Boris Yeltsin

His Excellency Boris Yeltsin Борис Ельцин
Official Portrait, c. 1991-93
1st President of Russia
In office 25 December 1991 – 31 December 1999 As President of Russian SFSR from 10 July 1991 to 25 December 1991
Preceded by	Himself (as Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of Russia) Mikhail Gorbachev (as President of the Soviet Union)
Succeeded by	Vladimir Putin
Personal details
Born	February 1, 1931 Butka, Sverdlovsk, Soviet Union
Died	April 23, 2007(2007-04-23) (aged 76)[1] Moscow, Russia
Nationality	Russian
Spouse(s)	Naina Yeltsina

Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin (listen (help·info); Russian: Бори́с Никола́евич Е́льцин; February 1, 1931 – April 23, 2007) was the first President of Russia and the country's first elected leader. He served from 1991 to 1999.^[2]

1. ↑ "Former Russian President Yeltsin dies". Sky News. 23 April 2007. Archived from the original on 16 October 2007. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
2. ↑ "Russian ex-president Yeltsin dies". BBC. 23 April 2007.