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It was founded in 1831 by the Duke of Wellington, Arthur Wellesley. [2] [3] The institution was registered as Royal United Service Institute for Defence and Security Studies and formerly known as the Royal United Services Institute for Defence Studies. The current president of RUSI is the Duke of Kent and its director-general is Karin von ...
The incumbent president is Donald Trump, who assumed office on January 20, 2025. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Since the office was established in 1789, 45 men have served in 47 presidencies; the discrepancy arises from two individuals elected to non-consecutive terms: Grover Cleveland is counted as the 22nd and 24th president of the United States, while Donald ...
Royal United Services Institute, a British defence and security think tank Republic of the United States of Indonesia , a former federal state Rusi (film) , a 1984 Tamil-language Indian feature film
Acting President Term of office Main post Notes 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. Viktor Chernomyrdin Виктор Черномырдин 1938–2010 (aged 72)
The REA was created by executive order on May 11, 1935, by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. [5] Enacted the following year, the Rural Electrification Act provided federal loans for the installation of electrical distribution systems to serve rural areas of the United States.
Following Yeltsin's resignation, Putin became acting president and, less than four months later, was elected to his first term as president. He was reelected in 2004 . Due to constitutional limitations of two consecutive presidential terms, Putin served as prime minister again from 2008 to 2012 under Dmitry Medvedev .
On February 12, 2013, hours before the 2013 State of the Union Address by U.S. president Obama, two Russian Tu-95 Bear strategic bombers, reportedly equipped with nuclear-tipped cruise missiles, circled the U.S. territory of Guam. [101] Air Force F-15 jets based on Andersen Air Force Base were scrambled to intercept the aircraft. [101]
According to the 1991 amendment to the 1978 constitution, the President of Russia was the head of the executive branch and headed the Council of Ministers of Russia. According to the current 1993 constitution, the president is not a part of the government of Russia, which exercises executive power. However, the president appoints the prime ...