Presidential Administration of Russia Totally Explained

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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 19 1991 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 15 1996, – July 15 1996)
Anatoly Chubais (July 15 1996, – March 7 1997)
Valentin Yumashev (March 11 1997, – December 7 1998)
Nikolai Bordyuzha (December 7 1998, – March 1999)
Alexander Voloshin (March 19 1999, – December 31 1999)
Alexander Voloshin (December 31 1999, – May 7 2000)
Alexander Voloshin (May 27 2000, – October 30 2003)
Dmitry Medvedev (October 30 2003, – November 14 2005)
Sergey Sobyanin (since November 14 2005)

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: (External Link

))
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 25 2004, Vladimir Putin undertook a major reorganization of this institution by a decree (Full text in Russian: (External Link

)). 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 18 2000)

Southern Federal District

Viktor Kazantsev (May 18 2000, – March 9 2004)
Vladimir Yakovlev (March 9 – September 13 2004)
Dmitry Kozak (September 13 2004, - September 24 2007)
Grigory Rapota

Northwestern Federal District

Viktor Cherkesov (May 18 2000, – March 11 2003)
Valentina Matviyenko (March 11 2003, – October 15 2003)
Ilya Klebanov (since November 1 2003)

Far Eastern Federal District

Konstantin Pulikovsky (May 18 2000, – November 14 2005)
Kamil Iskhakov (November 14 2005, - 2007)
Oleg Safonov (Since November 30 2007)

Siberian Federal District

Leonid Drachevskiy (May 18 2000, – September 9 2004)
Anatoly Kvashnin (since September 9 2004)

Urals Federal District

Pyotr Latyshev (since May 18 2000)

Volga Federal District

Sergei Kiriyenko (May 18 2000, – November 14 2005)
Alexandr Konovalov (since November 14 2005)

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 18 1994, – February 10 1996)

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

Anatoly Sliva (February 10 1996, – October 27 1998)

Yury Yarov (December 7 1998, – April 13 1999)

Vyacheslav Khizhnyakov (May 12 1999, – April 5 2004)

Alexander Kotenkov (since April 5 2004)

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

Alexander Kotenkov (February 10 1996, – April 5 2004)

Alexander Kosopkin (since April 5 2004)

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

Valery Savitsky (April 24 1995, – February 5 1996)

Mikhail Mityukov (February 5 – December 7 1996)

Sergey Shakhray (December 7 1996, – June 29 1998)

Mikhail Mityukov (June 29 1998, – November 7 2005)

Mikhail Krotov (since November 7 2005)

Subdivisions

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 19 1993, - ???), Vladimir Zaytsev (1995 – 1996), Alexei Kudrin (August 1 1996, - March 26 1997), Vladimir Putin (March 26 1997, - May 1998), Nikolai Patrushev (May 31 1998, – October 1998), Yevgeny Lisov (October 1998, – January 13 2004), Valery Nazarov (January 13 2004, - March 12 2004), Alexander Beglov (since May 27 2004)

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)

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