Kuzhuget Shoigu
Kuzhuget Shoigu | |
|---|---|
Күжүгет Шойгу | |
| Born | Shoygu Seree oglu Küzhüget 24 September 1921 Kara-Khol, Tuvan People's Republic (now Republic of Tuva, Russia) |
| Died | 1 December 2010 (aged 89) Moscow, Russia |
| Political party | Communist Party of the Soviet Union |
| Spouse |
Aleksandra Kudryavtseva
(m. 1952) |
| Children | 4, including Larisa and Sergei |
| Relatives | Kalin-ool Sergeyevich Kuzhuget (brother) |
| Honours | Order of the Republic of Tuva Medal "For Valorous Labour" |
Kuzhuget Sereyevich Shoigu (born Shoigu Sereyevich Kuzhuget; 24 September 1921 – 1 December 2010), was a Soviet Tuvan politician, journalist, and writer who served as a secretary of the Tuvan Regional Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, first Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Tuvan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, and a deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Tuvan ASSR. He was also the father of Sergei Shoigu and Larisa Shoigu.