Yury Vlasov was born in Prikumsk (modern Budyonnovsk) in Stavropol Krai on 22 June 1961.

Vlasov lost the reelection in December 1996, to Nikolay Vinogradov, he gained 21% of the vote.

[4] From 1997 to 2001, he worked as Deputy Head of the Central Bank of Russia for the Vladimir Oblast.

In 2000, he again ran for the post of governor of the Vladimir Oblast, and took second place, gaining 15.96% of the vote.

From 2010, Vlasov had finally become director of the Advanced Training Programs for state and municipal employees of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration until his death on 9 January 2019.