First Lady of Russia explained

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.

First ladies of Russia

No.PortraitNameMarriagePeriodPresident
1Naina Yeltsina
(née Girina)
Born: 14 March 1932
28 September 195610 July 199131 December 1999 Boris Yeltsin
2Lyudmila Putina
(née Shkrebneva)
Born: 6 January 1958
28 July 1983[1] 31 December 1999 7 May 2000Vladimir Putin
7 May 2000 7 May 2008Vladimir Putin
3Svetlana Medvedeva
(née Linnik)
Born: 15 March 1965
24 December 1993[2] 7 May 2008 7 May 2012Dmitry Medvedev
4Lyudmila Putina
(née Shkrebneva)
Born: 6 January 1958
28 July 19837 May 2012 2 April 2014
Suspended: 6 June 2013 – 2 April 2014[3]
Vladimir Putin
Vacant
2 April 2014 Present

References

Notes

  1. http://ru.rodovid.org/wk/Запись:51804 Lyudmila Shkrebneva (Putina) - Rodovid
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20120515101631/http://da-medvedev.ru/svetlana-medvedeva/biography Biography of Svetlana Medvedeva
  3. http://air-tv.ru/news/putin_razvelsja_s_zhenoj_ljudmiloj/2013-06-07-132|Vladimir Putin has divorced his wife

See also