Name in Native Language: "Владимир Владимирович Путин" (Russian/RU)
Politician / Stunt Performer / President Of The Republic | * 10/07/1952 (71) | Leningrad (Soviet Union)
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Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (born 7 October 1952) is a Russian politician and former intelligence officer who is the president of Russia. Putin has held continuous positions as president or prime minister since 1999: as prime minister from 1999 to 2000 and from 2008 to 2012, and as president from 2000 to 2008 and since 2012. He is the longest-serving Russian or Soviet leader since Joseph Stalin. Putin worked as a KGB foreign intelligence officer for 16 years, rising to the rank of lieutenant colonel before resigning in 1991 to begin a political career in Saint Petersburg. In 1996, he moved to Moscow to join the administration of President Boris Yeltsin. He briefly served as the director of the Federal Security Service (FSB) and then as secretary of the Security Council of Russia before being appointed prime minister in August 1999. Following Yeltsin's resignation, Putin became acting president and, in less than four months, was elected to his first term as president. He was reelected in 2004. Due to constitutional limitations of two consecutive presidential terms, Putin served as prime minister again from 2008 to 2012 under Dmitry Medvedev. He returned to the presidency in 2012, following an election marked by allegations of fraud and protests, and was reelected in 2018. Duri... ()
Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin(born 7 October 1952) has been thePresident of Russiasince 7 May 2012. Putin previously served as President from 2000 to 2008, and asPrime Minister of Russiafrom 1999 to 2000 and again from 2008 to 2012. During his last term as Prime Minister, he was also the Chairman ofUnited Russia, the ruling party.
4x Forbes list of the World's Most Powerful People Grand Cross of The Legion of Honour 'verschlossene Auster' Award Distinguished Service Medal of the National People's Army Order of Honour (Russia) Confucius Peace Prize Order of the Badge of Honour Order For Services to the Republic of Dagestan Time Person of the Year Master of Sport of The Ussr Order of Ho Chi Minh King Abdulaziz Medal Order of Ismoili Somoni Order of Zayed Order of Outstanding Merit Order of The Precious Wand Order of the Liberator Registered Firearms Order of the Republic of Serbia Order of the Friendship of Peoples (Belarus) Grand Cross of The Order of Saint-Charles Order of José Martí Medal "participant of The March-Shot Bosnia-Kosovo 12 June 1999" Памятная медаль А. М. Горчакова Order of St. Prince Vladimir Order of Glory and Honor Order of St. Sava Honorary Professor Honorary Member Honoured Coach of Russia Order of St. Sergius of Radonezh 1st Class Medal "For Impeccable Service" Order of the Golden Eagle Gold Olympic Order National Order of Merit (Guinea) Order of Manas, 1st Class Honorary Citizen of Saint Petersburg Honored Coach Weapon of Honor Friendship Medal (China) Honorary Doctor of The University of Athens Order of Honour and Glory Order of Uatsamonga Order of Agostinho Neto Honorary Doctor of The Tsinghua University Order of Nazarbayev Honorary Doctor of Saint Petersburg State University Honorary Doctor of The Jawaharlal Nehru University Honorary Doctor of The Yerevan State University Honorary Doctor of The Turkmen State University Honorary Doctor of The Baku Slavic University Honorary Doctor of The University of Belgrade Honorary Doctor of The S. M. Kirov Military Medical Academy Medal "for Impeccable Service", 3rd Class Medal "for Impeccable Service", 2nd Class Honorary Citizen of Astrakhan Order of The "commonwealth" Honorary Citizen of Sevastopol Order of St. Sergius of Radonezh Order of Saint Charles (Monaco) Order of King Abdulaziz Ig Nobel Prize Honorary Citizen of Kazan Order of Sheikh-Ul-Islam 2x Time 100 Order of Akhmad Kadyrov 2x nominated for: Nobel Peace Prize
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Educated at: FSB Academy, Faculty of Law, Saint Petersburg State University, Academy of Foreign Intelligence, School 193, School 281, Saint Petersburg Mining University, Saint Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg Institute of the FSB of Russia
Employer: Presidential Administration of Russia, Administrative Directorate of the President of the Russian Federation, First Chief Directorate, KGB
Member of: All-Russia People's Front, Ozero, Russian Academy of Arts
Spouses (current/former): Lyudmila Ocheretnaya
Children: Katerina Tikhonova, Maria Vorontsova, Elizaveta Rozova
Father: Vladimir Spiridonovich Putin
Mother: Maria Ivanovna Shelomova
Related to: Roman Putin, Igor Putin, Kirill Shamalov, Jorrit Faassen
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