Valentin Yumashev

Valentin Borisovich Yumashev (Russian: Валентин Борисович Юмашев; born 15 December 1957) is a Russian journalist,^[1][2] politician and businessman-developer, who is the son-in-law of former President Boris Yeltsin and a member of his inner circle. He has the federal state civilian service rank of 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation.^[3]

He was Editor-in-Chief of Ogonyok from 1995 to 1996. In 1996, he was appointed adviser to President Boris Yeltsin for public relations. In March 1997, Yumashev succeeded Anatoly Chubais in the powerful position of the Chairman of the Presidential Executive Office. In December 1998, he was dismissed from that position.^[4] He now works in real estate development.

Valentin Yumashev was born 15 December 1957 in Perm. His family moved to the Moscow region when he was sixteen.^[5]

He entered the Faculty of Journalism of the Moscow State University but did not finish his studies.^[6] In 1976, he started working as a courier at the Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper. A year later, Yumashev was drafted into the army.^[7]

In 1996, Yumashev was appointed advisor to the president on interaction with the mass media.^[8]

In 1997–1998, he served as head of the presidential administration, succeeding Anatoly Chubais.^[9]

In 1999, Yumashev allegedly initiated the appointment of Vladimir Putin as prime minister of the Russian Federation.^[10][11][12]

News of Yumashev's resignation, in April 2022, from an unpaid post as adviser to Vladimir Putin, became widely known at the end of May 2022.^[13][14][15]

يُعرف فالنتين يوماشيف أيضًا بأنه مؤلف مشارك لكتابين مع بوريس يلتسين: " ضد التيار: سيرة ذاتية" و "الصراع من أجل روسيا" . يتحدث يوماشيف عن ذلك في كتاب " عصر بيريزوفسكي" لبيتر أفين. ويتذكر يوماشيف قائلًا: "كان لدى بوريس نيكولايفيتش قاعدة صارمة للغاية تمنع أفراد عائلته من الحديث عن السياسة <...> كان بإمكاني التحدث معه في السياسة لأننا كنا نعمل على كتبه". ^{[ 16 ] [ 17 ]}

لديه ابنة من زواجه الأول من إيرينا فيدينيفا. وفي عام 2001، تزوجت بولينا من أوليغ ديريباسكا ؛ وانفصلا في عام 2018. ^{[ 18 ]}

يمتلك يوماشيف وزوجته الثانية تاتيانا يوماشيفا (ابنة أول رئيس لروسيا بوريس يلتسين ) نصف برج إمبيريا في " مركز موسكو الدولي للأعمال " ونصف مركز الأعمال "سيتي" (49.58% من الأسهم). ^{[ 19 ]}

وأفادت التقارير بأنه هو وزوجته وابنتهما مواطنون نمساويون منذ عام 2009. ^{[ 20 ]}