# Natalya Timakova

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Russian journalist (born 1975)

In this name that follows [East Slavic naming customs](/source/East_Slavic_naming_customs), the [patronymic](/source/Patronymic) is *Aleksandrovna* and the [family name](/source/Surname) is *Timakova*.

Natalya Timakova Наталья Тимакова Timakova in 2004 Kremlin Press Secretary In office 13 May 2008 – 21 May 2012 President Dmitry Medvedev Preceded by Alexey Gromov Succeeded by Dmitry Peskov Personal details Born Natalya Aleksandrovna Timakova (1975-04-12) 12 April 1975 (age 51) Alma Ata, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union (now Almaty, Kazakhstan) Spouse Alexander Budberg

**Natalya Aleksandrovna Timakova** ([Russian](/source/Russian_language): Наталья Александровна Тимакова; born 12 April 1975[1]) is a Russian [journalist](/source/Journalist). From 2008 to 2018, she was the [press secretary](/source/Press_secretary) of Russian politician [Dmitry Medvedev](/source/Dmitry_Medvedev).

She has the federal state civilian service rank of [1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation](/source/1st_class_Active_State_Councillor_of_the_Russian_Federation).[2]

## Early life and education

Timakova was born in Alma Ata in the [Kazakh SSR](/source/Kazakh_SSR) (now [Almaty](/source/Almaty), [Kazakhstan](/source/Kazakhstan)) on 12 April 1975. She graduated from the [Faculty of Philosophy](/source/Faculty_of_Arts) at [Moscow State University](/source/Moscow_State_University) in 1998.[3]

## Journalistic career

Timakova began working as a journalist in 1995 whilst studying at Moscow State, where she was a [political journalist](/source/Political_journalism) for *[Moskovsky Komsomolets](/source/Moskovsky_Komsomolets)*. In 1996, Timakova was part of the Presidential [pool of journalists](/source/Press_pool) and she covered the [election campaign](/source/Election_campaign) of [first Russian president](/source/List_of_Russian_Presidents) [Boris Yeltsin](/source/Boris_Yeltsin) for the [1996 presidential election](/source/1996_Russian_presidential_election). In 1997, Timakova was a reporter and then senior political correspondent at *[Kommersant](/source/Kommersant)*, and worked for the [publishing house](/source/Publishing_house) until 1999.[3] In 1999, Timakova was the political correspondent for [Interfax](/source/Interfax).[3]

## Government service

In 1999, Timakova was appointed as deputy head of the Government Information Department of the [Russian government](/source/Russian_government), until she was appointed in 2000 as the deputy head of the [Presidential Press and Information Office](/source/Presidential_Press_and_Information_Office), and from 2001 as first deputy head of the same office. On 4 November 2002, she was appointed by [Russian president](/source/Russian_president) [Vladimir Putin](/source/Vladimir_Putin) as first deputy press secretary for the president and head of the [Presidential Press and Information Office](/source/Kremlin_Press_Secretary).[4]

On 13 May 2008, Timakova was appointed by new president [Dmitry Medvedev](/source/Dmitry_Medvedev) to the post of [press secretary](/source/Press_secretary) to the Russian president.[5] Timakova was a core member of Medvedev's presidential administration,[6] and she was deemed by the [Agency for Political and Economic Communications](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Agency_for_Political_and_Economic_Communications&action=edit&redlink=1) in 2011 to be the 44th most powerful figure, and to be the third most powerful female, in [Russian politics](/source/Politics_of_Russia), after [Tatyana Golikova](/source/Tatyana_Golikova) and [Elvira Nabiullina](/source/Elvira_Nabiullina).[7]

On 22 May 2012, she was appointed as the Spokesman of the Prime Minister.[8]

After leaving government service, she was appointed as Deputy Chairman of the [VEB.RF](/source/VEB.RF) state development corporation.[9] In November 2021, Timakova was on the Expert Council of the [Agency for Strategic Initiatives](/source/Agency_for_Strategic_Initiatives_(Russia)).[10]

## Personal life

She is married to businessman Alexander Budberg, who is the chairman of the executive committee of the [Bolshoi Ballet](/source/Bolshoi_Ballet)'s board of trustees.[11]

## Awards

On 29 January 2009, [South Ossetian president](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=South_Ossetian_president&action=edit&redlink=1) [Eduard Kokoity](/source/Eduard_Kokoity) signed an ukaz conferring on Timakova the [Order of Friendship](/source/Order_of_Friendship) for "assistance in objective reporting of the [events around South Ossetia in 2008](/source/2008_South_Ossetia_war)".[12]

