Khinshtein Alexander Evseevich

Biography

1992

Moskovsky Komsomolets

In 1992, Alexander Khinshtein was included in the staff of the Moskovsky Komsomolets newspaper. From the position of the correspondent of the publication, he grew to a columnist with the chief editor of the newspaper.

In the 1990s, he published a number of scandalous journalistic investigations, on the basis of which criminal cases were initiated regarding high-ranking officials.

2003 - 2018

State Duma

On December 7, 2003, Alexander Khinshtein was elected to the State Duma from the Semenovsky single-mandate constituency No. 122 of the Nizhny Novgorod Region.

In 2007, Alexander Khinshtein was re-elected to the State Duma on the lists of United Russia in the Nizhny Novgorod region. In the State Duma of the V convocation, he was a member of the committee on industry, chairman of the subcommittee on the automotive industry, and a member of the commission on legislative support for combating corruption.

In 2011, Alexander Khinshtein was elected to the State Duma - according to the lists of United Russia from the Samara region following the primaries. Hinstein explained the change of the delegating region by the difficulties in interacting with the local authorities. In the State Duma of the VI convocation, he was deputy chairman of the committee on security and anti-corruption, a member of the tripartite commission on budget consideration.

On September 9, 2018, Alexander Khinshtein was elected to the State Duma from the 158 constituency of the Samara region. In the State Duma of the VII convocation, Khinshtein was a member of the State Duma Committee on Security and Anti-Corruption.

2016

Transition from the State Duma to the Secretary of the General Council of the United Russia party

In 2016, Alexander Khinshtein refused to participate in the primaries of United Russia before the 2016 State Duma elections due to a quarrel with the regional authorities.

In May 2016, he moved to the post of media adviser to the Secretary of the General Council of the United Russia party, Sergei Neverov. Hinstein worked in this position until October 24, 2016.

National Guard

On October 24, 2016, Alexander Khinshtein was appointed adviser to the Director of the Federal Service of the National Guard of the Russian Federation Viktor Zolotov as a federal civil servant. As an adviser to Zolotov, Khinshtein worked until September 2018. He left this position in connection with his election to the State Duma.

In the area of ​ ​ responsibility of Khinshtein as an adviser to the head of the federal service of the National Guard of the Russian Federation, there were issues of regulatory regulation, as well as ideological, propaganda and information work. Due to the change of place of work, Khinshtein suspended his membership in the United Russia party.

2020

Alexander Khinshtein headed the State Duma Committee on Information Policy, IT and Communications

On January 22, 2020, Alexander Khinshtein was appointed chairman of the committee on information policy, information technology and communications of the State Duma. This was announced by the committee on its official website.

According to the committee, the deputies of the State Duma during the plenary meeting supported the draft resolution on the election of Alexander Khinshtein as chairman of the committee.

The position of the head of the committee became vacant after Leonid Levin became deputy chief of staff of the Government of the Russian Federation, the committee explained.

With Alexander Khinshtein, as the head of the committee, the entire media community will very quickly find a common language, Arseniy Shcheltsin is sure.

According to Arseniy Shcheltsin, General Director of ANO Digital Platforms, Alexander Khinshtein is an experienced state figure, effective as a project manager and expert in the topic of media. At the same time, by education - a journalist.

I think that with him, as the head of the committee, the entire media community will very quickly find a common language. In terms of the topic of information technology, I wish Alexander Evseevich good luck, because the IT community is not simple. But, given his extensive experience in the economic sphere and great attention to public communications, I am sure that his dialogue with this industry community will quickly tune in, "Arseniy Shcheltsin told TAdviser

Speaking with TAdviser about the activities of the committee, he noted that the most significant action on his part was a special attention to the information technology industry. Before the leadership of Leonid Levin, according to Shcheltsin, the main agenda of the committee was the media, not information technology.

The committee has implemented many fundamental projects. Among them are benefits for IT companies and their subsequent prolongation, a law on equalizing taxes for fees from the Russian Internet, which brings about 10 billion revenues to the budget annually, issues of the rules of Internet aggregators, network security and critical infrastructure, the development of mobile data networks, issues of federal and regional TV channels, support for socially significant Internet media, countering SMS spammers, as well as much, much more. It's hard to even remember, the list is very large, - Arseniy Shcheltsin informed TAdviser

Constant communication with the media and the technological community, in his opinion, allowed the committee to quickly localize any industry difficulties.

Membership in the Board of Directors of Russian Post

In early December 2020, the Government of the Russian Federation approved the updated composition of the board of directors of Russian Post. It was headed by Assistant to the President of RFMaksim Oreshkin. Alexander Khinshtein became a new member of the board of directors. Read more here.

2024: Appointment as Acting Governor of Kursk Oblast

The President Russia Vladimir Putin on December 5, 2024 appointed State Duma Alexander Khinshtein, Chairman of the Committee on Information Policy, Information Technology and Communications, Acting Governor. Kursk region This decision was made after an early resignation at the request of the previous head of the region, Alexei Smirnov.

According to Kommersant, during a meeting in the Kremlin, Vladimir Putin noted the significant experience of Alexander Khinshtein's political activities in the State Duma, as well as his work as an adviser to the director of the Russian Guard from 2016 to 2018. The head of state stressed that the Kursk region currently needs crisis management.

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Kremlin.ru

The President of Russia outlined the key tasks for the new head of the region: economic recovery, especially in the field of housing and communal services, as well as the organization of work on social support for the population. In response, Alexander Khinshtein announced his readiness to make every effort to ensure the well-being of residents of the Kursk region.

President of the communication holding "Minchenko Consulting" Evgeny Minchenko characterizes Alexander Khinshtein as a tough, purposeful and active manager. According to him, the new head of the region is able to establish effective interaction between civil authorities and law enforcement agencies, as well as build a constructive dialogue with the population.

In addition, he is in good contact with law enforcement agencies, in particular - with the Russian Guard. I think that he will be able to prove himself much more effectively, - notes Evgeny Minchenko. According to the expert, such an appointment reflects the orientation of the president's personnel policy towards leaders who are able to build effective communications with both elites and voters.

Prior to his appointment as acting governor, Alexander Khinshtein headed the State Duma Committee on Information Policy, Information Technology and Communications, making a significant contribution to the development of legislation in the field of information technology and mass communications.^[1]

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