VLADIMIR PUTIN
ARCHIVE OF THE OFFICIAL SITE
OF THE 2008-2012 PRIME MINISTER
OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
VLADIMIR PUTIN
ARCHIVE OF THE OFFICIAL SITE
OF THE 2008-2012 PRIME MINISTER
OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
VLADIMIR PUTIN
Born June 15, 1965 in Tselinograd, Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic.
Education
1988: Graduated from Patrice Lumumba Peoples' Friendship University, Moscow.
1991: Graduated from Beijing University and Wuhan Language Institute.
1995: Graduated from Kazakhstan State Academy of Management with a degree in Law, International Relations and Economics.
1999: PhD in Economics; dissertation "The Problems of the Rise of Industry in Kazakhstan and Ways to Resolve Them (in Theory and Practice)."
Experience
1991: Legal advisor to the USSR Trade Mission.
1992: Deputy director of Kazakhprigrantorg.
1992-1993: Senior expert at the Kazakhintorg branch in Urumqi, China.
1994-1995: Executive director of Kazakhstan's trading company in Hong Kong.
1995-1997: CEO, Commercial and Industrial Bank of Almaty.
1997-2000: CEO, National Savings Bank of Kazakhstan.
August 2000: Minister of Transport and Communications.
2001-2003: Deputy Prime Minister.
July 2003: Aide to the President.
January 18, 2006: Appointed Acting Deputy Prime Minister.
Since January 10, 2007: Prime Minister.
Awards and Recognitions
2004: Kazakhstan's Order of Kurmet.
Other
2000-2004: Board chairman of state companies Kazpochta (postal service), Kazakhstan Investment Fund, Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (railways) and Kazakhtelecom.
2005: Member of board of directors, Kazakhstan Development Bank.
Since 1998: President of Kazakhstan Muaythai Federation, Vice President of the International Federation of Muaythai Amateur (IFMA) and Honorary President of the Kazakhstan Taekwon-Do Federation.
Personal
Married with three children. Speaks English and Chinese.
