Yozarwardi U.P, S.Hut, M.Si mengemban tugas sebagai Kepala Dinas Kehutanan Provinsi Sumatera Barat sejak 1 November 2018. Sebelumnya beliau menjabat sebagai Sekretaris Dinas Kehutanan Provinsi Sumatera Barat. Yozarwardi adalah lulusan Fakultas Kehutanan IPB Bogor yang memulai karir sebagai birokrat (PNS) sejak tahun 1997 pada Kantor Dinas Perhutanan dan Konservasi Tanah Kabupaten Pasaman. Karirnya pada Dinas yang menangani urusan kehutanan di Kabupaten Pasaman setelah pemberlakuan Otonomi Daerah terbilang baik sampai memegang jabatan Kepala Dinas Kehutanan Kabupaten Pasaman selama lebih kurang 6 tahun. Yozarwardi pindah ke Dinas Kehutanan Provinsi Sumatera Barat sejak akhir tahun 2016 seiring dengan beralihnya kewenangan urusan kehutanan dari Kabupaten ke Provinsi.

Yozarwardi U.P, S.Hut, M.Si has assumed the role of Head of the Forest Service of West Sumatra Province since November 1, 2018. Previously he served as Secretary of the Forest Service of West Sumatra Province. Yozarwardi is a graduate of the Forestry Faculty of IPB University who began his career as a bureaucrat (PNS) since 1997 at the Office of Forestry and Land Conservation Services in Pasaman Regency. His career at the Forestry Service Office in Pasaman Regency after the enactment of Regional Autonomy was fairly good until he held the post of Head of the Forest Service of Pasaman Regency for approximately 6 years. Yozarwardi moved to the West Sumatra Province Forestry Service since the end of 2016 in line with the transfer of forestry authority from the Regency to the Province.