Anton Vaino

Anton Eduardovich Vaino (Russian: Анто́н Эдуа́рдович Ва́йно, born 17 February 1972) is a Russian diplomat and politician. Currently he is the Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office.[1] Vaino is the grandson of the former First Secretary of the Communist Party of Estonia Karl Vaino.[2]

Anton Vaino
Kremlin Chief of Staff
Assumed office
12 August 2016
PresidentVladimir Putin
Preceded bySergei Ivanov
Personal details
Born (1972-02-17) 17 February 1972
Tallinn, Estonia
Political partyUnited Russia
RelativesKarl Vaino (grandfather)
Alma materMoscow State Institute of International Relations

Vaino graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations at the Russian Foreign Ministry in 1996, with a degree in international relations.[3]

He worked in the Embassy of Russia in Tokyo and later in the Second Asian Department at the Russian Foreign Ministry. Vaino joined the Russian Presidential Protocol Directorate in 2002. He worked as deputy head of the Presidential Protocol Scheduling Directorate. He was named to first deputy head of this department in 2007, then deputy chief of the Government Staff, later chief of the Prime Minister's Protocol and deputy chief of the Government Staff in 2008.

He is the author of Image of Victory, and has a published academic article, The Capitalization of the Future.[4][5]

2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine

In February 2022, Vaino was put on the European Union sanctions list for "actively supporting and implementing actions and policies that undermine and threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine as well as the stability or security in Ukraine."[6] On April 6, 2022, the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Department of the Treasury added Vaino to its own sanctions list.[7]

Family Life

He is married and has a son.[3]

Awards and decorations

References
  1. "Persons Б┬≥ Directory Б┬≥ President ofб═Russia". En.kremlin.ru. 2016-08-15. Retrieved 2016-08-19.
  2. Harry Bone (12 August 2016). "Latest Kremlin appointment may signal major change". BBC News. Retrieved 2016-08-19.
  3. "Anton Vaino biography". Kremlin.ru. Retrieved March 16, 2016.
  4. "The Very Strange Writings of Putin's New Chief of Staff". The New Yorker. August 15, 2016.
  5. https://law-journal.ru/files/pdf/201204/201204_42.pdf
  6. "COUNCIL DECISION (CFSP) 2022/265 of 23 February 2022 amending Decision 2014/145/CFSP concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine". EUR-Lex. 23 February 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. Office of Foreign Assets Control. "Notice of OFAC Sanctions Actions." Published 2022-0418. 87 FR 23023
  8. "Распоряжение Президента Российской Федерации от 16.02.2012 г. № 57-рп" (in Russian). Kremlin.ru. February 16, 2012. Retrieved March 16, 2016.
  9. "Распоряжение Президента Российской Федерации от 24.11.2005 г. № 567-рп" (in Russian). Kremlin.ru. November 24, 2005. Retrieved March 16, 2016.


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