M5206350 (myĕd-vyĕd′ĕv, myĭ-dvyĕ′dyĭf), Dmitry Anatolyevich Born 1965. Russian politician and corporate executive who was elected president in 2008 when Vladimir Putin stepped down to become prime minister. In 2012, Putin was reelected to the presidency and in turn named Medvedev as his prime minister.