President of the Russian Federation

President of the Russian Federation Президент Российской Федерации
Standard of the President of the Russian Federation
Incumbent Vladimir Putin since 7 May 2012
Style	Mr. President (formal) Comrade Supreme Commander (among the military)
Member of	State Council Security Council Supreme Council of the Eurasian Economic Union
Residence	Kremlin Senate (working) Grand Kremlin Palace (ceremonial) Novo-Ogaryovo (residential)
Seat	Moscow
Appointer	Direct popular vote
Term length	Six years (one consecutive re-election)
Inaugural holder	Boris Yeltsin
Formation	1991 24 April 1991 (passage of presidency law) 24 May 1991 (constitutional amendments) 10 July 1991 (inauguration of the first President) Modern status is defined by the Constitution of Russia, adopted on 12 December 1993
Succession	Prime Minister of Russia
Salary	3.6 million rubles annually
Website	(Russian) президент.рф (English) eng.kremlin.ru

1991

The President of the Russian Federation (Russian: Президент Российской Федерации, tr. Prezident Rossiiskoi Federatsii) is the elected head of state, Supreme Commander-in-Chief and holder of the highest office within the Russian Federation. However, he is not the head of the executive branch. The Government of Russia is the highest organ of executive power. The current President of Russia is Vladimir Putin.

In 1991, the office was briefly known as the President of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (Russian: Президент Российской Советской Федеративной Социалистической Республики) until 25 December 1991. According to the 1978 Russian Constitution, the President of Russia was head of the executive branch and headed the Council of Ministers of Russia. According to the current 1993 Constitution of Russia, the President of Russia is not a part of the Government of Russia, which exercises executive power.

In all cases where the President of the Russian Federation is unable to fulfill his duties, they shall be temporarily delegated to the Prime Minister, who becomes Acting President of Russia. The Chairman of the Federation Council is the third important position after the President and the Prime Minister. In the case of incapacity of both the President and Prime Minister, the chairman of the upper house of parliament becomes acting head of state.