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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)
On 24 September 2011, while speaking at the United Russia party congress, Medvedev announced that he would recommend the party nominate Putin as its presidential candidate. He also revealed that the two men had long ago cut a deal to allow Putin to run for president in 2012. [145]
On the day Yeltsin died, President Vladimir Putin declared the day of his funeral, held on 25 April 2007, [2] to be a day of national mourning. The ceremony was broadcast live on the main Russian state TV channels, and was attended by current and former heads of state, with a number of them expressing their condolences.
This is a list of heads of state and government who died in office. In general, hereditary office holders (kings, queens, emperors, emirs, and the like) and holders of offices where the normal term limit is life (popes, presidents for life, etc.) are excluded because, until recently, their death in office was the norm.
In 2017, Russian historian and political analyst Valery Solovei asserted Vladimir Putin was about to resign for health-related reasons. [1] Putin did not resign. [1] In 2020, Solovei and others variously claimed that Putin had cancer, Parkinson's disease or leprosy and would imminently resign, a claim which also did not transpire.
(Birth–Death) Term of office Political party Took office Left office Chairman of the Central Executive Committee of the All-Russian Congress of Soviets (1917–1938) 1: Lev Kamenev (1883–1936) 9 November 1917 21 November 1917 Communist Party: 2: Yakov Sverdlov (1885–1919) 21 November 1917 16 March 1919 Communist Party — Mikhail ...
The following is a list of presidents of the United States by date of death, plus additional lists of presidential death related statistics. Of the 45 people who have served as President of the United States since the office came into existence in 1789, [ a ] 40 have died – eight of them while in office .
Putin with John Paul II in the Vatican City (5 June 2000) Many in the Russian press and in the international media warned that the death of some 130 hostages in the special forces' rescue operation during the 2002 Moscow theater hostage crisis would severely damage President Putin's popularity. However, shortly after the siege had ended, the ...