Yury Em

Yury Pavlovich Em (Russian: Юрий Павлович Эм; born 12 September 1953) is a Russian politician and retired army officer. He held the rank of major general and sat as a member of the State Duma between 2011 and 2012, and between 2014 and 2016 during its sixth convocation. Em had served as Deputy Chairman of the Government of Stavropol Krai and as Head of the Office of the Government of Stavropol Krai between 2012 and 2013, during his absence from the Duma. He also had been the Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Chechen Republic from 2000 to 2002. An army veteran, Em served in various wars, such as the Soviet-Afghan war, the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, the South Osseita war, the War in Abkhazia, the War in Dagestan, and the Chechen Wars. He was awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation in 2000. Yury Em was born on 12 September 1953 in Kurgan, now in Cherdynsky District, Perm Krai, to a family of exiled settlers. He is of Korean descent. His father, Dyun Wo Em, was a military pilot, and a recipient of the Order of the Red Banner, and his mother was of Volga German descent. He graduated from high school in 1971.