Alexander Stalyevich Voloshin (Russian: Александр Стальевич Волóшин; born 3 March 1956) is a Russian politician who briefly was chairman of the board of directors of RAO UES, the former Russian state power utility, which was liquidated as part of the country's comprehensive power sector reforms on 1 July 2008. He has the federal state civilian service rank of 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation.[1]
Alexander Voloshin | |
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Александр Волошин | |
.jpg) Voloshin in 2000 | |
| Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office | |
| In office 19 March 1999 – 30 October 2003 | |
| President | |
| Preceded by | Nikolay Bordyuzha |
| Succeeded by | Dmitry Medvedev |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 March 1956 Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Alma mater | Moscow State University of Railway Engineering, All-Russian Academy of Foreign Trade |
Political activity
editIn 1997, he was appointed as an assistant to the chief of the Russian presidential administration under Boris Yeltsin. 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 became acting president 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".[2] According to Tatyana Dyachenko, "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."[3]
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.[4]
Alexander Voloshin has been a non-executive director of Yandex since August 2010 after serving as an advisor to the company for two years.
Since February 2012 to 2023, 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 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 co-owner of American Ethane with Konstantin Nikolaev, Mikhail Yuriev, and Andrey Kunatbaev.[5][6]
References
edit- ^ О присвоении квалификационного разряда Волошину А.С. (Decree 1210) (in Russian). President of Russia. 11 October 1998.
- ^ Richard Sakwa: Putin: Russia's Choice. 2nd Edition. pp. 72–74
- ^ Richard Sakwa: Putin: Russia's Choice. 2nd Edition. p. 340
- ^ "Key Kremlin figure 'quits'". BBC News. 29 October 2003.
- ^ Harding, Luke (10 July 2018). "Former Putin adviser has secret investment in US energy firm praised by Trump: Alexander Voloshin has undisclosed stake in American Ethane - which has been hailed by Donald Trump". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
- ^ Soraghan, Mike (1 August 2018). "U.S. ethane exporter linked to Russian owners and spy case". E&E News. Archived from the original on 20 October 2018. Retrieved 19 October 2018.