Viktoriya Mitina

Viktoria Alexandrovna Mitina (Russian: Виктория Александровна Митина, born 1949 in Kiev)[1] is a Russian politician.

A former Komsomol activist and engineer at Zelenograd Institute of Molecular Electronics, she went into politics in 1989, joining Boris Yeltsin's support team for the Congress of People's Deputies election.[2] From 1991 to 1997, she was first deputy prefect of Zelenograd Administrative Okrug for science, industry and entrepreneurship development.[3]

In 1998, 1991 and 1996 she was a representative of Boris Yeltsin during the parliamentary and presidential elections.[4][5][6][7]

In November 1997 – May 1998 she was a Deputy Chief of the Presidential Staff for regions, succeeded in 1998 by Vladimir Putin, in November 1998 – January 1999 she was President Yeltsin's adviser.

She has the federal state civilian service rank of 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation.[8]

Now she is a Deputy Head of Moscow Oblast.[9]

She is a friend of Tatyana Dyachenko, Yeltsin's daughter.[10]