Russian Presidential Administration

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The Russian Presidential Administration ( Russian Администра́ция Президе́нта Росси́и / Administrazija Presidenta Rossii) is a state authority in Russia whose task it is to coordinate the exercise of the president's office . It was officially set up on July 19, 1991 with a corresponding decree from then President Boris Yeltsin .

The Presidential Administration in the historic Kitai-Gorod district in Moscow : an Art Nouveau building from 1914

General

The Russian presidential administration today consists of 18 departments and employs 1547 people (as of 2012). Each department is responsible for one or more specific areas of responsibility. The chairman of the presidential administration is appointed by the president and reports directly to him. From the founding of the authority to the present day, its internal structure, staffing and main tasks have been modified several times, especially in 1996 and 2004 through corresponding presidential decrees.

The main tasks of the Russian presidential administration today essentially include:

  • Preparation of draft laws for submission to the Duma , as well as formulation and preparation of decrees, speeches, orders and other written documents;
  • Publication and control of compliance with laws submitted by the President and presidential decrees ( ukase );
  • Coordination of the President's domestic and foreign policy activities;
  • Processing and forwarding of concerns and suggestions from citizens, political, social or religious organizations and regional authorities to the President.

According to a decree from 2004, the chairman of the presidential administration has two deputies. The presidential administration also includes the press secretary of the president, the presidential advisers, the plenipotentiary deputies of the president in various state authorities and in federal circles , as well as the representative of the Russian Federation in the European Court of Human Rights .

Chairperson

The chairman of the Russian presidential administration has been Anton Waino since August 12, 2016 . In his function, he reports to the incumbent President Putin .

Former chairmen of the presidential administration were among others:

The incumbent President Putin was Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration from 1997 to 1998 under his predecessor Boris Yeltsin.

Presidential Administration Departments

  • Security Council apparatus
  • Apparatus of the presidential advisers
  • Apparatus of the agents of the President in the federal regions
  • Secretariat of the head of administration
  • Constitutional administration
  • chancellery
  • Control management
  • Referentur
  • Secretariat of the head of the presidential administration
  • Foreign Policy Administration
  • Domestic Policy Administration
  • Administration for cadres and state awards
  • Administration for civil service issues
  • Administration for guaranteeing the constitutional rights of citizens
  • Information and documentation management
  • Administration for processing citizen inquiries
  • Press service and information management
  • Administration for protocol organization
  • Expert management
  • Administration for international and cultural connections with other countries

Senior staff of the presidential administration

Dmitry Medvedev occupied after his election as president of a number of key points with young forces outside the siloviki -Zirkels, by the representatives of the secret services and the army in the governments of Boris Yeltsin and Vladimir Putin came to significant political positions.

management

Adviser to the President

Press Secretary to the President

  • Natalia Timakova

Head of the Protocol Department of the President

  • Marina Jentalzewa

Authorized representatives of the President in the federal districts (acting)

  • Vladimir Bulavin
  • Anatoly Kwaschnin
  • Pyotr Latyshev
  • Grigori Rapota
  • Oleg Safonov
  • Vladimir Ustinov

Adviser to the President (acting)

  • Yuri Laptev
  • Wenjamin Yakovlev
  • Mikhail Zurabov
  • Leonid Reiman
  • Mikhail Trinoga

Plenipotentiary of the President in the organs of state power

  • Alexander Kotenkow
  • Alexander Kosopkin
  • Mikhail Krotov

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ gazeta.ru , May 14, 2008
  2. ^ Kremlin administration and key officials , (Russian) December 8, 2009