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(February 2022) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) Vladimir Putin ���������������� ���������� Vladimir Putin (2018-03-01) 03 (cropped)(a).jpg Putin in 2018[discuss] President of Russia Incumbent Assumed office 7 May 2012 Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev Mikhail Mishustin 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 First Deputy Sergei Ivanov Viktor Zubkov Igor Shuvalov Preceded by Viktor Zubkov Succeeded by Dmitry Medvedev In office 9 August 1999 ��� 7 May 2000 President Boris Yeltsin First Deputy Nikolai Aksyonenko Viktor Khristenko Mikhail Kasyanov Preceded by Sergei Stepashin Succeeded by Mikhail Kasyanov Secretary of the Security Council In office 9 March 1999 ��� 9 August 1999 President Boris Yeltsin Preceded by Nikolay Bordyuzha Succeeded by Sergei Ivanov 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 Additional positions Personal details Born Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin 7 October 1952 (age 69) Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union Political party Independent (1991���1995; 2001���2008; 2012���present) Other political affiliations People's Front (2011���present) United Russia[1] (2008���2012) Unity (1999���2001) Our Home ��� Russia (1995���1999) CPSU (1975���1991) Spouse(s) Lyudmila Shkrebneva (m. 1983; div. 2014) [a] Children At least 2, Maria and Katerina[b] Parent(s) Vladimir Spiridonovich Putin Maria Ivanovna Putina Residence Novo-Ogaryovo, Moscow Alma mater Saint Petersburg State University (LLB) Saint Petersburg Mining Institute (PhD) Awards Order of Honour Signature Website Official website Military service Allegiance Soviet Union Russia Branch/service KGB; FSB; Russian Armed Forces Years of service 1975���1991 1998���1999 2000���presentRank Colonel Supreme Commander-in-Chief Battles/wars Second Chechen War Russo-Georgian War Russo-Ukrainian War Syrian Civil War ���������������� ���������� (16-09-2021) (cropped).jpg This article is part of a series about Vladimir Putin President of Russia Incumbent Political career Public image Pets Policies Domestic policy legislation and programs military reform constitutional reform national champions priority projects stabilization fund Foreign policy Putin's Plan Elections Electoral history 2000 campaign 2004 campaign 2012 campaign 2018 campaign PutinTeam Premiership First Cabinet Second Cabinet Presidency Inaugurations 1st 2nd 3rd 4th International trips Political groups Speeches Munich 2007 Crimea 2014 Valdai 2014 2020 Address to the Federal Assembly Summits Ljubljana Bratislava Helsinki Geneva Emblem of the President of Russia.svg Media gallery vte Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin[c] (born 7 October 1952) is a Russian politician and former intelligence officer who is the president of Russia, a position he has filled since 2012, and previously from 1999 until 2008.[7][d] He was also the prime minister from 1999 to 2000, and again from 2008 to 2012. Putin is the second-longest current serving European president after Alexander Lukashenko. Putin was born in Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg) and studied law at Leningrad State University, graduating in 1975. He 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. He moved to Moscow in 1996 to join the administration of president Boris Yeltsin. He briefly served as director of the Federal Security Service (FSB) and secretary of the Security Council, before being appointed as prime minister in August 1999. After the resignation of Yeltsin, Putin became acting president, and less than four months later was elected outright to his first term as president and was reelected in 2004. As he was then constitutionally limited to two consecutive terms as president, Putin served as prime minister again from 2008 to 2012 under Dmitry Medvedev, and returned to the presidency in 2012 in an election marred by allegations of fraud and protests; he was reelected again in 2018. In April 2021, following a referendum, he signed into law constitutional amendments including one that would allow him to run for reelection twice more, potentially extending his presidency