Presidents
- For Russian leaders prior to this ratification, see List of leaders of the Soviet Union, and List of leaders of the Russian SFSR
( United Russia – Supported by United Russia) Unity Supported by the Democratic Party Non-partisan without support
| № | Term | Portrait | Presidents | Term of office | Affiliation | Presidential mandate | Prime Minister(s) | |
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| 1 | 1 |
Boris Yeltsin Борис Ельцин |
December 25, 1991 | August 9, 1996 | Supported by Democratic Party |
57.30% 45,552,041 votes 1991 |
V. Chernomyrdin S. Kiriyenko Y. Primakov S. Stepashin V. Putin |
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| 2 | August 9, 1996 | December 31, 1999 | None | 53.80% 40,208,384 votes 1996 |
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| 2 | Vladimir Putin Владимир Путин |
December 31, 1999 | May 7, 2000 | Unity | Serving the remainder term of Boris Yeltsin as the Prime Minister of Russia |
M. Kasyanov M. Fradkov V. Zubkov |
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| 3 | May 7, 2000 | April 2001 | 52.94% 39,740,467 votes 2000 |
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| (3) | April 2001 | May 7, 2004 | None | |||||
| 4 | May 7, 2004 | May 7, 2008 | Supported by United Russia |
71.31% 49,565,238 votes 2004 |
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| 3 | 5 | Dmitry Medvedev Дмитрий Медведев |
May 7, 2008 | September 24, 2011 | Supported by United Russia |
70.28% 52,530,712 votes 2008 |
V. Putin | |
| (5) | September 24, 2011 | May 7, 2012 | United Russia | |||||
| 4 | 6 | Vladimir Putin Владимир Путин |
May 7, 2012 | Incumbent, term expires May 7, 2018 |
United Russia | 63.60% 46,602,075 votes 2012 |
D. Medvedev | |
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