~Vladimir Putin ~ Russian Reptilian ~

      Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (Russian: Влади́мир Влади́мирович Пу́тин, IPA: [vɫɐˈdʲimʲɪr vɫɐˈdʲimʲɪrəvʲɪt͡ɕ ˈputʲɪn] ( listen), born 7 October 1952) has been the President of Russia since 7 May 2012. He previously served as President from 2000 to 2008, and as Prime Minister of Russia from 1999 to 2000 and again from 2008 to 2012. During that last term as Prime Minister, he was also the Chairman of the United Russia political party.
For 16 years Putin served as an officer in the KGB, rising to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel before he retired to enter politics in his native Saint Petersburg in 1991. He moved to Moscow in 1996 and joined President Boris Yeltsin's administration where he rose quickly, becoming Acting President on 31 December 1999 when Yeltsin resigned unexpectedly. Putin won the subsequent 2000 presidential election and was re-elected in 2004. Because of constitutionally mandated term limits, Putin was ineligible to run for a third consecutive presidential term in 2008. Dmitry Medvedev won the 2008 presidential election and appointed Putin as Prime Minister, beginning a period of so-called "tandemocracy". In September 2011, following a change in the law extending the presidential term from four years to six, Putin announced that he would seek a third, non-consecutive term as President in the 2012 presidential election, an announcement which led to large-scale protests in many Russian cities. He won the election in March 2012 and is serving a six-year term.
Vladimir Putin
Владимир Путин
This name uses Eastern Slavic naming customs; the patronymic is Vladimirovich and the family name is Putin.
Vladimir Putin
President of Russia
Incumbent
Assumed office
7 May 2012
Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov
Dmitry Medvedev
Preceded by Dmitry 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 by Boris Yeltsin
Succeeded by Dmitry Medvedev
Prime Minister of Russia
In office
8 May 2008 -- 7 May 2012
President Dmitry Medvedev
Deputy Igor Shuvalov
Preceded by Viktor Zubkov
Succeeded by Viktor Zubkov
In office
9 August 1999 -- 7 May 2000
Acting: 9 August 1999 -- 16 August 1999
President Boris Yeltsin
Deputy Viktor Khristenko
Mikhail Kasyanov
Preceded by Sergei Stepashin
Succeeded by Mikhail Kasyanov
Leader of United Russia
In office
1 January 2008 -- 30 May 2012
Preceded by Boris Gryzlov
Succeeded by Dmitry Medvedev
Director of the Federal Security Service
In office
25 July 1998 -- 29 March 1999
President Boris Yeltsin
Preceded by Nikolay Kovalyov
Succeeded by Nikolai Patrushev
Personal details
Born Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin
7 October 1952 (age 61)
Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Political party Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1975-1991)
Our Home-Russia (1995--1999)
Unity (1999--2001)
Independent (1991--1995; 2001--2008)
United Russia (2008--present)
Other political
affiliations People's Front for Russia (2011--present)
Spouse(s) Lyudmila Putina (m. 1983--2013)
Children Mariya
Yekaterina
Alma mater Leningrad State University
Religion Russian Orthodox
Signature
Website Official website
Military service
Allegiance  Soviet Union
Service/branch KGB
Years of service 1975--1991
Rank Lieutenant Colonel
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