Viktoria Alexandrovna Mitina (russian: Виктория Александровна Митина, born 1949 in
Kiev) is a Russian politician.
A former
Komsomol activist and engineer at
Zelenograd Institute of Molecular Electronics, she went into politics in 1989, joining
Boris Yeltsin
Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin ( rus, Борис Николаевич Ельцин, p=bɐˈrʲis nʲɪkɐˈla(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ ˈjelʲtsɨn, a=Ru-Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin.ogg; 1 February 1931 – 23 April 2007) was a Soviet and Russian politician wh ...
's support team for the
Congress of People's Deputies election. From 1991 to 1997, she was first deputy prefect of
Zelenograd Administrative Okrug
Zelenograd ( rus, Зеленогра́д, p=zʲɪlʲɪnɐˈgrat, lit. ''green city'') is a city and administrative okrug of Moscow, Russia. The city of Zelenograd and the territory under its jurisdiction form the Zelenogradsky Administrative O ...
for science, industry and entrepreneurship development.
In 1998, 1991 and 1996 she was a representative of Boris Yeltsin during the parliamentary and presidential elections.
In November 1997 – May 1998 she was a Deputy Chief of the Presidential Staff for regions, succeeded in 1998 by
Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin; (born 7 October 1952) is a Russian politician and former intelligence officer who holds the office of president of Russia. Putin has served continuously as president or prime minister since 1999: as prime min ...
, in November 1998 – January 1999 she was President Yeltsin's adviser.
Now she is a Deputy Head of
Moscow Oblast.
She is a friend of
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 ...
, Yeltsin's daughter.
References and notes
Russian politicians
1949 births
Living people
Politicians from Kyiv
1st class Active State Councillors of the Russian Federation
People from Zelenograd
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