Dmitry Medvedev

Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev (Russian: Дмитрий Анатольевич Медведев, IPA: [ˈdmʲitrʲɪj ɐnɐˈtolʲjɪvʲɪtɕ mʲɪdˈvʲedʲɪf]; born 14 September 1965) is a Russian politician who has been serving as the deputy chairman of the Security Council of Russia since 2020.[2] Medvedev also served as the president of Russia between 2008 and 2012 and prime minister of Russia between 2012 and 2020.[3]

Dmitry Medvedev
Дмитрий Медведев
Official portrait, 2016
Deputy Chairman of the Security Council
Incumbent
Assumed office 16 January 2020
Chairman	Vladimir Putin
Preceded by	Office established
Leader of United Russia
Incumbent
Assumed office 30 May 2012
Secretary General	Andrey Turchak
Preceded by	Vladimir Putin
Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Union State
In office 18 July 2012 – 16 January 2020
Secretary General	Grigory Rapota
Preceded by	Vladimir Putin
Succeeded by	Mikhail Mishustin
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
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	(1965-09-14) 14 September 1965 (age 56) Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Saint Petersburg, Russia)
Political party	United Russia (2011–present)
Other political affiliations	CPSU (before 1991) Independent (1991–2011)[1]
Spouse(s)	Svetlana Linnik ​ (m. 1993)​
Children	1
Education	Leningrad State University
Signature
Website	Official website

Medvedev was elected president in the 2008 election. He was regarded as more liberal than his predecessor, Vladimir Putin, who was also appointed prime minister during Medvedev's presidency. Medvedev's top agenda as president was a wide-ranging modernisation programme, aiming at modernising Russia's economy and society, and lessening the country's reliance on oil and gas. During Medvedev's tenure, the New START nuclear arms reduction treaty was signed by Russia and the United States, Russia emerged victorious in the Russo-Georgian War, and recovered from the Great Recession. Medvedev also launched an anti-corruption campaign, despite later being accused of corruption himself.

He served a single term in office and was succeeded by Putin following the 2012 presidential election. Medvedev was then appointed by Putin as prime minister. He resigned along with the rest of the government on 15 January 2020 to allow Putin to make sweeping constitutional changes; he was succeeded by Mikhail Mishustin on 16 January 2020. On the same day, Putin appointed Medvedev to the new office of deputy chairman of the Security Council.[4]

In the views of some analysts, Medvedev's presidency did seem to promise positive changes, both at home and in ties with the West, signaling "the possibility of a new, more liberal period in Russian politics"; however, he later seemed to adopt increasingly radical positions.[5][6][7]

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