The Vice President

Vice president

A vice president is an officer in government or business who is below a president in rank. The name comes from the Latin vice meaning 'in place of'. In some countries, the vice president is called the deputy president...

 of the Russian Federation

Russia

Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

(before 25 December 1991 - Vice President of the Russian SFSR

Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic

The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic , commonly referred to as Soviet Russia, Bolshevik Russia, or simply Russia, was the largest, most populous and economically developed republic in the former Soviet Union....

) was the first in the presidential line of succession, becoming the new President of Russia upon the death, resignation, or removal of the President. Additionally, the Vice President would assume the presidency in case the President becomes incapable of carrying out the presidential duties.

Eligibility

According to the article 121-2 of the Russian Constitution of 1978, a citizen of Russia, no younger than 35 years old and no older than 65 years old, who is in possession of suffrage, may be elected Vice President. The Vice President shall not be people's deputy, or hold any other offices in state or public bodies as well as in businesses.

Election

The Vice President was elected simultaneously with the President. A candidate for Vice President was nominated by a candidate for President.

Duties

The Vice-President executes individual assignments on a commission of the President and acts for the President in his absence or in case when it is impossible for the President to attend to his duties.

List of people to hold the office

#	Name	Elected	Entered office	Left office	President	Comments
1	Alexander Rutskoy Alexander Rutskoy Alexander Vladimirovich Rutskoy is a Russian politician and a former Soviet military officer. Rutskoy served as the only Vice President of Russia from 10 July 1991 to 4 October 1993, and as the governor of Kursk Oblast from 1996 to 2000...	12 June 1991 Russian presidential election, 1991 Presidential elections were held in the Russian Federation on 12 June 1991. It was the first presidential election in the country's history. Boris Yeltsin was elected President of the Russian SFSR. His running-mate, Alexander Rutskoi, became Vice-President....	10 July 1991	4 October 1993	Boris Yeltsin Boris Yeltsin Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin was the first President of the Russian Federation, serving from 1991 to 1999.Originally a supporter of Mikhail Gorbachev, Yeltsin emerged under the perestroika reforms as one of Gorbachev's most powerful political opponents. On 29 May 1990 he was elected the chairman of...	Deposed in aftermath of the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis, declared Acting President of the Russian Federation Acting President of the Russian Federation The Acting President of the Russian Federation is a temporary post provided by the Constitution of Russia. Acting President is a person who fulfills the duties of President of the Russian Federation when cases of incapacity and vacancy occur...  by Congress of People's Deputies of Russia

See also

• President of Russia
• 1993 Russian constitutional crisis
• Acting President of the Russian Federation
  Acting President of the Russian Federation
  The Acting President of the Russian Federation is a temporary post provided by the Constitution of Russia. Acting President is a person who fulfills the duties of President of the Russian Federation when cases of incapacity and vacancy occur...
  
  

External links

• Russian Constitution of 1978. Chapter 13-1: President of the Russian Federation