Viktoria Alexandrovna Mitina (russian: Виктория Александровна Митина, born 1949 in
Kiev
Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the List of European cities by populat ...
) is a Russian politician.
A former
Komsomol
The All-Union Leninist Young Communist League (russian: link=no, Всесоюзный ленинский коммунистический союз молодёжи (ВЛКСМ), ), usually known as Komsomol (; russian: Комсомол, links=n ...
activist and engineer at
Zelenograd Institute of Molecular Electronics, she went into politics in 1989, joining
Boris Yeltsin'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 Ok ...
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, in November 1998 – January 1999 she was President Yeltsin's adviser.
Now she is a Deputy Head of
Moscow Oblast
Moscow Oblast ( rus, Моско́вская о́бласть, r=Moskovskaya oblast', p=mɐˈskofskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ), or Podmoskovye ( rus, Подмоско́вье, p=pədmɐˈskovʲjə, literally "under Moscow"), is a federal subject of Rus ...
.
She is a friend of
Tatyana Dyachenko, 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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