## Bibliography

In 2000, Timakova co-wrote *First Person: Conversations with Vladimir Putin* with [Andrey Kolesnikov](/source/Andrey_Kolesnikov_(journalist_born_1966)) and Nataliya Gevorkyan.[13]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-komm151102_1-0)** Bulavinov, Ilya (15 November 2002). [Наш человек в Кремле пошел в гору](https://www.kommersant.ru/doc.aspx?DocsID=351147) (in Russian). [Kommersant](/source/Kommersant). Retrieved 8 June 2009.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [О присвоении квалификационного разряда Тимаковой Н.А.](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=10.06.2003&a8=655&a8type=1&a1=&a0=&a16=&a16type=1&a16value=&a17=&a17type=1&a17value=&a4=&a4type=1&a4value=&a23=&a23type=1&a23value=&textpres=&sort=7&x=63&y=14) (Decree 655) (in Russian). [President of Russia](/source/President_of_Russia). 10 June 2003.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-lentapedia_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-lentapedia_3-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-lentapedia_3-2) [Тимакова, Наталья](http://lenta.ru/lib/14160247/) (in Russian). [Lentapedia](/source/Lenta.ru). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20110427124757/http://lenta.ru/lib/14160247/) from the original on 27 April 2011. Retrieved 7 May 2011.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Президент Российской Федерации. Указ №1290 от 04.11.2002 «[О первом заместителе пресс — секретаря президента российской федерации — начальнике управления пресс — службы президента российской федерации](http://document.kremlin.ru/doc.asp?ID=014651)». ([President of Russia](/source/President_of_Russia). Ukaz #1290 of 4 November 2002 *[On the First Deputy Press Attaché for the President of the Russian Federation and Head of the Press Service of the President of the Russian Federation](http://document.kremlin.ru/doc.asp?ID=014651)*. ).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Президент Российской Федерации. Указ №770 от 13.05.2008 «[О пресс-секретаре Президента Российской Федерации](http://document.kremlin.ru/doc.asp?ID=045878)». ([President of Russia](/source/President_of_Russia). Ukaz #770 of 13 May 2008 *[On the Press Attaché to the President of the Russian Federation](http://document.kremlin.ru/doc.asp?ID=045878)*. ). [Archived website](https://web.archive.org/web/20080515031122/https://document.kremlin.ru/doc.asp?ID=045878)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** [Sakwa, Richard](/source/Richard_Sakwa) (2011). "Medvedev's challenge". [*The Crisis of Russian Democracy: The Dual State, Factionalism and the Medvedev Succession*](https://books.google.com/books?id=FHn6GavS9c0C). [Cambridge University Press](/source/Cambridge_University_Press). p. 316. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-521-14522-0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-521-14522-0). Retrieved 8 May 2011.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** Orlov, Dmitry Ivanovich (16 January 2012). ["100 ведущих политиков России в 2011 году Подробнее"](https://www.ng.ru/ideas/2012-01-16/9_top100_2011.html) (in Russian). [Nezavisimaya Gazeta](/source/Nezavisimaya_Gazeta). Retrieved 4 February 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** [Путин произвел кадровые назначения: экс-министры получили должности в администрации](https://www.vesti.ru/article/1944227). [Vesti.ru](/source/Vesti.ru). 22 May 2012. Retrieved 13 August 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["Наталью Тимакову назначили заместителем председателя ВЭБ"](https://ria.ru/20180917/1528741895.html) (in Russian). РИА Новости. 17 September 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** ["Наблюдательный и экспертный совет Агентства стратегических инициатив"](https://www.asi.ru/agency/supervisory_expert_board/).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** [Remnick, David](/source/David_Remnick) (11 March 2013). ["Danse Macabre | A scandal at the Bolshoi Ballet"](https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/03/18/danse-macabre). *The New Yorker*. Retrieved 29 January 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** ["Указ О награждении Орденом Дружбы Тимаковой Н.А."](https://web.archive.org/web/20110825022443/http://presidentrso.ru/edicts/detail.php?ID=2238) [Tskhinvali](/source/Tskhinvali): [President of South Ossetia](/source/President_of_South_Ossetia). 29 January 2009. Archived from [the original](http://presidentrso.ru/edicts/detail.php?ID=2238) on 25 August 2011. Retrieved 7 May 2011.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-13)** [Khrushcheva, Nina](/source/Nina_L._Khrushcheva) (24 September 2000). ["Homo Sovieticus"](https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-sep-24-bk-25823-story.html). *[Los Angeles Times](/source/Los_Angeles_Times)*. Retrieved 4 February 2012.

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