Background
Michael was born on September 11, 1948, in Zhelannoe, Shatsky, Ryazan Oblast, Russian Federation.
Michael graduated from Moscow Forest Engineering Institute (1971) with a degree in Forest Engineering.
Michael was born on September 11, 1948, in Zhelannoe, Shatsky, Ryazan Oblast, Russian Federation.
He graduated from Moscow Forest Engineering Institute (1971) with a degree in Forest Engineering.
In 1971-1973, Giryaev worked as a taxator engineer of the board of forest management. In 1974-1987, he was Chief of the estimating crew, Main Engineer of the board of forest management, Main Engineer of the Central Forest Enterprise “Forestproject”. Since 1987, Giryaev had been Chief of the Department of Forest Management and Forest Tracts of the State Forest Enterprise of the USSR, since 1988 – Deputy Chief of Main Administration of Forest Resources and Forest Utilization of the State Foresty Committee of the USSR. Since 1989, he had been Chief of Main Administration of State Forest Resources of the Ministry of Forestry of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, of the Foresty Committee of the Ministry of Environment of the Russian Federation, Federative Service of Forestry. Since 2000, Giryaev had been Deputy Director of the “Rosgiproles” Institute, and since 2002, - its Acting Director. On April 2004, he was appointed Deputy Chief of the Federal Foresty Agency. He oversees the issues of legal coverage, prevention and fire-fighting operations, forest protection, forest inventory and forest monitoring.