
Born: Oct 07, 1952 (age 65) · Saint Petersburg, Russia
Height: 5′ 7″ (1.70 m)
Office: President of Russia (Since 2012)
Spouse: Lyudmila Putina (m. 1983 – 2014)
Children: Katerina Tikhonova (Daughter) · Mariya Putina (Daughter)
Previous offices: Prime Minister of Russia (2008 – 2012) · President of Russia (2000 – 2008) · Prime Minister of Russia (1999 – 2000) · Acting President of Russia (1999 – 2000) · Acting Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation (1999 – 1999)Highlights
- 1983: Vladimir Putin married Lyudmila Putina on July 28, 1983; their marriage lasted 31 years till April 02, 2014.
- 1997: On 27 June 1997, at the Saint Petersburg Mining Institute, guided by rector Vladimir Litvinenko, Putin defended his Candidate of Science dissertation in economics, titled “The Strategic Planning of Regional Resources Under the Formation of Market Relations”.
- 2000: The first major challenge to Putin’s popularity came in August 2000, when he was criticized for the alleged mishandling of the Kursk submarine disaster.
- 2008: In April 2008, Putin became the first Russian President who visited Libya.
- 2008: In a power-switching operation on 8 May 2008, only a day after handing the presidency to Medvedev, Putin was appointed Prime Minister of Russia, maintaining his political dominance.
- 2012: Putin’s presidency was inaugurated in the Kremlin on 7 May 2012.

Putin in KGB uniform, circa 1980
wiki/Vladimir_Putin
(2000) Russia inaugurates Vladimir Putin as president.
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