Putinania

NAME: DZHAKHAN REDZHEPOVNA POLLYEVA

BORN: 15 April 1960 in Ashkhabad

EDUCATION: *Ms Pollyeva completed post-graduate courses at the Institute of State and Law of the USSR Academy of Sciences in 1986.

CAREER: *Ms Pollyeva was a junior, then senior researcher, then department head, at the Scientific Centre, Institute of Youth Problems under the Komsomol Central Committee and the USSR State Labor Committee from 1986 to 1990.  *She served as chief specialist, consultant at the Moscow Municipal Court of People’s Deputies from 1990 to 1991.  *She held the posts of Head of the Social and Political Analysis and Forecasting Department, board member of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Service of State Adviser for public associations, and then for political issues from 1991 to 1992.  *From 1992 to 1993 Ms Pollyeva was a consultant of the Presidential Administration.  *She held the post of advisor to Deputy Prime Minister, Sergei Shakhray from 1993 to 1995.  *Ms Pollyeva served as advisor to the Director of “Interfax” from 1995 to 1997.  *She became advisor the then First Deputy Prime Minister, Boris Nemtsov in 1997.  *From October 1997 to May 1998, she served as senior reviewer for the President.  *Ms Pollyeva was Head of the Secretariat of then Prime Minister Sergei Kiriyenko’s Cabinet from May to September 1998.  *She was appointed Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration in charge of Public Relations and work with Speechwriters on 16 September 1998.  *Ms Pollyeva has held the post of Vice-Chairman of the Council for Culture and Art under the President of the Russian Federation since 4 June 1999.

MISCELLANEOUS: *A capable and highly experienced bureaucrat and administrator. *She is not perceived to have any strong political alliances. *A fellow of Larisa Brycheva at Moscow State University law school and the Academy of Sciences.

RESPONSIBILITIES: *Provides organisational and information and analytical support of the President’s activity on issues of education and science. *Prepares drafts of the annual addresses by the President to the Federal Assembly. *General supervisor of the Presidential Consultants Directorate. *Approves official regulations for federal state civil servants occupying civil service posts in the Presidential Consultants Directorate. *Organises the activities of the Presidential Council for Science, Technology and Education.

(Some information retrieved from Silobreaker)