Kremlin Press Secretary
Press-Secretary of President of the Russian Federation Пресс-Секретарь Президента Российской Федерации | |
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logo of the Russian President | |
Incumbent since 22 May 2012Dmitry Peskov | |
Residence | Moscow Kremlin |
Appointer | The President |
Inaugural holder | Pavel Voshchanov |
Formation | 20 July 1991 |
Website | http://kremlin.ru/ (in Russian) |
The Kremlin Press Secretary or officially Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation (Russian: Пресс-Секретарь Президента Российской Федерации) is a senior official in the Presidential Administration of Russia whose primary responsibility is to act as spokesperson for the Russian Federation government administration, especially with regard to the President, senior executives, and policies. Sometimes described as Press Attache of the President of the Russian Federation.
The Press Secretary is responsible for collecting information about actions and events within the president's administration and issues the administration's reactions to developments around the world. The Press Secretary interacts with the media, and deals with the Kremlin pool.
Responsibilities
The Press Secretary is responsible for collecting information about actions and events within the president's administration and around the world, and interacting with the media. The information includes items such as a summary of the President's schedule, whom the president has seen, or had communication and the official position of the administration on the news.
List of press secretaries
# | Portrait | Name | Term of office | President |
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1 | Pavel Voshchanov | 20 July 1991 — 14 May 1992 | Boris Yeltsin | |
2 | Vyacheslav Kostikov | 14 May 1992 — 14 March 1995 | ||
3 | Sergey Medvedev | 15 March 1995 — 13 August 1996 | ||
4 | Sergey Yastrzhembsky | 13 August 1996 — 12 September 1998 | ||
5 | Dmitry Yakushkin | 15 September 1998 — 3 January 2000 | ||
6 | Alexey Gromov | 4 January 2000 — 12 May 2008 | Vladimir Putin | |
7 | Natalya Timakova | 13 May 2008 — 21 May 2012 | Dmitry Medvedev | |
8 | Dmitry Peskov | 22 May 2012 — Present | Vladimir Putin |
See also
- People's Commissariat for Posts and Telegraphs of the RSFSR
- Ministry of Communications (Soviet Union)
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia)
- Kremlin Chief of Staff
External links
- Kremlin Official Accreditations at the official Moscow Kremlin website
References
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Emergencies and Disaster Relief
- Federal Service of Military-Technical Cooperation
- Federal Service for Technical and Export Control
and Directorates
- Foreign Intelligence Service
- Federal Security Service
- Federal Protective Service
- Special Communications Service
- State Courier Service
- Main Directorate of Special Programs of the President
- Federal Financial Monitoring
- Directorate of the President
- National Guard of Russia
- Security Council of Russia
- Federal Archival Agency
and Environment
- Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring
- Federal Service for Supervision of Natural Resources
- Federal Agency of Water Resources
- Federal Agency for Mineral Resources
- Federal Agency for Forestry
of the Russian Far East and Arctic
Communications and Mass Media
- Federal Communications Agency
- Federal Agency for Press and Mass Media
- Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media
- Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Supervision
- Federal Agency for Fishery
- Federal Service for Supervision of Transport
- Federal Air Transport Agency
- Federal Road Agency
- Federal Rail Transport Agency
- Federal Agency for Maritime and River Transportation
- Federal Service for Labour and Employment
- Federal Agency for State Property Management
- Federal Customs Service
- Federal Service for Alcohol Market Regulation
- Federal Tax Service
- Federal Treasury
Development
- Federal State Statistics Service
- Federal Accreditation Service
- Federal Service for Intellectual Property
- Federal Energy Agency
services and agencies
- Federal Medical-Biological Agency
- Federal Antimonopoly Service
- Federal Agency for Ethnic Affairs
- Federal Agency for State Reserves
- Federal Agency for Youth Affairs
- Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing
- Federal Service for Environmental, Technological and Nuclear Supervision
- Federal Service for State Registration, Cadastre and Cartography
- Federal Service for Supervision in Education and Science