Yury Fyodorovich Yarov (Russian: Юрий Фёдорович Яров; born April 2, 1942) is a Russian politician who was a deputy prime minister from 1992 until 1996. Previously he was the 4th Executive Secretary of the Commonwealth of Independent States from 6 November 1999 to 14 July 2004 Yarov also played an important role in the leadership of Yeltsin's reelection campaign.