Svetlana Medvedeva

Svetlana Medvedeva
Светлана Медведева
Medvedeva in 2012
First Lady of Russia
In role
7 May 2008 – 7 May 2012
PresidentDmitry Medvedev
Preceded byLyudmila Putina
Succeeded byLyudmila Putina
Personal details
Born
Svetlana Vladimirovna Linnik

(1965-03-15) 15 March 1965 (age 59)
Kronstadt, Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Kronstadt, Saint Petersburg, Russia)
Spouse
(m. 1993)
Children1
Alma materSaint Petersburg State University of Economics and Finance
ProfessionEconomist

Svetlana Vladimirovna Medvedeva (Russian: Светлана Владимировна Медведева, pronounced [svʲɪˈtlanə vlɐˈdʲimʲɪrəvnə mʲɪdˈvʲedʲɪvə]; née Linnik [Линник]; born 15 March 1965) is a Russian economist who was the First Lady of Russia from 2008 to 2012, as the wife of the then president and former prime minister Dmitry Medvedev.