Presidential Administration of Russia

The Russian presidential administration (also known as Staff of Russia’s president, Presidential Executive Office, in Russian: Администрация Президента Российской Федерации)) is the executive office of Russia's president created by a decree of Boris Yeltsin on July 191991 as an institution supporting the activity of the president (then Yeltsin) and vice-president (then Aleksandr Rutskoy, in 1993 the position was abolished) of Russian SFSR (now Russian Federation), as well as deliberative bodies attached to the president, including Security Council.

The chief of the administration, his deputies, heads of main directorates and services and their deputies are appointed by the President of Russia and don't need to be approved by any other government body. Other staff is appointed by the chief of the presidential administration.

List of the Chiefs of Russian presidential administration

* Yury Petrov (August 1991 – January 1993)
* Sergey Filatov (January 1993 – January 1996)
* Nikolay Yegorov (January 151996, – July 151996)
* Anatoly Chubais (July 151996, – March 71997)
* Valentin Yumashev (March 111997, – December 71998)
* Nikolai Bordyuzha (December 71998, – March 19 1999)
* Alexander Voloshin (March 191999, – October 302003)
* Dmitry Medvedev (October 302003, – November 142005)
* Sergey Sobyanin (November 142005,- May 72008 (acting until May 12 2008)
* Sergey Naryshkin (since May 122008)

Other important members

First Deputy Chiefs of Presidential Administration:
* Dmitry Medvedev (June 3, 2000, - October 30, 2003)
* Dmitry Kozak (October 30, 2003 - March 2004)

Deputy Chiefs of Presidential Administration:
* Vladislav Surkov (since August 1999)
* Igor Sechin (since 2000)
* Alexander Abramov (1999 - March 2004)
* Viktor Ivanov (2000 - March 2004)
* Dmitry Kozak (may 1999 - August 1999, June 4, 2000, - October 30, 2003)
* Yevgeny Lisov (until January 12, 2004)
* Dzhakhan Pollyeva (1998 - March 2004)
* Sergey Prikhodko (1998 - March 2004)
* Igor Shuvalov (October 2003 - March 2004)
* Sergei Yastrzhembsky (1997 - 1998) Aides to the President
* Vladislav Surkov (since March 2004)
* Igor Sechin (since March 2004)
* Alexander Abramov (since March 2004)
* Alexander Beglov (since May 2004)
* Larisa Brycheva (since March 2004)
* Viktor Ivanov (since March 2004)
* Dzhakhan Pollyeva (since March 2004)
* Sergey Prikhodko (since March 2004, 1997 - 1998)
* Igor Shuvalov (since March 2004, June - October 2003)
* Sergei Yastrzhembsky (since January 2000)
* Igor Sergeyev (March 28, 2001, - March 30, 2004)
* Yevgeny Shaposhnikov (March 1997 - March 30, 2004)
* Aslambek Aslakhanov (October 2003 - March 2004)

(Duties of the Aides in Russian: [http://www.kremlin.ru/articles/duties.shtml] )

Press Attache for the President
* Alexey Gromov Chief of the Presidential Protocol
* Igor Schyogolev Advisers to the President
* Aslambek Aslakhanov (for North Caucasus, since March 2004)
* Alexander Burutin (for Military Technology and Industry, since April 2003)
* Sergei Karaganov (for Foreign Policy, since 2002)
* Yury Laptev (for Culture, since April 2004)
* Mikhail Lesin (for Mass Media and Information Technologies, since April 2004)
* Anatoliy Pristavkin (for Pardon, since December 2001)
* Sergey Samoylov (for Federalism and Local Government, since 2001)
* Gennady Troshev (for Cossacks, since 2003)
* Vladimir Shevchenko (for special affairs, since 2000)
* Veniamin Yakovlev (for Justice, since February 2005)
* Andrey Illarionov (for Economy, April 12, 2000, - December 25, 2005)

History

On March 252004, Vladimir Putin undertook a major reorganization of this institution by a decree (Full text in Russian: [http://www.rg.ru/2004/03/27/admin-dok.html] ). Only two deputy chiefs remained out of seven. The Press Office and the Information Office were merged into the Press and Information Office, the Pardon Directorate and the Citizenship Directorate were merged into the Directorate for Protecting Citizens' Constitutional Rights. The Personnel Directorate and the State Decorations Directorate were merged into the Personnel and State Decorations Directorate, the Protocol Directorate and the Organisation Directorate were merged into the Protocol and Organization Directorate. The Territorial Directorate was included in the Domestic policy Directorate. The Economic Directorate was abolished, the Civil Service Directorate was created.

