Vitaly Ignatenko
Vitaly Ignatenko | |
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| Виталий Игнатенко | |
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| Deputy Prime Minister | |
| In office 1995–1997 | |
| President | Boris Yeltsin |
| Prime Minister | Viktor Chernomyrdin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 19, 1941 Sochi, Krasnodar Krai, Soviet Union |
| Alma mater | Moscow State University |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Journalist |
Vitaly Nikitich Ignatenko (Russian: Виталий Никитич Игнатенко; born 19 April 1941) is a Russian journalist and politician who had been the head of ITAR-TASS news agency from 1993 until 2012 and had served in the cabinet of Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin from 1995 to 1997 as deputy prime minister. He has also been a member of different journalism organizations and foundations promoting the Russian language and Russian-speaking press.
Biography
Graduating from Moscow State University with a degree in journalism, he worked for the Komsomolskaya Pravda and Novoye Vremya newspapers in the 1980s.[1][2] From 1990 to 1991 he served as the press secretary of Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev.[3]
On June 2, 1995, Ignatenko was appointed Deputy Chairman of Government of the Russian Federation for media affairs. He worked in coordination with fellow deputy chairman Sergei Shakhrai.[4] In 1997, during the Tajikistani Civil War, he was in contact with a local warlord to organize the release of foreign hostages.[5][6]
In September 2012 Ignatenko was replaced as head of ITAR-TASS news agency.[7]
He is also a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador[1] and President of the World Association of Russian Press.[8]
Sources
References
- ^ a b Vitaly Igantenko. UNESCO. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
- ^ Vitaly Ignatenko. Russian World Foundation. Retrieved 10 May 2018
- ^ Palazchenko (2010), p. 377
- ^ Newsline – June 2, 1995. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
- ^ Tajikistan: Exchange Of Hostages Reported Underway. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 10 February 1997. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
- ^ BEGIN SWAPPING HOSTAGES FOR REBELS. Deseret News. Published 14 February 1997. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
- ^ Ignatenko dismissed as a director general of ITAR-TASS. News.az. Published 18 September 2012. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
- ^ Lukashenko meets with Ignatenko and Gusman, gives interview to TASS. Official website of Belarusian government. Published 12 July 2017. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
Books
- Pavel, Palazchenko (2010). My Years with Gorbachev and Shevardnadze: The Memoir of a Soviet Interpreter. Penn State Press. ISBN 978-0271040929.
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