Yaroslav Ternovskiy

Ternovskiy was born in Zvenigorod, Russia. He did a compulsory military service in Soviet Armed Forces.

Was an active public figure starting from the young age. In 1987–1988 he participated in the US-Soviet conferences Direct Connection where American high school students met their Soviet counterparts.[1]

In the 1990s he founded companies and became a businessman.

Participated in an Open World Program of the Library of Congress for the young leaders.[2]

In 1998 he was elected a chairman to an All-Russia public movement "Stability and Progress" and participated in a creation of Unity alliance and election bloc. In 1999 was in Political campaign staff of President Putin and later became his campaign surrogate.

In 2001 he became a head of Organizing Committee for the Russian Party of Social Democracy and later a head of its political council. In 2002 he became a head of the External relations commission of the Public-sector union of Presidential Administration, Government, Federal Assembly and Accounts Chamber . He also continued his career in business as a CEO of an engineering company "Sintezproekt".

In 2006 he was elected chief of the executive committee of Civilian Power. In 2007 became a co-chairman of "Civil Control"[3] association. In 2010 was elected a member of Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation where he became a member of a Commission on tolerance and freedom of conscience.[4]

Ternovskiy is a member of a Catholic community in Russia.

In 2015 he was awarded the Order of St. Gregory the Great.[5]