Dmitry Medvedev

September 14, 1965

Dmitry Medvedev (born 1965) is a Russian politician and lawyer who served as president of Russia from 2008 to 2012 and as prime minister from 2012 to 2020. Since 2020 he has served as deputy chairman of the Security Council of Russia. His presidency saw the signing of the New START nuclear arms reduction treaty with the United States and the Russo-Georgian War.

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Biography

Dmitry Medvedev studied law in Leningrad and worked with Vladimir Putin in the city administration in the early 1990s. He followed Putin to Moscow, became head of the presidential administration in 2003 and chairman of Gazprom's board.

With Putin's backing he was elected President of Russia in 2008, when Putin could not run for a third consecutive term. His presidency included the war with Georgia in 2008 and talk of modernisation and reform. In 2011 he stood aside so that Putin could return.

Medvedev was Prime Minister from 2012 to 2020. Since then he has been deputy chairman of the Security Council and has become known for harsh statements against the West, especially after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.