TODAY in HISTORY: May 7, 2012 Vladimir Putin Became Russian President for the Third Time

Vladimir Putin

Because of constitutionally mandated term limits, Putin was ineligible to run for second tenure during 2008 election, the winner of the presidential election Dmitry Medvedev appointed Putin Prime Minister.

On this day May 7, 2000, Vladimir Putin was inaugurated as the president of Russia for the first time. He has been the President of Russia since 7 May 2000. His first term in office as president lasted from 2000 to 2004, his second tenure lasted from 2004 to 2008.

BIRTHDAY/BIOGRAPHY: Tony Blair, Ex-British Prime Minister is 63rd Years Old Today

. He served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007 and was a staunch U.S. ally during the War on Terror. At 43 years old when he was elected, he was the youngest Prime Minister of the UK since 1812. He was also the Labour Party's longest-serving Prime Minister. He married his wife Cherie Blair in 1980 and he has three sons named Euan, Nicky and Leo and a daughter named Kathryn.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: Rashidi Yekini’s Mother Sells Bread For Survival In Kwara

News making the rounds say Alhaja Sidikat Yekini aged mother of late Super Eagles striker, Rashidi Yekini now sells bread to survive in Ira Town, Kwara State of Nigeria, four years after the death of her son. It would be recalled that Rashidi Yekini allegedly died of madness or mental illness in 2012.
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