Georgy Boos | |
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Georgy Boos in 2009
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4th Governor of Kaliningrad Oblast | |
In office 12 November 2005 – 27 September 2010 |
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Preceded by | Vladimir Yegorov |
Succeeded by | Nikolay Tsukanov |
Personal details | |
Born | 22 January 1963 Moscow, Russian SFSR |
Political party | United Russia |
Alma mater | Moscow Power Engineering Institute |
Profession | Businessman, politician |
Georgy Valentinovich Boos (Russian: Георгий Валентинович Боос, born 22 January 1963) is a Russian businessman and politician, and was the governor of Kaliningrad Oblast.
Boos was born in Moscow into a Crimean German family on 22 January 1963. His parents were both engineers.
He graduated from the Moscow Power Engineering Institute in 1986 with an engineering degree.
In 1995 he received a Technical Sciences PhD (thesis - "Improving the efficiency of outdoor lighting installations of cities streets and squares" NIISF RAASN).
Boss performed his military service in the Soviet Air Force between 1986 and 1988 based at Spassk-Dalny.
In 1988 he was hired with the All-Union Technological and Lighting Scientific Research Institute, (VNISI), Moscow. where he remained for three years, holding the positions of Engineer, Senior Engineer and Junior Researcher. During the same time period, he was also a mathematics teacher at School № 247 in Moscow.
1991-1995 - director of the Moscow Scientific Production lighting Enterprise " Svetoservis ", which was founded by him and his father. In 1993 the company became a joint stock company, and Boos became its CEO. Since 1994, the firm is engaged in art-architectural lighting municipal facilities of Moscow as the main contractor. For his work on many enterprise professional exhibitions was medalist and winner of awards. The company " Svetoservis " patented a number of lighting solutions, in the development of which involved GV Boos. Among them - the industrial design " Lamp " (1995), well known as " vandal-proof " : designed for use in doorways .
From 1995 to 1998 and again from 1999 to 2005, he was a deputy of the State Duma, a vice-speaker (29 December 2003—21 September 2005). Boos is known as a close ally to Moscow mayor Yuri Luzhkov. He was a member of centrist Fatherland party led by Luzhkov, since it merged with Unity party he became a member of United Russia.
From 29 September until 23 December 1998, by resolution of Russian Federation Government, was appointed as the Chairman of the State Tax Service of the Russian Federation (from 23 December until 25 May 1999, by the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation become a Minister of the Russian Federation for Taxes and Levies). In May 1999, dismissed with the Primakov cabinet.