Sergei Shoigu is a prominent statesman. He currently holds the post of Minister of Defense of Russia. From 1991 to 2012, Shoigu served as the head of the Russian Emergencies Ministry, this is an absolute record of being in this status. Despite his active political activities, the minister does not like to advertise his personal life. Although it is known that he has a wife and two daughters.
Personal life of Sergei Shoigu
Shoigu met his future wife during his student years. Irina and Sergey studied together at the Krasnoyarsk Polytechnic University. Their romance lasted for several years, and already in the fifth year, the couple decided to legalize their relationship.
Irina Shoigu took place as a wonderful, active, successful business woman. She is currently the President of Expo-EM, a business tourism company. Business does not take all of Irina's time, she teaches at the Russian University of Economics, while she is also the dean of the faculty for the sports industry.
Social activities, business, teaching did not prevent Irina Shoigu from creating a wonderful family and giving birth to two wonderful daughters from Sergei Shoigu: Yulia and Ksenia. Not very often, but sometimes in glossy magazines there are photos of this wonderful and exemplary family.
Yulia Shoigu
The eldest daughter of Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu was born on May 4, 1977 in Krasnoyarsk. All her childhood was spent on the move, because Shoigu was constantly appointed to new positions and sent to various parts of the vast country. Julia finished school in Moscow, where the whole family moved.
Despite the constant change of schools, the girl felt a craving for knowledge, she graduated from a secondary educational institution and was able to enter the Faculty of Psychology at Moscow State University. Julia followed in the footsteps of her father's aunts, who were excellent psychiatrists.
In 1999, Yulia Shoigu begins her work at the Emergency Psychological Aid Center of the Russian Emergencies Ministry. On the staff of the organization, she is listed as an ordinary psychologist. Since the girl took the main traits of her character from her father, already in 2001 she became deputy director, and a year later, she was already heading the Help Center.
In 2003, the girl perfectly defended her Ph. D. thesis on a topic that reveals the problems that arise when recruiting cadets into the ranks of the Ministry of Emergencies.
Julia wrote several scientific works on psychology, while she did not rely on someone else's experience. After all, the girl already had vast experience of working with cadets-rescuers.
Yulia Shoigu has a strong character, strong-willed grip, intuition and a whole store of knowledge, which she successfully uses in her work. In addition, Julia is a co-author of the textbook "The Psychology of Extreme Situations". The book reveals aspects of the behavioral response of people in an emergency. This tutorial is intended for firefighters, rescuers, psychologists. Thanks to the book, employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations can predict how ordinary people will behave in times of danger, this makes it possible to avoid many risks when rescuing victims.
With such a dizzying career, Julia manages to raise two children: Daria and Cyril, and is also a wonderful wife. Her husband, Aleksey Zakharov, is now the Deputy Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation. He is 6 years older than Yulia, a lawyer by training.
The couple very carefully guards their personal life, so it is almost impossible to see personal photos of their family.
For her services, Yulia Sergeevna Shoigu received several prizes and awards: the medal "For Services to the Fatherland", "For the Commonwealth in the Name of Salvation", "For Distinction in Service" and many others.
Ksenia Shoigu
The youngest daughter of Sergei and Irina Shoigu was born in 1991. Ksenia Sergeevna Shoigu graduated from the Faculty of Economics of MGIMO with a degree in international economic relations. Now she teaches classes for masters in economics where she used to receive knowledge herself.
Ksenia is an incredibly smart girl, she not only speaks English and Chinese, but is also the founder of fairly large sporting events of the all-Russian format: "ZaBeg" and "Race of Heroes". These events are aimed at popularizing sports among the residents of Russia; every year they gather a huge number of fans and lovers of a healthy lifestyle.
With the support of the Russian Ministry of Defense, Ksenia Shoigu organized the Race of Heroes military show. This is a kind of obstacle course that must be passed to the end. The project is designed for people with excellent physical fitness.
Little is known about Xenia's personal life, because she carefully hides it from prying eyes. She does not give interviews, does not tell reporters about her friends, men and so on.
But in 2009, she still had to experience special heightened attention from the press, television and viewers. It was at this time that it was revealed that a house worth $ 9 million was purchased in the name of Ksenia Shoigu on Barvikha. In the income declaration of Sergei Shoigu, this property was listed as a gift to his youngest daughter.
Soon after the scandal, the house was transferred to the name of one of Ksenia Sergeevna's aunts, and soon the tabloids stopped announcing this scandal.
In addition to organizing sports events, Ksenia Shoigu tried herself as an actress. She starred with Nikita Mikhalkov in the film "Burnt by the Sun - 2". This was Xenia's only film role.
Sergei and Irina Shoigu are incredibly proud of their daughters. After all, they are not only beautiful, but also business, successful, intelligent women who manage to combine an excellent career and family.
