Vitali Južilin

Vitaliy Aleksandrovich Yuzhilin (born December 10, 1965, Chelyabinsk, RSFSR) is a State Duma deputy for the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth convocations.

Biography He graduated from the Admiral Makarov Leningrad Higher Marine College in 1988, with a specialization as an engineer-oceanologist.

Career In 1988, he took a position at the A.O. Kovalevsky Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas of the Ukrainian SSR Academy of Sciences.

Later, he worked as an engineer in the Oceanography Department of the Marine Hydrophysical Institute of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences.

In 1993, the Nizhnevartovsk Trading House was established, where Vitaliy Yuzhilin became the head of the foreign trade department. In this position, he established contacts with oil refining structures.

As a businessman, he was involved in the development of cargo transportation: transshipment of oil, chemical cargoes, and container transportation. He invested in the development and construction of ports and also worked on solving social problems in Saint Petersburg.

From 1998 to 2003, he was a deputy of the 3rd State Duma.

He worked on the State Duma Committee on Budget and Taxes.

In 2002, he co-founded the National Container Company. In the same year, Yuzhilin proposed to the administration of Saint Petersburg to build a passenger port on Vasilyevsky Island to receive large liners, to unload the cargo port, and to increase tourist flow. In 2008, the grand opening of the Marine Façade passenger port took place, which became the largest passenger port in Europe. and then he was a member of the State Duma Committee on Budget and Taxes.

In 2007, he was re-elected as a deputy of the 5th State Duma.

Since 2010, he has been a member of the council of the National Association of Builders (NOSTROY).

From September 2011 to 2016, he was a deputy of the State Duma of the sixth convocation

Since 2016, he has been a member of the board of the self-regulated organization (SRO) Interregional Association of Railway Construction Organizations.

From 2016 to 2018, he was vice president of NOSTROY. In this position, he oversaw the reform of the institute of self-regulation in the construction industry.

Yuzhilin left the post of chairman of the Association of Commercial Seaports in 2022.

His grandfather, Alexander Grigorievich Yuzhilin (1917–1976), fought in the World War II as a pilot. He made over 260 flights. During air battles he shot down three enemy fighters. In 1944, he was recognized as a national hero for his valor and heroism. Badge of distinction of the Union of Transport Workers, 1st degree, for merits in the development of transport (2019)