Alexander Voloshin

Who is Alexander Voloshin?

Alexander Staliyevich Voloshin 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.

In 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 stamina and his ability to "devour work". 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."

Voloshin resigned on 29 October 2003.