First Lady of Russia

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 incumbent president Vladimir Putin and Lyudmila Putina.

See also: Spouses of the heads of state of the Soviet Union and List of Russian consorts
First Lady of the
Russian Federation
Incumbent
Vacant
since 6 June 2013
AbbreviationFLOR
ResidenceTerem Palace
Inaugural holderNaina Yeltsina
Formation10 July 1991
Websiteпрезидент.рф (in Russian)
eng.kremlin.ru (in English)

First ladies of Russia
No. Portrait Name Marriage Period President
1 Naina Yeltsina
(née Girina)
Born: (1932-03-14) 14 March 1932		 28 September 1956 10 July 1991 – 31 December 1999 [lower-alpha 1] Boris Yeltsin
2 Lyudmila Putina
(née Shkrebneva)
Born: (1958-01-06) 6 January 1958		 28 July 1983[1] 31 December 1999 – 7 May 2000
(Acting)		 Vladimir Putin
(Acting)
7 May 2000 – 7 May 2008 Vladimir Putin
3 Svetlana Medvedeva
(née Linnik)
Born: (1965-03-15) 15 March 1965		 24 December 1993[2] 7 May 2008 – 7 May 2012 Dmitry Medvedev
4 Lyudmila Putina
(née Shkrebneva)
Born: (1958-01-06) 6 January 1958		 28 July 1983 7 May 2012 – 6 June 2013[3] Vladimir Putin
– Vacant 6 June 2013 – present

References
  1. Lyudmila Shkrebneva (Putina) - Rodovid
  2. Biography of Svetlana Medvedeva
  3. Putin has divorced his wife

Notes
  1. Boris Yeltsin was the first President of Russia elected by popular vote.


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