Yuri Izrael, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Yuri Izrael

Russian scientist and vice-chair of the IPCC

Date of Birth: 15-May-1930

Place of Birth: Tashkent

Date of Death: 23-Jan-2014

Profession: politician, geophysicist

Nationality: Russia

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Yuri Antonovich Izrael (Russian: ???? ?????????? ???????; 15 May 1930, Tashkent – 23 January 2014, Moscow) was a vice-chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) until September 2008, when the new bureau was elected.
He was the "most influential scientific adviser" for Vladimir Putin, the president of Russia, according to CNN.Izrael was former chairman of the Committee for Hydrometeorology.
He also served as director of the Institute of Global Climate and Ecology, which is a part of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
He was a first vice-president of the World Meteorological Organization and helped develop the World Weather Watch.In 1992, Izrael won the International Meteorological Organization Prize and the UNEP Sasakawa Environment Prize for, among other accomplishments, contributing to the "success of Working Group I I" of the IPCC.