1955: Engineer.
1961: Member of the CPSU.
1968: Head of the construction department under the Sverdlovsk regional party committee.
1975: Secretary of the Sverdlovsk CPSU regional committee in charge of industrial regional developments.
1976-1985: First Secretary of the Sverdlovsk CPSU regional committee.
1978-1989: Deputy of the USSR Supreme Council (a member of the union's Council).
1984-1985; 1986-1988: Member of the USSR Supreme Council.
1981: Elected a member of the CPSU Central Committee at the XXVI CPSU Congress (occupied this position until 1990).
1981: Head of the construction department under the CPSU Central Committee.
June 1985: Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee in charge of construction.
December 1985 - November 1987: First Secretary of the CPSU Moscow City Committee.
November 1987 - 1989: First deputy chairman of the USSR State Construction.
March 1989: USSR people's Deputy.
June 1989 - December 1990: Member of the USSR Supreme Committee.
March 1990: People's Deputy of the Russian Federation.
May 29, 1990: Chairman of the Russian Supreme Council.
July, 1990: Discontinued his CPSU membership.
June 12, 1991 until December 31, 1999: President of the Russian Federation.

USSR people's Deputy Boris Yeltsin during a trip to New York, September 1989.

Boris Yeltsin: the first democratically chosen president of Russia, July 1991.

Boris Yeltsin reads a statement from atop an armored personnel carrier during the abortive coup in Moscow, August 1991.

Boris Yeltsin knows how to make Bill Clinton laugh, October 1995.

Boris Yeltsin and Fidel Castro shaking hands in New York, October 1995.

Boris Yeltsin and Alexander Lebed, governor of Krasnoyarsk.

Yeltsin and Berezovsky: two of the most powerful men in Russia during the 1990s.

Boris Yeltsin and Bill Clinton during a meeting in Moscow, September 1998.

Boris Yeltsin needs to be supported by Uzbek President Karimov, October 1998.

Boris Yeltsin and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, September 1999.

Boris Yeltsin discussing the situation in Chechnya with his ministers, October 1999.

In a shock announcement on live television, Boris Yeltsin has said he is resigning immediately and has named Vladimir Putin as acting president, December 31, 1999.

Boris Yeltsin shakes hands with Vladimir Putin as Russia's top officials look on during the official transfer of power in the Kremlin, December 31, 1999.

Boris Yeltsin on his way to vote for the next president, March 26, 2000.

Boris Yeltsin looks as Vladimir Putin takes the oath of office, May 7, 2000.