Sergey Naryshkin

Sergey Naryshkin Сергей Нарышкин
Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 October 2016
Preceded by	Mikhail Fradkov
Chairman of the State Duma
In office 21 December 2011 – 5 October 2016
Preceded by	Boris Gryzlov
Succeeded by	Vyacheslav Volodin
Chief of the Presidential Administration of Russia
In office 12 May 2008 – 20 December 2011
Preceded by	Sergey Sobyanin
Succeeded by	Sergei Ivanov
Deputy Prime Minister of Russia — Head of the Government Executive Office
In office 13 September 2004 – 12 May 2008
Preceded by	Dmitry Kozak
Succeeded by	Sergey Sobyanin
Personal details
Born	Sergey Yevgenyevich Naryshkin 27 October 1954 Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Nationality	Russian
Political party	United Russia
Spouse(s)	Tatiana Yakubchik
Children	Andrei Veronika
Religion	Russian Orthodox
Website	Sergey Naryshkin

Sergey Yevgenyevich Naryshkin (Russian: Серге́й Евге́ньевич Нары́шкин; IPA: [sʲɪrˈɡʲej jɪˈvɡʲenʲɪvʲɪtɕ nɐˈrɨʂkʲɪn]; born 27 October 1954) is a Russian official, politician and businessman who has been Chairman of the State Duma (2011 - 2016). Previously he was head of the Administration of the President of Russia from May 2008 to December 2011; he was also chairman of the Historical Truth Commission in May 2009 until it was dissolved in February 2012.

In 2015, Naryshkin's dissertation in economics was exposed as fraudulent in an investigation by Dissernet, with more than half of the text plagiarized from other publications.^[1]

Early life and education

Sergei Ivanovich Naryshkin was born in Leningrad and graduated from Leningrad Institute of Mechanics with a degree in engineering in 1978. In the 1990s he also graduated from International Management Institute of Saint Petersburg with a degree in economics.^[2]

Career

In 1982 he was appointed Deputy Vice-Rector of Leningrad Polytechnical Institute.

In the 1980s he served in the Soviet Embassy in Brussels. Some sources suggested that while there he worked for KGB after he had been a fellow student of Vladimir Putin at a group of KGB Higher School.^[2][3]

From 1992 until 1995 he worked in the Committee for Economy and Finance of Saint Petersburg Mayor Office. After he left, he became the chief of the external investment department of Promstroybank—a position he would hold until 1997.

From 1997 until 1998, Naryshkin led the Investment Department of the Leningrad Oblast government.

From 1998 until 2004, he was the Chairman of the Committee for External Economic and International Relations of the government of Leningrad Oblast.

In early 2004 he was a deputy head of the economic department of the Russian presidential administration.

From March through September 2004, Naryshkin was a deputy chief of staff of the Russian government.

Since 2004 he has been a member of the board of directors of Sovkomflot and a deputy chairman of the board of directors of Rosneft.

Since August 31, 2004, Naryshkin has also been Chairman of the Board of Directors of Channel One of the Russian television.

Since September 13, 2004, he has been a Minister, Chief of Staff of the Government of Russia.

On February 15, 2007, President Vladimir Putin announced that Naryshkin had been appointed Deputy Prime Minister of Russia for external economic activity, focusing on collaboration with the Commonwealth of Independent States.

In May 2008, Naryshkin was appointed chief of the Presidential Administration of Russia. In May 2009, President Dmitry Medvedev appointed him chairman of the Historical Truth Commission.

Since the rise of tensions between European Union and Russia in 2014 Naryshkin was perceived as one of the main coordinators of contacts with European far-right and far-left parties supporting Russian foreign policy in Europe.^[4]

In September 2016 Naryshkin was appointed as chief of Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR).^[5]

Chairman of the State Duma

Naryshkin was elected to the State Duma, the lower house of the Russian parliament in December 2011. When the Duma began meeting for its new term on 21 December 2011, Naryshkin was elected as Chairman of the State Duma; he received 238 votes in favor of his candidacy, while 88 deputies opposed him.^[6] On June 2012 Naryshkin signed a resolution on setting up a culture council under the State Duma speaker. The council is “a standing advisory body”. The tasks of the council are “the examination and drafting of initiatives on topical problems of legislative regulations in culture and associated industries, the development of recommendations on culture for the use in lawmaking”.^[7] On September 2, 2013, Naryshkin stated that there are no political prisoners in today's Russia.^[8]

Membership in advisory and scientific councils and commissions

Sergey Naryshkin – Chairman of the Board of Trustees The Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA) ^[9]

Sanctions

As a result of the 2014 Crimean crisis, the federal government of the United States under Barack Obama blacklisted^{[lower-alpha 1]} Naryshkin and other close friends of the Russian president, including Sergei Ivanov and Gennadi Timchenko.^{[10][11][12][13][14][15]}

Notes

1. He was placed on the Specially Designated Nationals List (SDN), a list of individuals sanctioned as “members of the Russian leadership’s inner circle.”

References

1. Neyfakh, Leon (2016-05-22). "The Craziest Black Market in Russia". Slate. ISSN 1091-2339. Retrieved 2016-05-23.
2. "Sergei Naryshkin". The Moscow Times. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
3. "Gazeta page". Gazeta. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
4. "ALDE wants investigation of Le Pen's contacts with Moscow". EurActiv.com. Retrieved 2016-09-23.
5. "Putin names ally Sergei Naryshkin as new foreign spy chief". BBC News. 2016-09-22. Retrieved 2016-09-23.
6. "Naryshkin named Russia’s parliamentary speaker", RIA Novosti, 21 December 2011. Retrieved 21 December 2011.
7. "State Duma Speaker Sergei Naryshkin Forms Culture Council". Russkiy Mir. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
8. Grani.ru, Нарышкин: В России нет политзаключенных [Naryshkin: Russia has no political prisoners], 2 September 2013.
9. | Board of Trustees RANEPA
10. "Executive Order - Blocking Property of Additional Persons Contributing to the Situation in Ukraine". The White House - Office of the Press Secretary.
11. "Treasury Sanctions Russian Officials, Members Of The Russian Leadership's Inner Circle, And An Entity For Involvement In The Situation In Ukraine". US Department of the treasury.
12. www.treasury.gov
13. Specially Designated Nationals List (SDN)
14. Shuklin, Peter (March 21, 2014). "Putin's inner circle: who got in a new list of US sanctions". liga.net. Retrieved February 20, 2016.
15. President of The United States (March 19, 2016). "Ukraine EO13661" (PDF). Federal Register. Retrieved February 20, 2016.

External links

• Media related to Sergey Naryshkin at Wikimedia Commons