The well-known Russian economist Igor Yurgens, president of the All-Russian Union of Insurers, an expert, scientist, publicist and just an interesting person, does not talk much about himself. Therefore, in the eyes of the general public, he is a closed and obscure figure. Meanwhile, the life path of Igor Yuryevich is very interesting.
Family and childhood
Yurgens Igor Yurievich was born on November 6, 1952 in Moscow, in a family with a rich history. Igor's grandfather once worked in the famous firm of Alfred Nobel. Historically, the Jurgens descended from the B altic Germans. But Igor's father, Yuri Teodorovich, lived most of his life in Azerbaijan, in Baku. There he graduated from Baku University. During the war, Yurgens fought in the Northern Fleet, served on a submarine. After the Second World War, he returned to Baku, where he worked as a journalist, and then began to advance along the trade union line and for many years was the secretary of the Central Committee of Azerbaijan oil trade unions. The pinnacle of his career was the position of secretary of the all-Union Central Committee of oil trade unions. At one time the elder Jurgens was alsoeditor-in-chief of the Trud newspapers. Igor's mother, Lyudmila Yakovlevna, worked as a music teacher for many years. Igor's childhood was quite prosperous and happy, there was prosperity in the family, the mother devoted a lot of time to the boy, and he did not cause any problems to his parents.
Education
Igor studied very well at school. And after graduating from high school, in 1969, Igor Yurgens entered the Moscow State University. M. V. Lomonosov, to the Faculty of Economics, which he successfully graduated in 1974. Teachers remember Yurgens as an active and motivated student. Igor Yuryevich has not lost contact with his alma mater, and today he is the chairman of the club of graduates of the Faculty of Economics of Moscow State University.
Career start
After university, Igor Yurgens follows in the footsteps of his father and gets a job in the international department of the All-Russian Central Committee of Trade Unions. For 6 years, he worked as a secretary and performed various assignments, for example, he organized a tour of the Volzhanka choreographic ensemble in the USA. For yesterday's graduate of the university, it was at that time a very good job. Detractors say that Igor owed such a place solely to his father's connections. Even during his university years, Jurgens leaned heavily on learning foreign languages, he speaks English and French well, and this allowed him to get a promotion.
UNESCO
In 1980, Igor Yurgens was appointed to the position of an employee of the UNESCO International Relations Office in Paris. He was recommended for this job by the All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions. For five years, Yurgens worked at UNESCO, establishing external relations with the Soviet Union. There is no exact information about the name of his position in this organization. It is known that he worked in the UN Department of External Relations in the field of science, culture and education.
Trade union activity
In 1985, Yurgens Igor Yuryevich, whose biography has been associated with trade unions for many years, returns to the Soviet Union. He continues to work at the All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions, now as a consultant to international management. And two years later he becomes the deputy head of this department. And in 1990 he headed it. While working in trade unions, Yurgens traveled a lot around the USSR, often traveled abroad, including working as a consultant to the trade union movement in Afghanistan.
In 1990, the All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions ceased to exist, and instead of it the All-Union Confederation of Trade Unions of the Soviet Union was created, and Yurgens was elected its secretary. In 1992, after the collapse of the USSR, the General Confederation of Trade Unions was created, Igor Yuryevich became the deputy chairman of this organization. In fact, it was the union-successor of the All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions. Yurgens worked there until 1997.
Insurance business
In 1996, Igor Yurievich first beganwork in the insurance industry. He was elected chairman of the board of directors of the international trade union insurance company Mesco. The company specialized in voluntary insurance of residential premises under the preferential program of the Moscow government. In April 1998, a new major trade union appears, headed by Igor Yurgens. The All-Russian Union of Insurers is an organization designed to defend the interests of entrepreneurs in the insurance business at various levels of government. Yurgens's candidacy for the post of chairman was put forward on the grounds that by that time he had established great connections in power and in the economic sphere. Igor Yuryevich worked in this position until 2002. In 2001, he was elected a member of the board of directors of the ROSNO insurance company, which was contrary to the rules established in the VSS, and in 2002 Yurgens left the Union of Insurers.
In 2013, he is re-elected to the post of Chairman of the Supreme Court. And since 2015, he is also the President of the RSA. Igor Yurgens today successfully combines work both in the Union of Insurers and in the Russian Union of Motor Insurers. These organizations are engaged in protecting the rights of representatives of the insurance business, in fact, being trade unions of a new format. Jurgens continues to do what he is familiar with. But along the way, he also gained other experiences.
