Putin plans to hold power beyond 2024

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has proposed sweeping constitutional changes seen as an attempt to extend his 20-year reign after his term in office expires in 2024


 DAYS IN OFFICE     Soviet Union   Russian Federation

0 2,000 4,000 6,000 8,000 10,000
         
Joseph Stalin 1924-53 		10,636

Vladimir Putin 1999- 	
7,458 To Jan 15, 2020	
8,981 To Mar 18, 2024, when Putin’s 4th term ends

Leonid Brezhnev 1964-82 	6,601

Nikita Khrushchev  1955-64	3,536

Boris Yeltsin 1991-99		3,096

Mikhail Gorbachev 1985-91	2,480

Dmitry Medvedev 2008-12		1,461

Georgy Malenkov 1953-55		705

Yuri Andropov 1982-84		454

Konstantin Chernenko 1984-85	391

Vladimir Lenin 1922-24		387


PUTIN RULE


Prime Minister under Yeltsin 1999-2000
First two presidential terms 2000-08
Prime Minister under Medvedev 2008-12
Third presidential term 2012-18
Fourth term 2018-24

Bill Clinton 
George W. Bush
Barack Obama 
Donald Trump

Four U.S. presidents, five British prime ministers and two German chancellors have held office since Putin came to power


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