Putin extended for a year the powers of presidential aide Igor Levitin

Russian President Vladimir Putin extended the term of office of his aide Igor Levitin until February 21, 2024, should from the order published on the legal information portal.

“In accordance with Part 1 of Article 251 of the Federal Law of July 27, 2004 No. 79-FZ “On the State Civil Service of the Russian Federation” to extend the term of the federal state civil service until February 21, 2024, to Igor Evgenievich Levitin, Assistant to the President of the Russian Federation,” the statement reads. document.

As follows from Art. 25.1 of the Law “On the State Civil Service of the Russian Federation”, the age limit for being in the civil service is 65 years. For those who hold the post of assistant (advisor) to a person holding a public office, “the term of civil service, with the consent of this civil servant, may be extended by decision of the representative of the employer until the end of the term of office of the specified person.”

From the biography on the Kremlin website shouldthat Igor Levitin was born on February 21, 1952 in the village of Tsebrikovo, Odessa region. In 1973 he graduated from the Military School of Railway Troops and Military Communications in Leningrad, in 1983 – from the Military Academy of Logistics and Transport. In the period from 1985 to 1994, he worked at the Moscow Railway, later at CJSC Severstaltrans. in 2004, Levitin was appointed Minister of Transport of Russia, in 2012 he took the post of adviser to the President of Russia, in 2013 – the post of assistant.