Mikhail Poltoranin | |
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Михаил Полторанин | |
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| Deputy Prime Minister of Russia | |
| In office 22 February – 25 November 1992 | |
| President | Boris Yeltsin |
| Prime Minister | Boris Yeltsin Yegor Gaidar (acting) |
| Minister of Press and Mass Media | |
| In office 14 July 1990 – 25 November 1992 | |
| President | Boris Yeltsin |
| Prime Minister | Ivan Silayev Oleg Lobov (acting) Boris Yeltsin Yegor Gaidar (acting) |
| Preceded by | Ivan Vorozheikin |
| Succeeded by | Mikhail Fedotov |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 22, 1939 Leninogorsk, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Profession | Journalist, television presenter |
Mikhail Nikiforovich Poltoranin (Russian: Михаил Никифорович Полторанин; born 22 November 1939) is a Russian journalist and politician who held senior government posts under the first President of Russia, Boris Yeltsin. Most notably, Poltoranin served as the minister of information and later as the deputy prime minister for the sphere of the press and news.