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Vladimir Putin
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Vladimir Putin

b. 1952

President of the Russian Federation

Born
7 Oct 1952 · V.F. Snegiryov Maternity Hospital No.6
Part ofSyrian civil war2011 – 2024Russia1223 – todaySoviet Union1848 – 1991Russians1866 – todayEastern Orthodoxy265 CE – today

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 85 years
  1. 7 Oct 1952BornBorn in V.F. Snegiryov Maternity Hospital No.6
  2. 1988AwardMedal of Merit of the National People's Army
  3. 1996AwardOrder of Honour
  4. 1998 – 1999RoleDirector of the Federal Security Service
  5. 1998AwardMerited Coach of Russia
  6. 1999RoleSecretary of the Security Council of Russia
  7. 1999RoleFirst Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation
  8. 1999 – 2000RolePrime Minister of Russia
  9. 1999 – 2009WarSecond Chechen War
  10. 1999 – 2000RoleActing President of Russia
  11. 1999 – 2008Took partSecond Chechen War
  12. 1999 – 2000RoleSupreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation
  13. 2000 – 2003RoleChairman of the Council of CIS Heads of State
  14. 2000 – 2008RolePresident of Russia
  15. 2000 – 2008RoleSupreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation
  16. 2000AwardMedal "Participant of the March-Shot Bosnia-Kosovo 12 June 1999"
  17. 2001AwardCommemorative medal of A. M. Gorchakov
  18. 2001AwardOrder of Hồ Chí Minh
  19. 2002AwardOrder of St. Prince Vladimir
  20. 2004 – 2006RoleChairman of the Council of CIS Heads of State
  21. 2006AwardGrand Cross of the Legion of Honour
  22. 2006AwardMerited Coach
  23. 2007Award'Verschlossene Auster' award
  24. 2007AwardKing Abdulaziz Medal
  25. 2007AwardTime Person of the Year
  26. 2008 – 2012RoleParty leader
  27. 2008 – 2012RolePrime Minister of Russia
  28. 2012RolePresident of Russia
  29. 2012RoleSupreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation
  30. 2012RoleChairperson
  31. 2014Took partRussian annexation of Crimea
  32. 2014WarRusso-Ukrainian war
  33. 2015 – 2024WarRussian military intervention in the Syrian civil war
  34. 2015Took partRussian military intervention in the Syrian civil war
  35. 2017RoleChairman of the Council of CIS Heads of State
  36. 2024RoleChairman of the Council of CIS Heads of State

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1952 – today).

  1. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  2. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  3. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  4. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  5. 1956Suez Crisis
  6. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  7. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  8. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  9. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  10. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  11. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  12. 1968Prague Spring
  13. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  14. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  15. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  16. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  17. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  18. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  19. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  20. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  21. 1985Schengen Agreement
  22. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  23. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
  24. 19901990 FIFA World Cup
  25. 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
  26. 19941994 FIFA World Cup
  27. 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
  28. 19981998 FIFA World Cup
  29. 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
  30. 2003 – 2011Iraq War
  31. 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
  32. 20062006 FIFA World Cup
  33. 20082008 Summer Olympics
  34. 2008Russo-Georgian War
  35. 20102010 Haiti earthquake
  36. 2010 – 2012Arab Spring
  37. 20112011 Norway attacks
  38. 2011Libyan civil war
  39. 2011 – 2024Syrian civil war
  40. 20122012 Summer Olympics

Biography

Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (born 7 October 1952) is a Russian politician and former intelligence officer who has served as President of Russia since 2012, having previously served from 2000 to 2008. Putin also served as Prime Minister of Russia from 1999 to 2000 and again from 2008 to 2012. He has been described as the de facto leader of Russia since 1999.

Born in Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg), Putin worked as a KGB foreign intelligence officer for 16 years, rising to the rank of lieutenant colonel. He resigned in 1991 to begin a political career in Saint Petersburg. In 1996, Putin moved to Moscow to join the administration of President Boris Yeltsin. He briefly served as the director of the Federal Security Service (FSB) and then as secretary of the Security Council of Russia before being appointed prime minister in August 1999. Following Yeltsin's resignation, Putin became acting president and, less than three months later in March 2000, was elected to his first term as president. He was reelected in 2004. Due to constitutional limitations on two consecutive presidential terms, Putin served as Prime Minister again from 2008 to 2012 under Dmitry Medvedev. He returned to the presidency in 2012, following an election marked by allegations of fraud and protests, and was reelected in 2018.

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