Union of Industrialists
In 2000, Yurgens is a member of the board of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs. A year later, he was elected vice president and secretary of this union. This organizationpursued the goals of improving the business climate in the country, promoting the modernization and development of the economy, creating a positive image of the Russian businessman inside the country and abroad. Yurgens worked in this position until 2005.
In 2006, he returned to the RSPP at the invitation of A. Shokhin, who headed the union. At first he worked there without publicizing his participation, and then he entered the bureau of the board of the RSPP.
Renaissance Capital
In 2005, quite unexpectedly, Igor Yurgens, whose photo could be seen in the reports from any major event in the field of insurance, goes to work in an investment company. Everyone who asked Yurgens why he went to work at Renaissance Capital received an answer that investments are the main area in the economy that interests him. In the company, he joined the so-called four lobbyists, that is, a group that defended the interests of the financial group at various levels of government. Igor Yurievich was engaged in interaction with government and state organizations. Yurgens came to Renaissance Capital at the invitation of A. Shokhin, with whom he worked closely within the framework of the Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs. Until 2005, Igor Yuryevich was engaged in establishing interaction between the investment group and the government. So far, I have not received an offer to work for the government itself. In 2010, Yurgens left Renaissance Capital.
Institute for Contemporary Development
Back in 2006, Yurgens became the president of the non-profit foundation "Center for the Development of the Information Society", whichwas engaged in the development of optimal scenarios for the economic development of the country. In 2008, this fund was transformed into INSOR (Institute of Contemporary Development), the board of trustees of which was soon headed by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. Jürgens became chairman of the board. The purpose of the organization was expert work to discuss and substantiate the government's national projects. Under the leadership of Yurgens, an excellent team of professional specialists in various fields, primarily economists, has gathered. INSOR developed and discussed various options for reforming the pension, legislative and political systems, but the public did not see any explicit projects from this organization, except for the Strategy-2012 project. And today Igor Yuryevich continues to work at the Institute under the government of Dmitry Medvedev.
Public activities and outlook
Igor Yurgens is an extremely active person. In addition to his professional activities, he manages to do a lot of various socially significant projects. At the same time, he always adhered to the right positions. In 1994, he became co-chairman of the Russian Social Democratic Union. In 1995, he ran for the State Duma from the Union of Labor bloc, but lost the election. In 1997, he again goes to the polls - to the Moscow Duma from the Fund for the Development of Parliamentarism - and again loses. In 1998, he joined the Moscow Club of Creditors. In 1999, his name was mentioned as an adviser to the candidate for deputies of the State Duma Yevgeny Primakov. In 2002 Jürgens became chairman of the committeeChamber of Commerce and Industry for Financial Markets. Later he left this post, but remained a member of the TTP. In 2008, Igor Yuryevich became co-chairman of the Just Cause party.
Yurgens has repeatedly criticized the economic course of Russian President Vladimir Putin. In 2011, he was seen among the participants of the rally against the falsification of the election results in the State Duma. Igor Yuryevich often speaks at various conferences and forums, he is a member of the boards of directors of many large companies and organizations in Russia, including Nestle, British Petroleum, Hewlett Packard and others.
Scientific and journalistic activities
Igor Yurgens writes and publishes a lot of scientific and journalistic texts. In 2001, he defended his dissertation and became a candidate of economic sciences. He has been the author of Rossiyskaya Gazeta for many years, publishes a lot in online publications, acts as an expert in various programs. Under his editorship, the textbook "Risk Management" was published. His books “Immediate Tasks of the Russian Power”, “Draft of the Future”, “Russia in the 21st Century: Image of the Desired Tomorrow” received a great response.
Teaching activities
Since 2007, Igor Yurgens, whose biography is closely connected with economics, begins to work at the Higher School of Economics. He conducts a permanent seminar "GR in modern Russia", is a professor at the Department of Theory and Practice of Interaction between Business and Government. Yurgens is a member of the editorial board of two scientific journals, supervises the writing of theses.
Awards
For his active social workYurgens Igor Yuryevich received several high awards, including the Order of Honor, Sergius of Radnezhsky, the French Order of Merit, the Order of St. Charles (Monaco), several departmental medals and diplomas.
Private life
Igor Yuryevich works extremely hard, so he has very little time for private life. In addition, he carefully guards his privacy. It is known that he is married. Igor Yurgens, whose wife rarely appears at social events or is mentioned in the press, does not talk about his family. It is known that his wife, Irina Yuryevna, heads the non-profit organization Agency for Mutual Legal Assistance for Social Development, but there is no information about her activities. The Yurgens have a daughter, Ekaterina, who works in the field of public relations and holds a high management position in the international company Blue Sky. Igor Yurgens says that his main passion is work, and he is also known to do 5-kilometer runs every day in the morning.
