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 | |
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Дмитрий Медведев | |
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Deputy Chairman of the Security Council | |
Assumed office 16 January 2020 | |
Chairman | Vladimir Putin |
Preceded by | Office established |
Leader of United Russia | |
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 | |
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 | Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Saint Petersburg, Russia) | 14 September 1965
Political party | United Russia (2011–present) |
Other political affiliations | CPSU (before 1991) Independent (1991–2011)[1] |
Spouse(s) | |
Children | 1 |
Education | Leningrad State University |
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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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