Vladímir Vladímirovich Putin ɗan siyasan ƙasar Rasha ne. Shi ne shugaban ƙasar Rasha a halin yanzu. An haifi Putin a Leningrad, yanzu Saint Petersburg,a ranar 7 ga Oktoba shekarar 1952. Ya kasance Firayim Ministan Rasha daga shekarar 1999 zuwa shekarar 2000,sannan Shugaban Rasha daga Maris 2000 zuwa Mayu 2008,da Firayim Minista kuma daga 2008 zuwa 2012.Ya sake zama shugaban ƙasa a shekara ta 2012. Asalinsa ya sami horo a matsayin lauya. An haifi Putin a ranar 7 ga Oktoba 1952, a Leningrad,SFSR ta Rasha,Taraiyar Sobiyat.Iyayensa sune Vladimir Spiridonovich Putin (1911-1999) da Maria Ivanovna Putina ( née Shelomova;1911-1998). Daga 1985 zuwa 1990, Putin ya yi aiki da KGB, sabis na Leƙen asirin Tarayyar Soviet. Putin ya yi aiki a Dresden, wanda wani bangare ne na tsohuwar Jamus ta Gabas . Bayan da Jamus ta Gabas ta ruguje a shekarar 1989, sai aka ce wa Putin ya dawo Tarayyar Soviet. Ya zaɓi zuwa Leningrad, wanda shine inda ya tafi jami'a. A watan Yunin 1990, ya fara aiki a sashin Harkokin Duniya na Jami'ar Jihar Leningrad.