Presidential Envoys to Federal districts of Russia

This institution was organized in 2000.

*Central Federal District
**Georgy Poltavchenko (since May 182000)

*Southern Federal District
**Viktor Kazantsev (May 182000, – March 92004)
**Vladimir Yakovlev (March 9 – September 132004)
**Dmitry Kozak (September 132004, - September 242007)
**Grigory Rapota

*Northwestern Federal District
**Viktor Cherkesov (May 182000, – March 112003)
**Valentina Matviyenko (March 112003, – October 152003)
**Ilya Klebanov (since November 12003)

*Far Eastern Federal District
**Konstantin Pulikovsky (May 182000, – November 142005)
**Kamil Iskhakov (November 142005, - 2007)
**Oleg Safonov (Since November 302007)

*Siberian Federal District
**Leonid Drachevskiy (May 182000, – September 92004)
**Anatoly Kvashnin (since September 92004)

*Urals Federal District
**Pyotr Latyshev (since May 182000)

*Volga Federal District
**Sergei Kiriyenko (May 182000, – November 142005)
**Alexandr Konovalov (since November 142005)

Presidential Envoys to Branches of Federal Power

The President's Envoys to the Federation Council of Russia and State Duma (until February 10, 1996)

* Alexander Yakovlev (February 181994, – February 101996)

The President's Envoys to the Federation Council of Russia (since February 10, 1996)

* Anatoly Sliva (February 101996, – October 271998)
* Yury Yarov (December 71998, – April 131999)
* Vyacheslav Khizhnyakov (May 121999, – April 52004)
* Alexander Kotenkov (since April 52004)

The President's Representative to the State Duma (since February 10, 1996)

* Alexander Kotenkov (February 101996, – April 52004)
* Alexander Kosopkin (since April 52004)

The President's Representatives to the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation

* Valery Savitsky (April 241995, – February 51996)
* Mikhail Mityukov (February 5 – December 71996)
* Sergey Shakhray (December 71996, – June 291998)
* Mikhail Mityukov (June 291998, – November 72005)
* Mikhail Krotov (since November 72005)

ubdivisions

* Security Council Office
* Offices of the Plenipotentiary Envoys to the Federal Districts
* Presidential Advisers' Office
* State-Legal Directorate
* Presidential Chancellery
* Control Directorate (Chiefs: Yuri Boldyrev (1992 – 1993), Aleksey Ilyushenko (March 191993, - ???), Vladimir Zaytsev (1995 – 1996), Alexei Kudrin (August 11996, - March 261997), Vladimir Putin (March 261997, - May 1998), Nikolai Patrushev (May 311998, – October 1998), Yevgeny Lisov (October 1998, – January 132004), Valery Nazarov (January 132004, - March 122004), Alexander Beglov (since May 272004)
* Presidential Speechwriters' Directorate
* Secretariat of the Chief of the Presidential Administration
* Domestic Policy Directorate
* Foreign Policy Directorate
* Personnel and State Decorations Directorate (since March 25, 2004)
* Personnel Directorate (until March 25, 2004)
* State Decorations Directorate (until March 25, 2004)
* Civil Service Directorate (since March 25, 2004)
* Directorate for Protecting Citizens' Constitutional Rights (since March 25, 2004)
* Pardon Directorate
* Citizenship Directorate (until March 25, 2004)
* Document Processing Directorate
* Directorate for Communication and Public Feedback
* Press and Information Office (since March 25, 2004)
* Press Office (until March 25, 2004)
* Information Office (until March 25, 2004)
* Protocol and Organization Directorate (since March 25, 2004)
* Protocol Directorate (until March 25, 2004)
* Organization Directorate (until March 25, 2004)
* Experts' Directorate
* Directorate for Interregional Relations and Cultural Contacts with Foreign Countries
* Territorial Directorate (until March 25, 2004)
* Economic Directorate (until March 25, 2004)
* Cossacks Directorate (August 7, 1998, - February 25, 2003)

References and notes

ee also

*Archive of the President of the Russian Federation

External links

* [http://www.politika.su/prez/adm.html History] (in Russian)
* [http://www.kremlin.ru/eng/administration.shtml Official site]
* [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,985659-1,00.html Russia's Regent] by Paul Quinn-Judge, Time, December 91996.