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Dmitry Medvedev

Dmitry Medvedev
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Personal data
Date of birth14 September 1965(age 50)
Place of birthLeningrad, Soviet Union (now Saint Petersburg, Russia)
Birth nameDmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev
NationalityRussian
Political partyUnited Russia 2011-present
Independent ?-2011 (Formally)
Endorsements:
United Russia
Fair Russia
Agrarian Party
Civilian Power
SpouseSvetlana Medvedeva
ChildrenIlya Medvedev
Alma materLeningrad State University
ProfessionLawyer
Civil servant
ReligionRussian Orthodoxy
President of Russia
Assumed office7 May 2008
Prime ministerVladimir Putin
Preceded byVladimir Putin
First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia
In office14 November 2005 - 12 May 2008
Serving with Sergei Ivanov
Prime ministerMikhail Fradkov
Viktor Zubkov
Succeeded byViktor Zubkov
Igor Shuvalov
Preceded byPosition established
(Mikhail Kasyanov in 2000)

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Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev ( ; born 14 September 1965) is the third President of the Russian Federation.

Born to a family of academics, Medvedev graduated from the Law Department of Leningrad State University in 1987. He defended his dissertation in 1990 and worked as a docent at his alma mater, now renamed to Saint Petersburg State University, where he taught civil and roman law until 1999. Medvedev's political career began as the election campaign manager and later an adviser of St Petersburg Mayor Anatoly Sobchak. During this time, Medvedev befriended Vladimir Putin. In November 1999, Medvedev was hired in the Russian presidential administration, where he worked as deputy chief of staff. In the 2000 Presidential elections, Medvedev was Putin's campaign manager. On 14 November 2005, Medvedev was appointed First Deputy Prime Minister and was tasked with overseeing National Priority Projects. He also worked as the Chairman of Gazprom's board of directors, a post which he held until 2008.

On 10 December 2007, Medvedev was informally endorsed as a candidate for the forthcoming presidential elections by four political parties: United Russia, Fair Russia, Agrarian Party of Russia and Civilian Power, and was officially endorsed by United Russia on 17 December 2007. Medvedev's candidacy was backed by the popular outgoing President Vladimir Putin, giving a significant boost to his popularity. The 2008 presidential election, held on 2 March 2008, was won by Medvedev with 70.28% of the popular vote, and he was inaugurated as on 7 May 2008.

Widely regarded as more liberal than his predecessor, Medvedev's top agenda as President has been a wide-ranging modernisation programme, aiming at modernising Russia's economy and society, and lessening the country's reliance on oil and gas. During Medvedev's tenure, Russia emerged victorious in the 2008 South Ossetia war and recovered from the late-2000s recession. Recognising corruption as one of Russia's most severe problems, Medvedev has launched an anti-corruption campaign and initiated a substantial law enforcement reform. In foreign policy, his main achievements include the signing of the New START treaty, a "reset" of the Russia � United States relations which were severely strained following Russia's war with Georgia, as well as increasing Russia's cooperation with the BRICS-countries.


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