Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (born 7 October 1952) is a Russian politician and former intelligence officer who is the fourth president of Russia, serving since 2012 and previously as the second president from 2000 to 2008. Putin also served as prime minister from 1999 to 2000 and again from 2008 to 2012: He is the longest-serving Russian or Soviet leader since Joseph Stalin. Putin worked as a KGB foreign intelligence officer for 16 years, rising to the rank of lieutenant colonel. He resigned in 1991 to begin a political career in Saint Petersburg.
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