Dmitry Medvedev

Dmitry Medvedev
Дмитрий Медведев
Medvedev in 2016
President of Russia
In office 7 May 2008 – 7 May 2012
Prime Minister	Vladimir Putin
Preceded by	Vladimir Putin
Succeeded by	Vladimir Putin
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	Viktor Zubkov (acting)
Succeeded by	Mikhail Mishustin
Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation
Incumbent
Assumed office 16 January 2020
Chairman	Vladimir Putin
Preceded by	Office established
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
Kremlin Chief of Staff
In office 30 October 2003 – 14 November 2005
President	Vladimir Putin
Preceded by	Alexander Voloshin
Succeeded by	Sergey Sobyanin
Personal details
Born	Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev (1965-09-14) 14 September 1965 (age 59) Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Political party	United Russia (2012–present)
Other political affiliations	CPSU (before 1991) Independent (1991–2011)[1]
Spouse	Svetlana Linnik ​ (m. 1993)​
Children	1
Parent	Anatoly Medvedev (father)
Education	Leningrad State University
Signature
Website	Official website
Military service
Allegiance	Russia
Branch/service	Russian Armed Forces
Years of service	2008–2012
Rank	Colonel 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation
Commands	Supreme Commander-in-Chief
Battles/wars	Russo-Georgian War Insurgency in the North Caucasus
Dmitry Medvedev's voice Recorded 30 November 2008

Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev^[a][b] (born 14 September 1965) is a Russian politician who has served as deputy chairman of the Security Council of Russia since 2020.^[2] Medvedev was also president of Russia between 2008 and 2012 and prime minister of Russia between 2012 and 2020.^[3]

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

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

To some analysts, Medvedev's presidency seemed 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 by the 2020s he had adopted increasingly authoritarian and anti-West positions.^[5] Observers both domestically and internationally suggested that the break with past rhetoric was Medvedev attempting to change his public image as a moderate subordinate to Putin.^[6] He is considered by many sources to be a potential successor of Putin.^[7] During the large-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, Medvedev for his views has been described as a "Russian rashist (Russian fascist)" and "Kremlin's Nazi" by Ukrainian and American media.^[8]

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