Yegor Stroyev

Yegor Stroyev
Yegor Stroyev in 2000
2nd Chairman of the Federation Council
In office 23 January 1996 – 5 December 2001
President	Boris Yeltsin Vladimir Putin
Preceded by	Vladimir Shumeyko
Succeeded by	Sergey Mironov
Governor of Oryol Oblast
In office 11 May 1993 – 16 February 2009
Preceded by	Nikolay Yudin
Succeeded by	Alexander Kozlov
Personal details
Born	(1937-02-25) February 25, 1937 (age 80) Dudkino, Oryol Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Nationality	Russian

Yegor Semyonovich Stroyev (Russian: Его́р Семёнович Стро́ев; born February 25, 1937, Khotynetsky District) is a governor of Oryol Oblast from 1993 to 2009. He used to be the speaker of the Federation Council of Russia (1996–2001). He had a major post in the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Stroyev was reelected as governor with a very large majority. He was removed from his position on February 16, 2009 by Dmitry Medvedev due to economic concerns.