'Doyen Of All Indian PMs': Kremlin Congratulates PM Modi On His Historic Milestone
'Doyen Of All Indian PMs': Kremlin Congratulates PM Modi On His Historic Milestone Published By, Last Updated: June 10, 2026, 21:47 IST Narendra Modi becomes
'Doyen Of All Indian PMs': Kremlin Congratulates PM Modi On His Historic Milestone Published By, Last Updated: June 10, 2026, 21:47 IST Narendra Modi becomes India's longest serving democratically elected Prime Minister, Russia hails him as 'doyen of all Indian Prime Ministers' and praises India-Russia ties. Spokesperson for President Vladimir Putin Dmitry Peskov (Image: India in Moscow/X) As Narendra Modi becomes the longest serving democratically elected Prime Minister of India, Russia on Wednesday called him the “doyen of all Indian Prime Ministers". PM Modi has an unbroken tenure of 4,399 days in office, surpassing the record of the country’s first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru. Nehru, who was first elected prime minister in 1952, took the oath of office on May 13 that year and remained in the post until May 27, 1964, serving an uninterrupted tenure of 4,398 days. Indian embassy in Moscow shared a video message of Dmitry Peskov, spokesperson for President Vladimir Putin, saying, “I would like to avail myself of this opportunity to inform you that today, on 10th of June, Prime Minister Modi became the doyen of all Indian Prime Ministers.
What does a doyen mean? A doyen is a person who is the Prime Minister of the country for the longest term. In fact he was elected on 26 May 2014 and is still heading the world’s biggest democracy." Check for Live Updates “He himself descended from a common family and his career has elevated him to the position of the leader of the largest country in the world, almost one and a half billion people. The country where, during Mr. Modi’s leadership, 250 million people were lifted out of poverty," he said. Kremlin’s felicitations on PM @narendramodi becoming the longest serving democratically elected Prime Minister of India in consecutive terms:“I would like to avail myself of this opportunity to inform you that today, on 10th of June, Prime Minister Modi became the doyen of all… pic.twitter.com/4TxhV3KchM — India in Russia (@IndEmbMoscow) June 10, 2026 He also lauded India for becoming one of the economic powers in the world. “This is a very important indicator for India which is the country where high technologies are being developed, a country that has become one of the leading economic powers in the world with the fastest rates of economic growth and development.
And what is most important for us is that this is the country with which we are united by partnership." “The country with which we are developing trade and economic ties in all possible areas. Dialogue is ongoing, including in the most sensitive areas. And we hope that Prime Minister Modi will continue to contribute to further development of the India-Russia relations," the spokesperson added. Modi assumed office on May 26, 2014, after securing a landslide victory in the general elections. He was re-elected with a bigger mandate in 2019, with his second term beginning on May 30 that year. His third consecutive term started on June 9, 2024. The relationship between PM Modi and Russia is longstanding. Narendra Modi’s first visit to Russia was on November 6, 2001, when he was the chief minister of Gujarat and accompanied former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee to Moscow for the India-Russia Summit with President Vladimir Putin. Recently, President Putin had stressed that Moscow’s ties with New Delhi are not influenced by changing political conditions and said Russia would continue to honour its commitments to India.
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