List of presidents of Russia
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The office of the president of Russia is the highest authority in the Russian Federation. The holder is the federation's head of state and has formal presidency over the State Council as well as being the commander in chief of the Russian Armed Forces. The office was introduced in 1918 after the February Revolution with the current office emerging after a referendum of 1991.[1] During the Soviet period of history, Russia was de jure headed by collective bodies such as the All-Russian Central Executive Committee and the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet, since the Soviet theory of government denied the very necessity of the presidential office. The office of the President of the Soviet Union was introduced in 1990 during Mikhail Gorbachev's unsuccessful reforms of the Soviet Union's one-party communist state. Gorbachev became first and last president of the Union.[2] His tenure was marked by the legal and political confrontation with Russia and other republics of the USSR which eventually led to their full independence in late 1991.
Presidents
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Acting presidents
| Portrait | Acting President | Term of office | Main post | Notes | |
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| File:Evstafiev-alexander-rutskoy-w.jpg | Alexander Rutskoy Александр Руцкой Born 1947 (age 77) |
22 September – 4 October 1993 | Vice President | Acting president during the 1993 constitutional crisis. His powers were not recognized by Boris Yeltsin. | |
| File:Viktor Chernomyrdin meeting to sign credit agreement 1994 (cropped) 1.jpg | Viktor Chernomyrdin Виктор Черномырдин 1938–2010 (aged 72) |
5–6 November 1996 | Prime Minister | Acting president during Boris Yeltsin's heart surgery. | |
| File:Vladimir Putin official portrait (cropped).jpg | Vladimir Putin Владимир Путин Born 1952 (age 72) |
31 December 1999 – 7 May 2000 | Acting president after Yeltsin's early resignation. | ||
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Subsequent public service
Two presidents held other high offices after leaving the presidency.
| President | Presidency | Subsequent service |
|---|---|---|
| Vladimir Putin | 2000–2008 | Prime Minister (2008–2012) |
| President (2012–present) | ||
| Dmitry Medvedev | 2008–2012 | Prime Minister (2012–2020) |
| Deputy Chairman of the Security Council (2020–present) |
See also
- President of Russia
- List of leaders of Russia
- List of Russian monarchs (before 1917)
- List of heads of state of Russia (from 1917)
- Politics of Russia
- Government of Russia
Notes
- ↑ Elected as President of the Russian SFSR shortly before the collapse of the Soviet Union. Continued to serve his first term until 1996 despite adopting a new constitution after a military conflict with the parliament in 1993.
- ↑ Acting Prime Minister until 17 May 2000.
References
- ↑ Aluf, I. A. (1979). February Bourgeois Democratic Revolution of 1917 (3rd ed.). The Gale Group, Inc.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ↑ "End of the Soviet Union: Text of Gorbachev's Farewell Address". The New York Times. 26 December 1991. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
External links
- Central Bank of Russia
- Energy Statistics for Russia – From the Energy Information Administration
- Federative Council—Official site of the parliamentary upper house
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