Vladimir Putin

Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (born 7 October 1952) has been the President of Russia since 7 May 2012, succeeding Dmitry Medvedev. Putin served as Prime Minister from 1999 to 2000, as President from 2000 to 2008, and again as Prime Minister from 2008 to 2012. During Putin's second term as Prime Minister, he was the Chairman of United Russia, the ruling party.

Putin was an officer in the KGB for 16 years, rising to the rank of lieutenant colonel before retiring in 1991 to enter politics in his native Saint Petersburg. He moved to Moscow in 1996 and joined President Boris Yeltsin's administration, where he rose quickly through the ranks, becoming Acting President on 31 December 1999, when Yeltsin resigned. Putin won the subsequent 2000 presidential election by a 52% to 30% margin, thus avoiding a runoff with his Communist Party opponent Gennady Zyuganov. P
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Thank you Liza for this swap, finally I get a postcard of Putin for my Famous/Important

People Collection :D

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