Candidate for President of Russia – people officially registered as a candidate for

President of the Russian Federation The president of the Russian Federation ( rus, Президент Российской Федерации, Prezident Rossiyskoy Federatsii) is the head of state of the Russian Federation. The president leads the executive branch of the federal ...

. As of , 34 people participated in the elections of the President of Russia. From them: one — 6 times, two — 4 times, one — 3 times and three — 2 times. Recently at the moment the election were in 2018, eight candidates participated in them. The next election will be held in 2024.

1991

According to the in force at the time

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, the

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is elected together with the

Vice President A vice president, also director in British English, is an officer in government or business who is below the president (chief executive officer) in rank. It can also refer to executive vice presidents, signifying that the vice president is on t ...

for five years.

Since 1996

According to the new Constitution, the position of Vice President was abolished, and the President is elected for a six years (until 2012 for a four years).

Facts

*Only once, to determine the winner needed to carry out the second round. In the 1996 election . *Candidates from the

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has always taken second place. *Most often participated in the elections

Vladimir Zhirinovsky Vladimir Volfovich Zhirinovsky, ''né'' Eidelshtein (russian: link=false, Эйдельштейн) (25 April 1946 – 6 April 2022) was a Russian right-wing populist politician and the leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR) fr ...

(6 times). *Only 3 women have been presidential candidates:

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in 2000,

Irina Khakamada Irina Mutsuovna Khakamada ( rus, Ири́на Муцу́овна Хакама́да, p=ɪˈrʲinə mʊˈtsuəvnə xəkɐˈmadə; ja, 袴田イリーナ; born April 13, 1955, in Moscow) is a Russian economist, political activist, journalist, pu ...

in 2004 and

Ksenia Sobchak Ksenia Anatolyevna Sobchak (russian: Ксения Анатольевна Собчак, BGN/PCGN: ''Kseniya Anatol'yevna Sobchak'', GOST: ''Ksenija Anatolevna Sobčak'', ; born 5 November 1981) is a Russian public figure, TV anchor, journalist, ...

in 2018. *The largest number of candidates for the President of Russia – 11 people in 2000. The smallest number – 4 people in 2008. *The youngest presidential candidate is

(aged 36), the oldest is

(aged 71). Both participated in the 2018 election.

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1991

Since 1996

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