Yampolskaya Yelena

Yampolskaya,
Yelena

Adviser to the President
1971
Born on June 20, in Moscow.
1994
Graduated from the Russian Academy of Theatre Arts with a degree in Theatre Studies.
1988–1990
Freelance correspondent for the Kommerchesky Vestnik magazine of the Ekonomika Publishing House.
1992–1994
Theatre observer for the Kultura newspaper.
1994–1995
Head of the creative department at the Yablochkina Central House of Actors.
1995–1997
Correspondent in the socio-political editorial office, head of the Izvestia – Kultura group at the Izvestia Newspaper.
1997–2003
Editor of the culture department at the Novye Izvestia information and publishing group.
2003–2005
Editor of the culture department at the HGS Publishing House.
2005
Editor-in-Chief of the Teatralnye Novye Izvestia at Novye Izvestia.
2006–2011
Editor of the culture department, deputy editor-in-chief of Izvestia.
2011–2016
Editor-in-Chief of the Kultura newspaper.
2016–2021
Deputy of the seventh State Duma, Deputy Chair of the State Duma Committee for Ethnic Affairs, First Deputy Chair of the State Duma Committee on Information Policy, Information Technologies and Communications, Chair of the State Duma Committee on Culture.
2021–2024
Deputy of the eighth State Duma, Chair of the State Duma Committee on Culture.
May 14, 2024
Appointed Adviser to the President of the Russian Federation.
Married, with a daughter.