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YASTRZHEMBSKY, Sergei Vladimirovich
Presidential Aide
Special Representative of the President to the European Union
 Born December 4, 1953 in Moscow.
Aug. 1996 – Sept. 1998, press secretary of President Boris Yeltsin.
March 1997 – Sept. 1998, deputy head of the Presidential Administration.
Nov. 1998 – Dec. 1999, deputy mayor of Moscow (to mayor Yury Luzhkov).
Jan. 2000 - present, aide to President Vladimir Putin.
March 2004 - present, special representative of the president for developing relations with the European Union.
Married, two sons.
Hobbies: safari hunting, tennis, downhill skiing
Contact information
Administration of the Russian President
Staraya pl. 4
Moscow 103132
tel.: +7 (095) 206-0831
fax: +7 (095) 206-9193
President Yeltsin fired Yastrzhembsky in September 1998 for his opposition to Yeltsin's choice of new prime minister. Sources said Yastrzhembsky tried to persuade Yeltsin to appoint Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov, whom Yeltsin’s inner circle viewed as an enemy. Instead, the post went to Evgeny Primakov. As deputy mayor under Luzhkov, Yastrzhembsky was one of those in charge of the Fatherland-All Russia campaign for Duma elections in 1999. But Fatherland-All Russia finished a disappointing third to the victor, Putin’s Unity party, and in January 2000 Yastrzhemsky returned to the Kremlin administration, when then Acting President Putin appointed him as presidential aide.
last updated October 25, 2004
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