Valery Makharadze

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| name = Valery Makharadze

| native_name = {{nobold|Валерий Махарадзе}}

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| office = Deputy Prime Minister of Russia

| term_start = March

| term_end = December 1992

| alongside =

| president = Boris Yeltsin

| primeminister = Boris Yeltsin
Yegor Gaidar (acting)

| office1 = Chief State Inspector

| term_start1 = 14 August 1991

| term_end1 = 2 March 1992

| successor1 = Yury Boldyrev

| birth_name = Valery Antonovich Makharadze

| birth_date = 5 March 1940

| birth_place = Makhachkala, Dagestan ASSR, RSFSR, Soviet Union

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2008|11|15|1940|3|5|df=y}}

| death_place = Ottawa, Canada

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| nationality = Russian

| occupation =

| profession = Politician

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| native_name_lang = ru

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Valery Antonovich Makharadze ({{langx|ru|Валерий Антонович Махарадзе}}; 5 March 1940 – 15 November 2008) was a politician in Russia who held a number of senior posts during the presidency of Boris Yeltsin, including deputy prime minister. He was removed from the latter office with the dissolution of the cabinet of Boris Yeltsin and Yegor Gaidar and the creation of Viktor Chernomyrdin's first cabinet.

Career in government

Under the USSR, Makharadze served as the chairman of the Volgograd Oblast soviet.Friedgut (1994), p. 254

In 1991, Makharadze's role was to manage the relations between the federal government and the various regional administrations of Russia, as a member of Boris Yeltsin's team.Goldberg, Carey (20 December 1991). [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-12-20-mn-621-story.html Political Mess May Undercut Reform in Russia, 2 Officials Say : Upheaval: They paint a picture of a government locked in conflict between administrators and lawmakers, stymied by the most basic problems]. Los Angeles Times. Published 6 September 2017. He was also involved in removing former Communist officials for suspected corruption as the Yeltsin administration's chief inspector, including what was referred to as "nomenklatura privatization."Clines, Francis (29 February 1992). [https://www.nytimes.com/1992/02/29/world/russia-to-fight-private-sell-offs-by-ex-officials.html Russia to Fight Private Sell-Offs By Ex-Officials]. The New York Times. Retrieved 6 September 2017.Sneider, Daniel (4 March 1992). [https://www.csmonitor.com/1992/0304/04021.html Russia Goes After 'Party Gold']. Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 6 September 2017. In March 1992 he was appointed as one of the Deputy Prime Ministers in Yeltsin's cabinet, being in charge of managing relations between the regions and the government in Moscow. As part of this, Makharadze and nationality minister Valery Tishkov signed an agreement with the German government to help resettle Volga Germans in their native region.[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-07-11-mn-1487-story.html German Region on Volga River to Be Revived]. Los Angeles Times. Published 11 July 1992. Retrieved 6 September 2017.[https://www.nytimes.com/1992/07/11/world/russia-signs-treaty-to-set-up-a-region-for-ethnic-germans.html Russia Signs Treaty to Set Up A Region for Ethnic Germans]. The New York Times. Published 11 July 1992. Retrieved 6 September 2017. Among his other tasks was to oversee the implementation of economic reforms begun by the central government in the regions.Huskey (1992), p. 257–58Dahlburg, John-Thor (25 August 1992). [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-08-25-mn-6160-story.html Russia's Assets: No Wheeling and Dealing : Economy: Slow sales of state property not the only bug in Yeltsin's program. Unemployment and prices are both on the way up]. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 6 September 2017. However, when Boris Yeltsin was making concessions to conservative opposition factions in order to gain approval for his economic privatization policies, despite the resignation of Deputy Prime Minister Mikhail Poltoranin it was expected the Makharadze would be forced to resign too.[https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/209044852/ Yeltsin confidant resigns position; more moves are expected]. Chicago Tribune. Published 26 November 1992. Retrieved 6 September 2017. He suggested during this time that a stronger presidential administration was needed.Barber, Tony (29 October 1992). [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/yeltsin-puts-a-ban-on-his-rivals-army-1560173.html Yeltsin puts a ban on his rival's army]. The Independent. Retrieved 6 September 2017. Makharadze was removed from the position of deputy prime minister in December 1992, upon the formation of the new cabinet.Chazan, Guy. (24 December 1992). [http://www.upi.com/Archives/1992/12/24/Reformers-keep-their-posts-in-new-Russian-government/4965725173200/?spt=su Reformers keep their posts in new Russian government]. UPI. Retrieved 6 September 2017.

He later worked at the Russian embassy in Canada as a trade and commercial attaché, until at least 2003.[http://publications.gc.ca/collections/Collection/E12-3-2003E.pdf Diplomatic, Consular, and other Representatives in Canada]. Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. Published March 2003. Retrieved 6 September 2017.