Campaigned for | 2012 Russian presidential election |
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Candidate | Vladimir Putin Incumbent Prime Minister of Russia former President of Russia |
Affiliation | United Russia |
Status | Announced: 24 September 2011 Won election: 4 March 2012 |
Key people | Chief of staff: Stanislav Govorukhin[1] |
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The 2012 presidential campaign of Vladimir Putin, second and fourth President of Russia, was announced on 24 September 2011, at the United Russia party convention for the legislative election.
This campaign was third presidential campaign of Vladimir Putin. To date, this is the only campaign where Putin was affiliated with any political party.[citation needed][when?]