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SURKOV, Vladislav Yuryevich: Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration, Aide to the President
Born on September 21, 1964, in the village of Solntsevo, Lipetsk region.
Studied at the Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys and at the Institute of Culture, graduated from the International University, master"s degree in economics.
1983-1985, served in the Soviet Army.
1990-1992, head of "Metapress" marketing & communications agency, President of the Russian Association of Advertisers
October 1992, Vice-president of the Russian Association of Advertisers (according to the official version, Surkov"s dismissal was the result of his participation in 2 structures that founded the Association)
January 1992 - May 1992, member of the Board of "MENATEP" MFO
May 1992 - September 1992, head of advertising at "MENATEP" MFO
September 1992 - December 1992, Client Relations at "MENATEP" AKIB NTP
March 1994 - April 1996, Dep Head MENATEP PR
March 1996 - February 1997, VP & head of Dep for Relations with State organizations at Rosprom. Member of the Board of Directors of MENATEP bank. Member of the Board of the Mortgage Crediting Association
February 1997, First deputy chairman of "Alfa-Bank" Board
January 23, 1998, First deputy general director ORTV in charge of public relations and contacts with mass media. Aide to the Head of Presidential Administration - Alexander Voloshin.
September1999, Dep head of the Russian Federation Presidential Administration. (Before that, he worked shortly in the Kremlin as an assistant of Head of President Administration.).
June 2000, monitored Main Directorate of Domestic Policy and cooperation with the Duma, Federation Council, Central Election Commission, and the Constitutional Court. Surkov also handled ideological aspects of the work of the Presidential Administration.
Speaks English fluently.
Hobby: playing the guitar, writing music and short stories.
Married, with a son. Wife, Yulia Vishnevskaya, is a renowned dollcollector and a sister of Mrs Anatoly Chubais.
"In spite of the high degree of integration of the Western economies, French elite is considered as French, and German as German ... as long as the Russian ruling elite remains an offshore aristocracy, as long as it fails to understand that ...it is a national bourgeoisie, we will have nothing good in this country. We will dangle in a critical gap. It is because of this gap that we have not yet succeeded in anything"
Often referred to as the "Grey Cardinal" for his work behind the political scenes, particularly noted for his development of the concept of "soverign democracy", whch is thought to provide at least some rationale for the policies of the presidential administration. Often criticised for a narrowness of political and ideological vision, as soverign democracy is applied retrospectively to accord with the power vertical rather than transparently shaping and guiding policy and its interpretation going forward.
