President of the Russian Federation

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The President of the Russian Federation is the head of state and the highest executive authority in Russia, overseeing the federal government, foreign policy, and national security.


Statements (56)
Predicate Object
instanceOf head of state office
political office
alsoKnownAs President of Russia
appointedBy popular vote
appoints Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation
Deputy Chairmen of the Government of the Russian Federation
Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation
federal ministers
judges of higher federal courts
plenipotentiary representatives in federal districts
branch executive branch of Russia
canCall referendums in the Russian Federation
canDissolve State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation
canIssue decrees
executive orders
chairs Security Council of the Russian Federation
constitutingInstrument Constitution of the Russian Federation
constitutionalRole guarantor of the Constitution of the Russian Federation
head of state
supreme commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation
country Russian Federation
decreesMustConformTo Constitution of the Russian Federation
federal laws of the Russian Federation
electionSystem two-round system
firstHolder Boris Yeltsin
formationDate 1991-06-12
hasPower grant pardons
introduce martial law
introduce state of emergency
veto federal laws
headOfStateOf Russian Federation
jurisdiction Russian Federation
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Moscow
nativeLabel Президент Российской Федерации
nativeLabelLanguage Russian
nominatedBy political parties in Russia
self-nomination
officeHoldersInclude Boris Yeltsin
Dmitry Medvedev
Vladimir Putin
officialResidence Kremlin Senate
Novo-Ogaryovo
oversees Government of the Russian Federation
foreign policy of Russia
national security of Russia
partOf political system of Russia
predecessorOffice Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR
residence Kremlin Senate
Moscow Kremlin
style Mr. President
Your Excellency
subordinateTo Constitutional order of the Russian Federation
symbol Presidential insignia of Russia
Standard of the President of the Russian Federation
termLength 6 years
termLimit two terms in total for one person

Referenced by (43)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Federal Border Guard Service of Russia ("President of Russia")
Mayor of Moscow ("President of Russia")
Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation
Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation ("President of Russia")
Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation
Prime Minister of Russia ("President of Russia")
Russian Presidential Administration ("President of Russia")
subordinateTo
FSB ("President of Russia")
Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation
Prime Minister of Russia ("President of Russia")
Russian General Staff ("President of Russia as Supreme Commander-in-Chief")
SVR ("President of Russia")
reportsTo
Central Federal District ("President of Russia")
Northwestern FD ("President of Russia")
Northwestern Federal District ("President of Russia")
Order of Merit for the Fatherland ("President of Russia")
establishedBy
Deputy Prime Minister of Russia ("President of Russia")
Mayor of Moscow ("President of Russia")
Prime Minister of Russia ("President of Russia")
appointedBy
Order of Kutuzov
Order of Merit for the Fatherland ("President of Russia")
awardingAuthority
Alexander Rutskoy ("acting President of Russia")
Boris Yeltsin
positionHeld
Federal Agency of Government Communications and Information ("President of Russia")
Novo-Ogaryovo ("President of Russia")
usedBy
President of the Russian Federation ("President of Russia")
alsoKnownAs
Order of St. Andrew (Russia) ("President of Russia")
awardedBy
Deputy Prime Minister of Russia ("President of Russia")
canBeDismissedBy
State Duma ("President of Russia")
canBeDissolvedBy
Russian Armed Forces ("Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation")
commanderInChiefTitle
Order of Suvorov
conferralAuthority
FSB ("President of Russia")
controlledBy
Presidency of the USSR ("Presidency of the Russian Federation")
followedBy
Russian Presidential Administration ("President of Russia")
headOfGovernmentBody
Constitution of the Russian Federation
headOfStateDefined
President of the Russian Federation ("Президент Российской Федерации")
nativeLabel
Federal Agency of Government Communications and Information ("Russian President")
oversight
Order of Alexander Nevsky
reestablishedBy
Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the USSR ("Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation")
relatedPosition
Government of the Russian Federation
responsibleTo
2014 Russian time zone reform ("President of Russia")
signedBy
Russian Armed Forces ("President of Russia")
supremeCommanderInChief

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