Valery Antonovich Makharadze (Russian: Валерий Антонович Махарадзе; 5 March 1940 – 15 November 2008) was a politician in Russia who held a number of senior posts during the presidency of Boris Yeltsin, including deputy prime minister.
[1] In 1991, Makharadze's role was to manage the relations between the federal government and the various regional administrations of Russia, as a member of Boris Yeltsin's team.
[2] He was also involved in removing former Communist officials for suspected corruption as the Yeltsin administration's chief inspector, including what was referred to as "nomenklatura privatization.
"[3][4] In March 1992 he was appointed as one of the Deputy Prime Ministers in Yeltsin's cabinet, being in charge of managing relations between the regions and the government in Moscow.
[7][8] However, when Boris Yeltsin was making concessions to conservative opposition factions in order to gain approval for his economic privatization policies, despite the resignation of Deputy Prime Minister Mikhail Poltoranin it was expected the Makharadze would be forced to resign too.