Mikhail Yurevich was born on February 13, 1969, in Chelyabinsk. He studied at the secondary school No. 138 of Chelyabinsk's Central district. In 1992 he graduated from Chelyabinsk State Technical University, Faculty of Civil Engineering with a degree in “civil engineer”. Even as a student, he established the company "Temp". In 1993,he became the Director of the “Hlebokombinat № 1”, carried out the reconstruction and modernization of production facilities, and organized the retail network. He created the business association “Agropromyshlennoy eob"yedineniye "Makfa". In 1997,Yurevich was declared the “Person of the Year” as the best organizer of industrial production in Chelyabinsk.
On December 19, 1999, Yurevichwas elected to the Russian State Duma of the Third Convocation. From January 26, 2000, he held the post of deputy chairman of the Committee on Energy, Transport and Communications. He was also the Member of the deputy group "People's Deputy". On December 7, 2003,he was elected to the Russian State Duma of the Fourth Convocation. That time he was the Member of the Committee on Civil, Criminal, Arbitration and Procedural Legislation. During the period from 1999 till 2005 he prepared and carried out a number of significant social and charitable programs within his electoral area in the territory of Chelyabinsk. In particular, one of the most well known social project turned out to be "Makfyata' - summer leisure and employment schools for schoolchildren .
Chelyabinsk City Mayor (2005 – 2010)
Yurevich won the mayoral elections in Chelyabinsk on March 20, 2005, and became the City Mayor of Chelyabinsk. On March 1, 2009, he won again the election of Chelyabinsk City Mayor with the result of 57,53% popular votes .
Chelyabinsk region Governor (2010 – 2014)
On March 15, 2010, Yurevich was introduced to the region Legislative Assembly as a candidate for the post of Chelyabinsk region Governor . As a Governor he began his activity with a statement about the necessity to attract the investments to the region, announced that any impediment to business, including ones created by officials or law enforcement agencies, are considered as inadmissible . In 2010, Chelyabinsk region was assigned a long-term credit rating "BB +" on the international scale and "ruAA+" according to the national scale rating, forecast status is "Stable" . In 2011, the credit rating was affirmed . Yurevich outlined the development of the airport in Chelyabinsk and the expansion of the international flights schedule as one of the priority task. In October 2011, direct scheduled flights to Vienna, Dubai and Harbin were added . In 2012, a new departure hall of international airlines was openedat the airport of Chelyabinsk . On January 15, 2014 Putin signed the Decree "On early termination of the powers of the Chelyabinsk region Governor" accepting the voluntary resignation of Yurevich. Throughout his career as mayor of Chelyabinsk and governor of Chelyabinsk's region, Mikhail Yurevich had consistently high approval ratings among voters. According to the “Znak.com” online media, the Yurevich's rating in the Chelyabinsk region was 68.2%in January 2013 .
Further career
Mikhail Yurevich participated in the primaries of the “United Russia” political party in the run-up to the State Duma elections in 2016. On May 19, 2016, he announced the withdraw of his candidacy due to the "clash with a strong administrative resource". In 2016, he was nominated for the State Duma of the Seventh Convocation elections as a self-nominated candidate. He wasn't admitted to the participation in the electoral campaign by the Central Electoral Commission of the Russian Federation. In 2017, Yurevich won the case of his exclusion from elections in the Constitutional Court, the decision of the CEC was deemed illegal. According to the court decision, he had the right to demand financial compensation for the damage caused to him . In March 2017, the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation initiated a criminal case on bribery in relation to Mikhail Yurevich. A number of experts and mass media believe that the case is a politically motivated frame-up. Mikhail Yurevich denies his guilt.
Honours
In 2002, by the Decree of the President of Russia, Mikhail Yurevich was awarded a second-class Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Motherland" for his great contribution to the strengthening of law, active lawmaking and conscientious work. Laureate of the "Person of the Year-2006" award in the nomination "The head of the municipality - the Mayor". Laureate of the "Person of the Year-2007" award in the nomination "Head of the Million-Plus City". In 2008, he was recognized as a laureate of the National Public Award of the Transport Industry of Russia "Golden Chariot" in the nomination "For Contribution to the Development of the Transport Industry of the Russian Federation". In 2009, for his great contribution to the development of social partnership, fruitful cooperation with trade union organizations Yurevich was awarded the Breastplate of the Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Russia "For Cooperation". He was also awarded a second-class badge "For Services to the All-Russian Society of the Blind". For the labor achievements and long-term conscientious work, he was awarded the Order of Friendship .
Achievements
With the participation of Mikhail Yurevich as president one of the city's main sport tasks was solved - after many years of absence in the Russian Super League Chelyabinsk hockey team "TRAKTOR" returned. On July 3, 2013, Mikhail Yurevich joined the new Board of Directors of the Kontinental Hockey League.
Hobby
Hobbies - active lifestyle, including ice hockey, football.
Family
Mikhail Yurevich is married. He has three children – a son and two daughters.
