Alexander Stalyevich Voloshin (russian: link=no, Александр Стальевич Волóшин; born 3 March 1956,
Moscow
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) is a Russian politician who briefly was chairman of the board of directors of
RAO UES
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, the former Russian state power utility, which was liquidated as part of the country's comprehensive power sector reforms on 1 July 2008.
Political activity
In 1997, he was appointed as an assistant to the chief of the
Russian presidential administration
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under
Boris Yeltsin
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. He then went on to serve as a deputy chief from September 1998 to March 1999 and the Chief of Presidential Administration from 19 March to 31 December 1999.
Voloshin retained his position after
Vladimir Putin
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became
acting president
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on 31 December 1999 and was reappointed as the Chief of the Administration after Putin's inauguration as president in May. Voloshin quickly became a core member of Putin's team and was especially praised for his intellect and his ability to "devour work". According to
Tatyana Dyachenko
Tatyana Borisovna Yumasheva (russian: link=no, Татьяна Борисовна Юмашева, formerly Dyachenko, Дьяченко, née Yeltsina, Ельцина; born 17 January 1960) is the younger daughter of former Russian President Bori ...
, "At work he is like some complex well-maintained machine that does not know tiredness. I sometimes don't know how he can stand it."
Voloshin resigned on 29 October 2003. While Chief of Staff, Voloshin was widely regarded as pro-business, and his resignation amidst the prosecutorial focus on
Yukos Oil Company, was seen as part of a broader turn away from free-market systems.
Alexander Voloshin has been a non-executive director of
Yandex
Yandex LLC (russian: link=no, Яндекс, p=ˈjandəks) is a Russian multinational technology company providing Internet-related products and services, including an Internet search engine, information services, e-commerce, transportation, maps ...
since August 2010 after serving as an advisor to the company for two years.
Since February 2012, Alexander Voloshin serves chairman of the board and independent director at JSC Freight One.
Voloshin also served as chairman of the board of directors of Uralkali from 2010 to 2014.
Voloshin served as chairman of the board of
MMC Norilsk Nickel
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from 2008 to 2010 and as chairman of the board of directors of RAO "UES of Russia" from 1999 to 2008.
In 2018, he became a secret co-owner of
American Ethane with
Konstantin Nikolaev
Konstantin Yuryevich Nikolaev (russian: link=no, Константин Юрьевич Николаев; born March 5, 1971 in Dniepropetrovsk) is Ukrainian-born, Russian billionaire businessman who is a co-owner of :ru:Н-Транс, N-Trans and ...
,
Mikhail Yuriev, and
Andrey Kunatbaev.
References
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1956 births
Living people
1st class Active State Councillors of the Russian Federation
Kremlin Chiefs of Staff
Politicians from Moscow
Businesspeople from Moscow
Russian energy industry businesspeople