Dmitry Medvedev facts for kids

Dmitry Medvedev

Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev (born 14 September 1965) is a Russian politician and the tenth and current Prime Minister of Russia incumbent since 2012. He previously served as the third President of Russia from 2008 to 2012.

Medvedev was born in 1965 in Leningrad, Soviet Union. Since 1992 he was the law adviser to the Mayor of Saint Petersburg (Leningrad in current name).

In 2005 he was appointed as the Head of the Kremlin Staff under president Vladimir Putin, and in 2008 he was elected as third Russian President and the youngest Russian Leader since 1917.

In 2012 he was appointed as Prime Minister of Russia and Leader of United Russia.

He is known for his modernisation reforms in Russian society, especially in economy and politics.

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Dmitry Medvedev in 1967 at the approximate age of 2
The Faculty of Law building of Saint Petersburg State University, The place where Medvedev studied and later taught.
Facade of the Smolny Institute, meeting place of the City Hall's Committee for Foreign Affairs where Medvedev worked as a consultant.
Medvedev with Vladimir Putin on 27 March 2000 the next day following Putin's victory in the presidential election.
Medvedev with Vladimir Putin
Medvedev's election campaign took advantage of Putin's high popularity and his endorsement of Medvedev.
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Taking the Presidential Oath in the Grand Kremlin Palace on 7 May 2008
Medvedev appointed Sergei Naryshkin as the new head of the presidential administration.
Medvedev with Putin in 2008
Presidential decree recognising South Ossetia's independence, signed by Medvedev on 26 August 2008
Model of a GLONASS-K satellite. Medvedev made space technology and telecommunications one of the priority areas of his modernisation programme
Medvedev chairing a meeting the Anti-Corruption Council on 30 September 2008
A Just Russia's Sergey Mironov was very critical of the 2009 regional elections
Medvedev visits the Russian Republic of Tatarstan
News conference following Russian-Cypriot talks in Nicosia, Cyprus
Medvedev with Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel in Germany in July 2011
Medvedev with Obama after signing the New START treaty in Prague, Czech Republic
Medvedev meeting with Herman Van Rompuy, President of the European Council, and Jose Manuel Barroso, in Brussels, 2010
BRICS leaders in 2011 – Manmohan Singh, Medvedev, Hu Jintao, Dilma Rousseff and Jacob Zuma.
Medvedev and President Abdelaziz Bouteflika in Algiers
Medvedev and South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, 2010.
Medvedev with Latvian PM Valdis Dombrovskis, April 2013
Dmitry Medvedev and his wife Svetlana Medvedeva in 2008
Medvedev with current members of Deep Purple in 2011
On 23 June 2011, Medvedev personally uploaded one of photographs to Wikimedia Commons.