Putin appointed Travnikov head of the Office for Civil Service, Personnel and Anti-Corruption

Vladimir Putin freed his decree Andrey Chobotov from the post of head of the Presidential Office for Combating Corruption. New Head of the Department for Civil Service, Personnel and Anti-Corruption appointed Maxim Travnikov. Previously, Mr. Travnikov headed the department for civil service and personnel. Thus, the president united these two structures.

Maxim Travnikov has served as Head of the Russian Presidential Department for Civil Service and Personnel since October 2019. Prior to that, he headed the department for ensuring the constitutional rights of citizens and worked (since 2018). In 1996–1999 he worked as an attaché and third secretary in the legal department of the Russian Foreign Ministry, in 1999–2003 as third and second secretary of the Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the Council of Europe. In 2003-2004 he was an adviser in the apparatus of the deputy and first deputy head of the presidential administration Dmitry Kozak, in 2004-2008 – deputy director of the international cooperation department of the government apparatus. In 2008-2012, he took the post of Deputy Minister of Regional Development, after which he was appointed Deputy Minister of Justice.

Laura Keffer