Dmitry Medvedev

Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev (born 14 September 1965) is a Russian politician. He was the tenth and Prime Minister of Russia from 2012 through 2020.^[2] He previously served as the third President of Russia from 2008 to 2012. He is a close ally of the current Russian President Vladimir Putin. He is the leader of the Pro-Kremlin United Russia party.

His Excellency Dmitry Medvedev
Дмитрий Медведев
Medvedev in 2021
Deputy Chairman of the Security Council
Incumbent
Assumed office 16 January 2020
Chairman	Vladimir Putin
Preceded by	Position established
Prime Minister of Russia
In office 8 May 2012 – 16 January 2020
President	Vladimir Putin
First Deputy	Viktor Zubkov Igor Shuvalov Anton Siluanov
Preceded by	Vladimir Putin
Succeeded by	Mikhail Mishustin
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
In office 18 July 2012 – 16 January 2020
Secretary General	Pavel Borodin
Preceded by	Vladimir Putin
Succeeded by	Mikhail Mishustin
Leader of United Russia
Incumbent
Assumed office 30 May 2012
Secretary General	Andrey Turchak
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
Chief of Staff of the Kremlin
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 59) Leningrad, Soviet Union (now Saint Petersburg, Russia)
Political party	Communist Party (Before 1991) Independent (1991–2011)[1] United Russia (2011–present)
Spouse(s)	Svetlana Linnik ​ (m. 1993)​
Children	1
Education	Leningrad State University
Signature
Website	Official website

Medvedev was born in 1965 in Leningrad, Soviet Union. His parents were teachers. He studied law in the university there. In 1992, he became the law adviser to the Mayor.

In 2005, he was appointed as the Head of the Kremlin Staff under president Vladimir Putin and in 2008 he was elected as third Russian President and the youngest Russian Leader since Alexander Kerensky 1917.

In 2012, he was appointed as Prime Minister of Russia and Leader of United Russia.

He is known for his modernisation reforms in Russian society, especially in economy and politics.

In January 2020, Medvedev announced his resignation as Prime Minister.^[3]