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Dimitri Medvedev

Dmitry Medvedev
Дмитрий Медведев
Dmitry Medvedev’s interview with CNN (2013-01-27).jpeg
39th Prime Minister of Russia
Assumed office
8 May 2012
President Vladimir Putin
First Deputy Viktor Zubkov
Igor Shuvalov
Preceded by Vladimir Putin
3rd President of Russia
In office
7 May 2008 – 7 May 2012
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin
Preceded by Vladimir Putin
Succeeded by Vladimir Putin
Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Union State
Assumed office
18 July 2012
Preceded by Vladimir Putin
Leader of United Russia
Assumed office
30 May 2012
Preceded by Vladimir Putin
First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia
In office
14 November 2005 – 12 May 2008
Serving with Sergei Ivanov
Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov
Viktor Zubkov
Preceded by Mikhail Kasyanov
Succeeded by Viktor Zubkov
Igor Shuvalov
Kremlin Chief of Staff
In office
30 October 2003 – 14 November 2005
President Vladimir Putin
Preceded by Alexander Voloshin
Succeeded by Sergey Sobyanin
Personal details
Born Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev
(1965-09-14) 14 September 1965 (age 51)
Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now St Petersburg, Russian Federation)
Nationality Russian
Political party Soviet Communist (before 1991)
Independent (1991–2011)
United Russia (2011–present)
Spouse(s) Svetlana Linnik (m. 1993)
Children 1
Alma mater Leningrad State University
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Website da-medvedev.ru

Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev (/mɪdˈvɛdɪf/) (Russian: Дми́трий Анато́льевич Медве́дев, tr. Dmitriy Anatolyevich Medvedev; IPA: [ˈdʲmʲitrʲɪj ɐnɐˈtolʲjɪvʲɪtɕ mʲɪdˈvʲedʲɪf], born 14 September 1965) is a Russian politician, currently the Prime Minister of Russia. From 2008 to 2012, Medvedev served as the third President of Russia.

Born to a family of academics, Medvedev graduated from the Leningrad State University Law Department in 1987. Medvedev defended his dissertation in 1990, and worked as a docent at his alma mater, now renamed the Saint Petersburg State University, where he taught Civil and Roman Law until 1999. Medvedev's political career began as the Election Campaign Manager, and later as an adviser of the St. Petersburg Mayor, Anatoly Sobchak. During this time, Medvedev befriended Vladimir Putin.

In November 1999, Medvedev was hired by the Russian Presidential Administration, where he worked as the Deputy Chief of Staff. In the 2000 Russian Presidential Elections, Medvedev was Putin's Campaign Manager.

On 14 November 2005, Medvedev was appointed First Deputy Prime Minister, and was tasked with overseeing National Priority Projects. Medvedev worked as the Chairman of Gazprom's Board of Directors, a post that he held until 2008.


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