Фёдорович Яров; born April 2, 1942) is a Russian politician who was a deputy prime minister from 1992 until 1996.^[1] Previously he was the 4th Executive Secretary of the Commonwealth of Independent States from 6 November 1999 to 14 July 2004.^[2] He has the federal state civilian service rank of 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation.^[3]

Yury Yarov
Юрий Яров
Yarov in 2011
CIS Executive Secretary
In office 2 April 1999 – 14 July 2004
Preceded by	Ivan Korotchenya (acting)
Succeeded by	Vladimir Rushailo
Presidential Plenipotentiary Representative in the Federation Council
In office 7 December 1998 – 13 April 1999
President	Boris Yeltsin
Preceded by	Anatoly Sliva
Succeeded by	Vyacheslav Khizhnyakov
Deputy Prime Minister of Russia
In office 23 December 1992 – 24 June 1996
Preceded by	Valery Makharadze
Succeeded by	Viktor Ilyushin
Personal details
Born	Yury Fyodorovich Yarov (1942-04-02) 2 April 1942 (age 82) Mariinsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union

Yarov also played an important role in the leadership of Yeltsin's reelection campaign.

Honours and awards

• Order of Merit for the Fatherland 4th class
• Order of Honour
• Order of Friendship
• Order of the Red Banner of Labour
• Order of the Badge of Honour
• Medal Defender of a Free Russia
• Jubilee Medal "300 Years of the Russian Navy"
• Medal "In Commemoration of the 300th Anniversary of Saint Petersburg"
• Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary since the Birth of Vladimir Il'ich Lenin"
• Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise (Ukraine)^[4]