President of Russia

The **President of Russia** is the head of state and head of the executive of the central government of Russia and the commander in chief of the Russian Armed Forces.

The current president is Vladimir Putin. Boris Yeltsin was the first president of Russia, Vladimir Putin was second and fourth, and Dmitry Medvedev was the third. The President's duties are listed in the 1993 Russian Constitution. The president directs the foreign and domestic policy of the Russian Federation.

The first inauguration took place on 10 July 1991 following the collapse of the Soviet Union.  Mikhail Gorbachev having to resign sealed the fate of the Soviet Union.  The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic  became the Russian Federation.

Inauguration of the President of Russia is done six years after the last inauguration (since 2000, this 7th of May).

In case of the President's death, resignation or removal from office, the Prime Minister serves as acting president until a replacement is appointed.

## List of presidents

|Number|Image|Name|Term of office|Length of term|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
||Boris Yeltsin (1931-2007)|July 12, 1991– December 31, 1999 _(resign)_|||
||Vladimir Putin (b. 1952)|December 31, 1999– May 7, 2008|||
||Dmitry Medvedev (b. 1965)|May 7, 2008– May 7, 2012|||
||Vladimir Putin (b. 1952)|May 7, 2012–present _(mandate expires on May 7, 2024)_|||

## Living former Presidents

As of , one former president is alive:

|Image|Name|Term of office|Age|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
||Dmitry Medvedev|2008–2012||
The most recent president to die was Boris Yeltsin, who died on April 23, 2007.

## Other websites

- Official site of the President of Russia

## Infobox (political post)

- **post**: President of the Russian Federation
- **insignia**: Coat of Arms of the Russian Federation.svg
- **insigniacaption**: Russian Coat of Arms
- **flag**: Standard of the President of the Russian Federation.svgborder
- **flagsize**: 125px
- **flagcaption**: Russian presidential standard
- **image**: Владимир Путин (08-03-2024) (cropped).jpg
- **imagesize**: 210px
- **incumbent**: Vladimir Putin
- **incumbentsince**: 7 May 2012
- **department**: Russia#Governance, Governance of Russia
 Politics of Russia#Executive branch, Executive branch in Russian Politics
- **style**: Mr. President (title), Mr. President

Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Comrade Supreme Commander

Excellency, His Excellency

- **status**: Federation, Federal Head of State
- **residence**: Kremlin Senate

Grand Kremlin Palace

Novo-Ogaryovo

- **seat**: Moscow Kremlin, Moscow
- **member of**: State Council (Russia), State Council
 Security Council of Russia, Security Council
 Supreme Eurasian Economic Council
- **nominator**: Political parties in Russia, Political parties or self-nomination
- **appointer**: Russian presidential elections, Direct popular vote
- **termlength**: six years, renewable once
- **constituting instrument**: Constitution of Russia, Russian Constitution
- **precursor**: :en:President of the USSR, President of the Soviet Union
:en:List of leaders of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic#List of presidents, Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of Russian SFSR
- **formation**: 1991
* Passage of presidency law:
 24 April 1991
* Constitutional amendments:
 24 May 1991
* First inauguration:
 10 July 1991
- **first**: Boris Yeltsin

- **salary**: 3.6 million Russian ruble, rubles annually
- **website**: [http://президент.рф/ президент.рф] (in Russian language, Russian)
 [http://eng.kremlin.ru/ eng.kremlin.ru] (in English language, English)