President’s Chief of Staff
NAME: SERGEI YEVGENYEVICH NARYSHKIN
BORN: 27 October, 1954 in Leningrad
EDUCATION: *Mr Naryshkin graduated from the Leningrad Mechanical Institute in 1978. His specialisation was in Radiomechanical Engineering. *He later received a secondary degree from the St Petersburg International Institute of Management in Economics.
CAREER: *In the 1970s, Mr Naryshkin was active in the Leningrad branch of the Komsomol and the Communist Party. *Mr Naryshkin served as an assistant to the rector of the Leningrad Polytechnic Institute from 1982 to 1988. *He worked at the Soviet Embassy in Belgium as an expert for the State Committee on Science and Technology, a position that may have been a cover for work for the state security services (KGB) from 1988 to 1992. *Mr Naryshkin worked in the External Economic Relations Section of the St Petersburg City Administration together with Vladimir V Putin and Alexei L Kudrin from 1992 to 1995. *He worked at St Petersburg’s Promstroibank which provided financing for municipal projects carried out by Putin from 1995-1997. *Mr Naryshkin was appointed head of the Leningrad Regional Government Committee on Foreign Economic and International Ties in 1998. *He was chosen to be Deputy Head of the Economic Department of the Russian President in 2004. *Mr Naryshkin became Chief of Staff under Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration, Dmitry Kozak in March 2004. *He replaced Dmitry Kozak as Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration in September 2004. *Mr Naryshkin became Chief of the Cabinet Staff Reporting Directly to Prime Minister, Mikhail Fradkov in 2005. *Chairman of the Board of state Channel One TV, Deputy Chairman of the Board at Rosneft, and Member of the Board of Directors at Sovkomflot since August 2005. *He was appointed Deputy Prime Minister, in charge of the government’s staff, and foreign trade, particularly with other former Soviet Republics on 15 February 2007.
MISCELLANEOUS: *Mr Naryshkin speaks English and French. *Married to Tatiana Naryshkina; they have two children, a son and a daughter. *Widely believed to have roots in the KGB, but it has never been established firmly. *May have attended Andropov Institute at the same time as VV Putin (1984-1985). *Siloviki, but not considered to be a member of Sechin’s Tower. *Owes Sechin some loyalty. *Believed to be charged with keeping an eye on Medvedev. *Hobbies include swimming, tennis, downhill skiing, theatre, and jazz. *Earned 1.4 million roubles in 2004, and 5.3 million roubles in 2009.
