Life and biography of Russian President Vladimir Putin

President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin was born on October 7, 1952 in the city of Leningrad (today Saint Petersburg) in the Soviet Union.

Putin's mother, who had a very difficult childhood financially, was a factory worker, and his father was a soldier in the navy's submarine fleet.

After graduating from the Law Department of Leningrad State University in 1975, Putin completed his master's degree in economics.

After his graduation, Putin started working in the KGB in 1975 and served in Germany for a while.

Announcing that he decided to join the State Security Committee (KGB) when he was a freshman in high school, Putin's childhood dream was to become an intelligence officer.

After returning to Leningrad, he took charge in the university administration.

He served as a consultant to the Leninard City Council in 1990 and served as vice-mayor and chairman of the City Council Foreign Relations Committee from 1991-1992.

Putin until 1996. Petersburg administration, he was appointed as the Deputy Head of the Kremlin Palace Property Administration in 1996 and held this position until 1997.

In 1997 and 1998, he served as Head of the Presidential Administration and Head of the State Audit Administration.

While he was the head of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) in 1998-1999, he also served as the secretary of the Russian Security Council, also called the politburo of the new post-Soviet Russia.

Yeltsin appointed Putin as prime minister in 1999. Putin started to serve as deputy prime minister and acting prime minister from 9 to 16 August 1999, and as prime minister from 16 August.

Following the resignation of President Boris Yeltsin on 31 December 1999, he assumed this duty by proxy, until the presidential election was held within three months, in accordance with the Constitution.

Putin, who received more than 50 percent of the votes in the elections, was elected president in the first round.

On May 7, 2008, his term expired and he was replaced by the new president Dmitri Medvedev and became the prime minister of Russia.

In the Presidential elections held on March 4, 2012, he became the President of the Russian Federation for the third time with 63.6% of the votes.

After the presidential term was extended to 6 years as a result of the constitutional amendment, Putin was reelected in 2012 and subsequently won the 2018 elections.

Under normal circumstances, Putin's mandate will last until 2024.

At the same time, Putin has been involved in sambo and judo since the age of 11.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, who has a black belt in judo, said that this sport develops the personality of the individual and contributes to international relations. In addition, Putin stated in his interview that judo is more than a sport.

Putin married Lyudmila Shkrebneva on July 28, 1983, and they lived together in East Germany from 1985 to 1990. They have two daughters, Mariya Putina (to Putin's right), born April 28, 1985 in Leningrad, and Yekaterina Putina, born August 31, 1986, in Dresden, East Germany.