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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.

Contents 1 List of the Chiefs of Russian presidential administration 2 Other important members 3 History 4 Presidential Envoys to Federal districts of Russia 5 Presidential Envoys to Branches of Federal Power 5.1 The President's Envoys to the Federation Council of Russia and State Duma (until February 10, 1996) 5.2 The President's Envoys to the Federation Council of Russia (since February 10, 1996) 5.3 The President's Representative to the State Duma (since February 10, 1996) 5.4 The President's Representatives to the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation 6 Subdivisions 7 References and notes 8 External links

• 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)

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: [1])

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)
• 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)

On March 25, 2004, Vladimir Putin undertook a major reorganization of this institution by a decree (Full text in Russian: [2]). 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.

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 (since September 13, 2004)

• 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 (since November 14, 2005)

• 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)

• Alexander Yakovlev (February 18, 1994, – 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)

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

• 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)

• 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)

• History (in Russian)
• Official site
• Russia's Regent by Paul Quinn-Judge, Time, December 9, 1996.