2.         Vladimir Putin is the President of Russia. He has been in office since 7th May, 2012. Putin has served as the Prime Minister of Russia too from 1999 to 2000 and then from 2008 to 2012.

Between this period, he served as Russian President from 2000 to 2008. Putin as a young boy was rowdy. But as he grew up, he became more sincere.

He showed keen interest in sports and academics. He graduated from the International Law branch of the Law Department of the Leningrad State University in 1975.

While at the University he joined the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, and remained a member until the party was dissolved in December 1991.