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(CNN) — Here is an insight into the life of former Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. He is currently deputy chairman of the Russian Security Council.

Personal

Birth date: 14 September 1965

Place of birth: Leningrad, USSR (now St. Petersburg, Russia)

Birth name: Dmitri Anatolyevich Medvedev

Father: Anatoly Medvedev, Professor

Mother: Yulia Medvedeva, professor and tour guide

Wedding: Svetlana (Linnik) Medvedeva (1989-present)

Children: Ilya

Education: Leningrad State University, degree in law, 1987; Leningrad State University, Ph.D. in law, 1990

Religion: Russian Orthodox

More facts

Grew up with black market copies of 70s rock bands like Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple.

While studying, I worked in construction and as a street cleaner.

Timeline

1990-1999 – Teaches law at Leningrad State University/St. Petersburg.

1990-1999 – Private law practice.

1991-1995 – Works as a legal adviser in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of St. Petersburg. The office is headed by Vladimir Putin.

1999 – Deputy Chief of Staff to Prime Minister Putin.

2000 –Leads Putin’s election campaign.

2000-2001 and 2002-2008 –Chairman of Gazprom, a state-owned natural gas monopoly.

2003-2005 –Chief of Staff to President Putin.

2005-2008 – First Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation.

10 December 2007 – Putin supports Medvedev’s nomination as United Russia’s candidate for the 2008 presidential election.

11 December 2007 – He says he will appoint Putin as his prime minister if elected.

March 2, 2008 –Is elected President of Russia with an estimated 70 percent of the vote.

May 7, 2008 – Is sworn in as President of Russia at a ceremony in the Kremlin.

26 August 2008 –Recognizes the independence claims of two breakaway Georgian regions.

5 November 2008 – In an address to the nation, Medvedev announced the possible deployment of short-range missiles if the US pushes ahead with the construction of a missile defense shield in Europe.

14 November 2008 – Medvedev retracts his earlier threat to deploy short-range missiles.

27-28 November 2008 – Travels to Central America and meets former Cuban President Fidel Castro and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.

1 April 2009 – Medvedev and US President Barack Obama announced that their countries would soon begin negotiations on reducing their nuclear arsenals, according to a joint statement by the two heads of state.

8 April 2010 – Medvedev and Obama sign a new nuclear weapons treaty (START), which reduces the number of nuclear warheads in both countries to 1,550.

24 August 2011 – Meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il in eastern Siberia to discuss nuclear issues, trade and a planned natural gas pipeline.

24 September 2011 – Calls on the ruling United Russia party to support Prime Minister Putin as its presidential candidate for 2012. Putin, in turn, proposes that Medvedev take over as prime minister if the party wins the parliamentary elections in December.

May 6, 2012 – Putin is sworn in as president and one of his first acts is to appoint Medvedev as prime minister.

May 8, 2012 – Medvedev is confirmed as the new Prime Minister by the Duma.

13 February 2016 – Speaking at the Munich Security Conference in Germany, Medvedev said the tense relationship between his country and the West could be described as a “new Cold War.”

2 August 2017 – After the signing of new US sanctions against Russia, Medvedev said any hope for an improvement in relations between Washington and the Kremlin was “over.”

7 May 2018 – Putin nominates Medvedev as his successor as prime minister.

15 January 2020 – Medvedev announces the resignation of the entire Russian government to clear the way for Putin’s reform proposals.

16 January 2020 – Is appointed Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council.

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