Svetlana Medvedeva

Svetlana Medvedeva
Светлана Медведева
Medvedeva in 2012
First Lady of Russia
In role 7 May 2008 – 7 May 2012
President	Dmitry Medvedev
Preceded by	Lyudmila Putina
Succeeded by	Lyudmila Putina
Personal details
Born	Svetlana Vladimirovna Linnik (1965-03-15) 15 March 1965 (age 59) Kronstadt, Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Kronstadt, Saint Petersburg, Russia)
Spouse	Dmitry Medvedev ​ (m. 1993)​
Children	1
Alma mater	Saint Petersburg State University of Economics and Finance
Profession	Economist

Svetlana Vladimirovna Medvedeva (Russian: Светлана Владимировна Медведева, pronounced [svʲɪˈtlanə vlɐˈdʲimʲɪrəvnə mʲɪdˈvʲedʲɪvə]; née Linnik [Линник]; born 15 March 1965) is a Russian economist who was the First Lady of Russia from 2008 to 2012, as the wife of the then president and former prime minister Dmitry Medvedev.