Yury Gavrillovich Lyashko, was a Russian statesman, who had served as the 5th governor of the Amur Oblast from 1996 to 1997. He also served as the 1st mayor of Blagoveshchensk from 1991 to 1996.
Biography
Yury Lyashko was born in Vladivostok on 22 April 1943 to a military family. On 3 June 1996, Lyashko became the 5th governor of Amur Oblast. By that position, he was a member of the Federation Council and was a member of the Federation Council Committee on Agrarian Policy. ==References==