See also: Spouses of the heads of state of the Soviet Union and List of Russian consorts.
Post: | First Lady |
Body: | the Russian Federation |
Incumbent: | Vacant |
Incumbentsince: | 2 April 2014 |
Residence: | Terem Palace |
Formation: | 10 July 1991 |
Inaugural: | Naina Yeltsina |
Abbreviation: | FLOR |
Website: | президент.рф (in Russian) eng.kremlin.ru (in English) |
Native Name: | Первая леди Российской Федерации |
The First Lady of the Russian Federation is the unofficial title given to the wife of the president of Russia.The post is highly ceremonial. The first lady position is currently vacant, since the divorce of the current president Vladimir Putin and Lyudmila Putina in 2014.
No. | Portrait | Name | Marriage | Period | President | |
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1 | Naina Yeltsina (née Girina) Born: 14 March 1932 | 28 September 1956 | 10 July 1991 | 31 December 1999 | Boris Yeltsin | |
2 | Lyudmila Putina (née Shkrebneva) Born: 6 January 1958 | 28 July 1983[1] | 31 December 1999 | 7 May 2000 | Vladimir Putin | |
7 May 2000 | 7 May 2008 | Vladimir Putin | ||||
3 | Svetlana Medvedeva (née Linnik) Born: 15 March 1965 | 24 December 1993[2] | 7 May 2008 | 7 May 2012 | Dmitry Medvedev | |
4 | Lyudmila Putina (née Shkrebneva) Born: 6 January 1958 | 28 July 1983 | 7 May 2012 | 2 April 2014 Suspended: 6 June 2013 – 2 April 2014[3] | Vladimir Putin | |
– | Vacant | 2 April 2014 | Present |