Shchegolev,
Igor
Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Central Federal District
Moscow, Russia - Born on November 10, 1965, in Vinnitsa, Ukraine.
- 1988
- Graduated from the Translation Department of the Moscow Maurice Thorez State Institute of Foreign Languages, and then from the German Department of Leipzig University.
- 1988–1993
- Editor of the European Department at the TASS/ITAR-TASS news agency.
- 1993–1997
- ITAR-TASS correspondent in Paris.
- After returning to Russia – editor-in-chief of the European Department at ITAR-TASS and deputy director of the ITAR-TASS news service.
- 1998
- Deputy Head of the Government Information Directorate of the Russian Government Office.
- 1998
- Press Secretary to the Russian Prime Minister, and then Head of the Government Information Directorate.
- 1999
- Advisor to the Russian Prime Minister.
- 2000
- Head of the Presidential Press Service.
- 2002
- Head of the Presidential Protocol.
- 2008
- May 12, 2008 – appointed Telecommunications and Mass Communications Minister of the Russian Federation.
- 2012
- Since May 21, 2012 – Aide to the President of the Russian Federation.
- 2018
- Since June 26, 2018 – Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Central Federal District.
- Fluent in English, German and French.
