First Lady of Russia

See also: Spouses of the heads of state of the Soviet Union and List of Russian consorts

The First Lady of the Russian Federation (Russian: Первая леди Российской Федерации, romanized: Pervaya ledi Rossiyskoy Federatsii) 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 current president Vladimir Putin and Lyudmila Putina in 2014.

First Lady of the Russian Federation
Первая леди Российской Федерации
Incumbent Vacant since 2 April 2014
Abbreviation	FLOR
Residence	Terem Palace
Inaugural holder	Naina Yeltsina
Formation	10 July 1991
Website	президент.рф (in Russian) eng.kremlin.ru (in English)

First ladies of Russia

Denotes spouses of acting presidents

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	Boris Yeltsin
2		Lyudmila Putina (née Shkrebneva) Born: (1958-01-06) 6 January 1958	28 July 1983	31 December 1999	7 May 2000	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	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	2 April 2014 Suspended: 6 June 2013 – 2 April 2014	Vladimir Putin
–	Vacant Vladimir Putin and Lyudmila Putina are now divorced.			2 April 2014	Present

References

See also

• First Lady
• Russia
• List of presidents of Russia