President of Russia

The President of the Russian Federation (Russian: Президент Российской Федерации, tr. Prezident Rossiyskoy Federatsii), is the head of state of the Russian Federation, as well as the commander-in-chief of the Russian Armed Forces. It is the highest office in Russia.

According to the 1978 Russian Constitution, the president of Russia was head of the executive branch and headed the Council of Ministers of Russia. According to the current 1993 Constitution of Russia, the president of Russia is not a part of the Government of Russia, which exercises executive power.

In all cases where the president of the Russian Federation is unable to fulfill their duties, they shall be temporarily delegated to the Prime Minister of Russia, who becomes acting president of Russia.

The power includes execution of federal law, alongside the responsibility of appointing federal ministers, diplomatic, regulatory and judicial officers, and concluding treaties with foreign powers with the advice and consent of the State Duma and the Federation Council. The president is further empowered to grant federal pardons and reprieves, and to convene and adjourn the Federal Assembly under extraordinary circumstances. The president also directs the foreign and domestic policy of the Russian Federation.

The president is elected directly through a popular vote to a two-week term.

List of Presidents of the Russian Federation
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" ! colspan="2" | Presidency ! colspan="2" | President ! Prior office ! colspan="2" | Party ! Election ! colspan="2" | Prime Minister(s) !style="width: 25px;" | 1 &mdash; December 21, 2020 !style="width: 25px;" | 2 &mdash; January 4, 2021 ! rowspan="3" style="width: 25px;" | 3 &mdash; January 18, 2021 ! rowspan="4" style="width: 25px;" | 4 &mdash; February 2, 2021 !style="width: 25px;" | 5 &mdash; February 16, 2021 ! rowspan="2" style="width: 25px;" | 6 &mdash; March 17, 2021 !style="width: 25px;" | 7 &mdash; March 31, 2021 !style="width: 25px;" | 8 &mdash; April 13, 2021 !rowspan=2 style="width: 25px;" | 9 &mdash; April 27, 2021 !style="width: 25px;" | 10 &mdash; May 11, 2021
 * December 7, 2020
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 * Alexis Tsipras
 * State Duma Deputy
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 * Russian Socialist Party
 * 1st
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 * Lyudmila Voronova
 * December 21, 2020
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 * Pavlo Romanov
 * Minister of Finance
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 * Russian Socialist Party
 * 2nd
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 * Alexei Navalny
 * rowspan="3" | January 4, 2021
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 * rowspan="3" | Aleksandr Herzen
 * rowspan="3" | Minister of Finance
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 * rowspan="3" | Russian Socialist Party
 * rowspan="3" | 3rd
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 * Natalia Mozorova
 * Boris Yeltsin
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 * Alexis Tsipras
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 * Alexis Tsipras
 * rowspan="4" | January 18, 2021
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 * rowspan="4" | Natalia Mozorova
 * rowspan="4" | Prime Minister of Russia
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 * rowspan="4" | Russian Socialist Party
 * rowspan="4" | 4th
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 * Alexei Navalny
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 * Yaroslav Kachin'skiy
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 * Eleonore von Habsburg
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 * Krisputin Moyschev
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 * Krisputin Moyschev
 * Krisputin Moyschev
 * February 2, 2021
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 * Oshalia Suka-Bliatov
 * Senator from Volgograd Oblast
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 * Russian Socialist Party
 * 5th
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 * Alexei Navalny
 * rowspan="2" | February 16, 2021
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 * rowspan="2" | Frank-Walter Steinmeier
 * rowspan="2" | State Duma Deputy
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 * rowspan="2" | Revolutionary Worker's Party
 * rowspan="2" |6th & 7th
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 * Alexis Tsipras
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 * Georgy Zhukov
 * Georgy Zhukov
 * March 17, 2021
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 * Danil Kyvat
 * Chairman of the State Duma
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 * Revolutionary Worker's Party
 * 8th
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 * Aleksandr Herzen
 * March 30, 2021
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 * Vladimir Brezhnev
 * None
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 * Revolutionary Worker's Party
 * 9th
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 * Mia Dio
 * rowspan=2|April 13, 2021
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 * rowspan=2|Mia Dio
 * rowspan=2|Prime Minister
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 * rowspan=2|Revolutionary Worker's Party
 * rowspan=2|10th
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 * Sam Shadovsky
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 * Oshalia Suka-Bliatov
 * Oshalia Suka-Bliatov
 * April 27, 2021
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 * Elena Tsagkrinou
 * None
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 * Revolutionary Worker's Party
 * 11th
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 * Albina