Sergey Medvedev
{{Short description|Russian journalist (born 1958)}}
{{distinguish|Sergei Medvedev (writer)}}
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| name = Sergey Medvedev
| image = Sergey Medvedev.jpg
| caption =
| native_name = {{nobold|Сергей Медведев}}
| native_name_lang = ru
| birth_name = Sergey Konstantinovich Medvedev
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1958|6|2|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Kaliningrad, Soviet Union
| death_date =
| occupation = Journalist
| alma_mater = Moscow State University
| years_active = 1981–present
| label_name = Ostankino
| website =
| awards = File:Ribbon Medal For the Defence of Free Russia.png (1993);[https://web.archive.org/web/20120112034835/http://www.pravoteka.ru/pst/1049/524290.html/ Указ президента РФ от 2 февраля 1993 № 174 г. О награждении С. К. Медведева медалью «Защитнику свободной России»]
TEFI (2002).{{cite web|url=http://2001.novayagazeta.ru/nomer/2001/60n/n60n-s13.shtml|title="ЛЕБЕДИНОЕ ОЗЕРО" ВЫСОХЛО. Новый телесезон начался с юбилея ГКЧП — но без балета|publisher=Novaya Gazeta|date=2001-08-23}}
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Sergey Konstantinovich Medvedev ({{langx|ru|Серге́й Константи́нович Медве́дев}}; June 2, 1958) is a Russian journalist and TV presenter who would later become the Press Secretary of Russian President Boris Yeltsin from 1995 to 1996. He has the federal state civilian service rank of 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation.{{cite act|type=Decree|index=885|date=12 June 1996|legislature=President of Russia|title=О присвоении квалификационных разрядов федеральным государственным служащим Администрации Президента Российской Федерации|language=ru|url=http://pravo.gov.ru/proxy/ips/?searchres=&bpas=cd00000&a3=102000503&a3type=1&a3value=&a6=102000070&a6type=1&a6value=&a15=&a15type=1&a15value=&a7type=1&a7from=&a7to=&a7date=12.06.1996&a8=885&a8type=1&a1=&a0=&a16=&a16type=1&a16value=&a17=&a17type=1&a17value=&a4=&a4type=1&a4value=&a23=&a23type=1&a23value=&textpres=&sort=7&x=55&y=14}}
Biography
Sergey Medvedev was born on June 2, 1958, in Kaliningrad. His interest in journalism started from an early age, his career beginning in a local paper. In 1981 he graduated from Moscow State University’s Faculty of Journalism, having also been trained at Gosplan economics courses.
From 1981 to 1991 he worked in the USSR State Committee for Television and Radio Broadcasting. Following the cessation of the Soviet news program Vremya as a result of the August 1991 coup, Medvedev worked as a presenter at Information Programs Studios of All-Union State Broadcasting Company Ostankino.[http://www.itogi.ru/obsh-spetzproekt/2013/33/193014.html Иду и смотрю] In this capacity he served as a presenter for Vremya’s replacement program TV-Inform.
Between 1995 and 1996 he was the press secretary of the Russian President Boris Yeltsin.{{cite web|url=http://www.kommersant.ru/doc/105147|title=Первый "выход в люди" Сергея Медведева. Ельцин поедет на юг и когда-нибудь увидится с Кучмой|publisher=Коммерсантъ|date=1995-03-25}} Following his resignation as press secretary, Medvedev returned to television and became the first deputy general director of ORT. In 2000, Medvedev took part in the elections to the State Duma from the Kaliningrad district number 84 as an independent candidate, but the results of voting placed him second.[http://dic.academic.ru/dic.nsf/enc_biography/80583/Медведев Большая биографическая энциклопедия]
Together with {{Interlanguage link multi|Alexey Pimanov|ru|3=Пиманов, Алексей Викторович}} he is the founder of one of the largest broadcasting companies of the country Ostankino, which creates the content for the first and other federal channels in Russia. Since 2003 Medvedev has been the Chairman of the Board of Directors.[http://www.ng.ru/tv/2005-02-11/16_medvedev.html|title=Сергей Медведев: «Мое положение меня устраивает»]
He is a member of the Russian Union of Journalists and the Union of Cinematographers of Russia.
References
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External links
- [http://www.kino-teatr.ru/kino/screenwriter/ros/284595/bio/ Sergey Medvedev Online Кино-Театр.ру]
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{{s-ttl|title=Kremlin Press Secretary|years=15 March 1995-13 August 1996}}
{{s-aft|after=Sergey Yastrzhembsky}}
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Category:People from Kaliningrad
Category:1st class Active State Councillors of the Russian Federation
Category:Kremlin Press Secretaries
Category:Russian male journalists