Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (p=vlɐˈdʲimʲɪr vlɐˈdʲimʲɪrəvʲɪtɕ ˈputʲɪn; born 7 October 1952) was the second President of Russia and is the current Prime Minister of Russia as well as chairman of United Russia and Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Union of Russia and Belarus. He became acting President on 31 December 1999, when president Boris Yeltsin resigned in a surprising move, and then Putin won the 2000 presidential election. In 2004, he was re-elected for a second term lasting until 7 May 2008. Due to constitutionally mandated term limits, Putin was ineligible to run for a third consecutive Presidential term. After the victory of his successor, Dmitry Medvedev, in the 2008 presidential elections, he was then nominated by the latter to be Russia's Prime Minister; Putin took the post on 8 May 2008. (via Wikipedia)

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About Vladimir Putin

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Title: Prime Minister of Russia

Spouse: Lyudmila Putina

Preceded By: Position established
Sergei Stepashin
Viktor Zubkov
Boris Yeltsin
Boris Gryzlov

President: Dmitry Medvedev
Boris Yeltsin

Succeeded By: Dmitry Medvedev
Mikhail Kasyanov

Political party: United Russia

Deputy: Viktor Zubkov
Igor Shuvalov

Name: Vladimir Putin
Putin, Vladimir

Religion: Russian Orthodox

Children: Yekaterina
Mariya

Birthplace: Leningrad, Soviet Union
Leningrad, Soviet Union

Birth Date: Oct 7, 1952
Oct 7, 1952

University Attended: Leningrad State University

Start: 27 May 2008
9 August 1999
8 May 2000
8 May 2008
1 January 2008

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