Peskov was born in Moscow, and is fluent in Turkish.
He has been in charge of handling Putin's press and media activities since April 9, 2000.
Dmitry Peskov was named as Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov's new press secretary on 25 April 2008, putting him in place to lead Vladimir Putin's press operations when he moved to the job of Prime Minister in Dmitry Medvedev's current government.