Vladimir Putin
Владимир Путин
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Putin in 2018
President of Russia
Incumbent
Assumed office
7 May 2012
Prime Minister
  • Dmitry Medvedev
  • Mikhail Mishustin
Preceded byDmitry Medvedev
In office
7 May 2000 – 7 May 2008
Acting: 31 December 1999 – 7 May 2000
Prime Minister
  • Mikhail Kasyanov
  • Mikhail Fradkov
  • Viktor Zubkov
Preceded byBoris Yeltsin
Succeeded byDmitry Medvedev
Prime Minister of Russia
In office
8 May 2008 – 7 May 2012
PresidentDmitry Medvedev
First Deputy
  • Sergei Ivanov
  • Viktor Zubkov
  • Igor Shuvalov
Preceded byViktor Zubkov
Succeeded byDmitry Medvedev
In office
9 August 1999 – 7 May 2000
PresidentBoris Yeltsin
First Deputy
  • Nikolai Aksyonenko
  • Viktor Khristenko
  • Mikhail Kasyanov
Preceded bySergei Stepashin
Succeeded byMikhail Kasyanov
Secretary of the Security Council
In office
9 March 1999 – 9 August 1999
PresidentBoris Yeltsin
Preceded byNikolay Bordyuzha
Succeeded bySergei Ivanov
Director of the Federal Security Service
In office
25 July 1998 – 29 March 1999
PresidentBoris Yeltsin
Preceded byNikolay Kovalyov
Succeeded byNikolai Patrushev
Leader of All-Russia People's Front
Incumbent
Assumed office
12 June 2013
Preceded byOffice established
Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Union State
In office
27 May 2008 – 18 July 2012
Chm of Sup. Cncl.
  • Alexander Lukashenko
General SecretaryPavel Borodin
Preceded byViktor Zubkov
Succeeded byDmitry Medvedev
Leader of United Russia
In office
7 May 2008 – 26 May 2012
Preceded byBoris Gryzlov
Succeeded byDmitry Medvedev
Personal details
Born
Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin

(1952-10-07) 7 October 1952 (age 69)
Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
(now Saint Petersburg, Russia)
Political partyIndependent (1991–1995; 2001–2008; 2012–present)
Other political
affiliations
People's Front (2011–present)
United Russia (2008–2012)
Unity (1999–2001)
Our Home – Russia
(1995–1999)
CPSU (1975–1991)
Spouse(s)
Lyudmila Shkrebneva
(m. 1983; div. 2014)
ChildrenAt least 2, Maria and Katerina
Parent(s)Vladimir Spiridonovich Putin
Maria Ivanovna Putina
ResidenceNovo-Ogaryovo, Moscow
Alma materSaint Petersburg State University (LLB)
Saint Petersburg Mining Institute (PhD)
AwardsOrder of Honour
Signature
WebsiteOfficial website
Military service
Allegiance Soviet Union
 Russia
Branch/serviceKGB; FSB; Russian Armed Forces
Years of service
  • 1975–1991
  • 1998–1999
  • 2000–present
RankColonel
Supreme Commander-in-chief
Battles/wars
  • Second Chechen War
  • Russo-Georgian War
  • Russo-Ukrainian War
  • Syrian Civil War