Valentin Yumashev | |
|---|---|
Валентин Юмашев | |
_2015.jpg) Yumashev in 2015 | |
| Kremlin Chief of Staff | |
| In office 11 March 1997 – 7 December 1998 | |
| President | Boris Yeltsin |
| Preceded by | Anatoly Chubais |
| Succeeded by | Nikolay Bordyuzha |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 December 1957 Perm, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Spouses | |
| Children | 2 |
Valentin Borisovich Yumashev (Russian: Валентин Борисович Юмашев; born 15 December 1957) is a Russian journalist,[1][2] politician and businessman-developer, who is the son-in-law of former President Boris Yeltsin and a member of his inner circle. He has the federal state civilian service rank of 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation.[3]
He was Editor-in-Chief of Ogonyok from 1995 to 1996. In 1996, he was appointed adviser to President Boris Yeltsin for public relations. In March 1997, Yumashev succeeded Anatoly Chubais in the powerful position of the Chairman of the Presidential Executive Office. In December 1998, he was dismissed from that position.[4] He now works in real estate development.
- ^ Klebnikov, Paul (15 September 2001). Godfather of the Kremlin: The Decline of Russia in the Age of Gangster Capitalism. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. pp. 117–. ISBN 978-0-15-601330-7. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
- ^ Reddaway, Peter; Glinski, Dmitri (2001). The tragedy of Russia's reforms: market bolshevism against democracy. US Institute of Peace Press. pp. 495–. ISBN 978-1-929223-06-0. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
- ^ О присвоении квалификационного разряда Юмашеву В.Б. (Decree 246) (in Russian). President of Russia. 17 March 1997.
- ^ Szászdi, Lajos F. (2008). Russian civil-military relations and the origins of the second Chechen war. University Press of America. pp. 91–. ISBN 978-0-7618-4037-4. Retrieved 6 May 2011.