Gaea Times Image Gallery

Latest News
  • » U.S., Russia agree to prod Iran on nukes

Dmitry Medvedev official large photo -1

Dmitry Medvedev

Dmitry Medvedev

Topics: Politics

Tags: Dmitry Medvedev

View

obama 1523346c

Tags: Barack Obama, Dmitry Medvedev

View


Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev (audio-ru???????? ???????????? ?????????Ru-DmitryMedvedev.ogg, Dmitrij Anatol?jevi? Medvedev; IPA-ru?dm?itr??j ?n??tol?j?v??t? m???dv?ed??f; born 14 September 1965) is the third and current President of Russia, inaugurated on 7 May 2008. He won the presidential election (Russian presidential election, 2008) held on 2 March 2008 with 71.25% of the popular vote.

Medvedev was appointed First Deputy Prime Minister (Deputy Prime Minister) of the Russian government (Government of Russia) on 14 November 2005. Formerly Vladimir Putins Chief of Presidential Staff (Presidential Administration of Russia), he was also the Chairman (chair (official)) of Gazproms board of directors, a post he had held, for the second time, since 2000. Medvedevs candidacy was backed by then President Vladimir Putin. On 10 December 2007, he was informally endorsed (political endorsement) as a candidate for the forthcoming presidential elections by the largest Russian political party (List of political parties in Russia), United Russia and several pro-presidential (political groups during Vladimir Putins presidency) parties (political party), and officially endorsed by United Russia on 17 December 2007. A technocrat (Technocracy (bureaucratic)) and political appointee, Medvedev had never held elective (election) office before 2008.

Alongside2: Sergei Ivanov

Date of birth: 1965-09-14

Birth Location: Saint Petersburg, Leningrad, Soviet Union (now Saint Petersburg, Russia)

Party: Independent (Independent (politician)) (Formally),Endorsements:,United Russia,Fair Russia,Agrarian Party (Agrarian Party of Russia),Civilian Power

Spouse: Svetlana Linnik (Svetlana Medvedeva)

Children: Ilya Medvedev

Alma Mater: Leningrad State University (Saint Petersburg State University)

Profession: President of Russia,Manager (Management),Lawyer

Religion: Russian Orthodox (Russian Orthodox Church)

Website: medvedev.kremlin.ru/

President of Russia

In office: 7 May 2008

Predceded by: Vladimir Putin

Primeminister: Vladimir Putin

Deputy Prime Minister of Russia

In office: 14 November 2005-12 May 2008

Predceded by: Position created

Succeeded by: Viktor Zubkov,Igor Shuvalov

Primeminister: Mikhail Fradkov,Viktor Zubkov

source: wikipedia.org

Corporate | Products | Contact | Privacy Policy
Copyright© 2010 The Gaea Times