Government of Russia

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Government of the Russian Federation
Правительство Российской Федерации
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Overview
Established12 June 1990 (as the Government of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic)
12 December 1993 (current form)
State Russia
Leader Prime Minister
Appointed by President
Main organ Council of Ministers
Ministries21
Responsible to State Duma
President
Headquarters Moscow
Website government.ru

The Russian Government (Правительство России) or fully the Government of the Russian Federation (Russian : Правительство Российской Федерации, romanized: Pravitelstvo Rossiyskoy Federatsii) is the federal executive body of state power of the Russian Federation. The members of the government are the prime minister, the deputy prime ministers, and the federal ministers. [1] It has its legal basis in the Constitution of the Russian Federation and the federal constitutional law "On the Government of the Russian Federation". [2] The Apparatus of the Government of Russia is a governmental body which administrates the activities of the government.

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According to the 1991 amendment to the 1978 constitution, the President of Russia was the head of the executive branch and headed the Council of Ministers of Russia. According to the current 1993 constitution, the president is not a part of the government of Russia, which exercises executive power. However, the president appoints the prime minister.

History

The large body was preceded by the government of the Soviet Union. The government's structure has undergone several significant changes since the Russian Federation emerged from 1991 to 1992. In the initial years, many government bodies, primarily the different ministries, underwent massive reorganization as the old Soviet governing networks were adapted to the new state. Many reshuffles and renamings occurred.

On 28 November 1991, the President of the RSFSR Boris Yeltsin signed presidential decree No.242 "On the reorganization of the government bodies of the RSFSR". Yeltsin officially declared the end of the Soviet Union and became the President of the Russian Federation. Yeltsin was a reformer and promised Western-styled democracy.

The new Russian Constitution was adopted in 1993. It gained legitimacy through its bicameral legislature, an independent judiciary, the position of the president and the prime minister, and democratic features. These democratic features included competitive multi-party elections, separation of powers, federalism, and protection of civil liberties.

In 1999, Yeltsin appointed Vladimir Putin the Prime Minister. Later that year, Yeltsin resigned from the presidency, and Putin took over as the acting president. In its first round, Putin won the 2000 Russian presidential election, gaining 53.44% of the vote.

The most recent change took place on 14 May 2024, when President Vladimir Putin signed a presidential decree on forming Mikhail Mishustin's Second Cabinet. [3]

Responsibilities and power

The Government is the subject of the 6th chapter of the Constitution of the Russian Federation. According to the constitution, the government of the Russian Federation must:

  1. Draft and submit the federal budget to the State Duma; ensure the implementation of the budget and report on its implementation to the State Duma;
  2. Ensure the implementation of a uniform financial, credit and monetary policy in the Russian Federation;
  3. Ensure the implementation of a uniform state policy in the areas of culture, science, education, health protection, social security and ecology;
  4. Manage federal property;
  5. Adopt measures to ensure the country's defense, state security, and the implementation of the foreign policy of the Russian Federation;
  6. Implement measures to ensure the rule of law, human rights and freedoms, the protection of property and public order, and crime control;
  7. Exercise any other powers vested in it by the Constitution of the Russian Federation, federal laws, and presidential decrees. [4]

The government issues its acts in the way of decisions (Постановления) and orders (Распоряжения). These must not contradict the constitution, federal constitutional laws, federal laws, and Presidential decrees, and are signed by the Prime Minister.

The Government also assists the Prime Minister in faithfully carrying out the country's domestic and foreign policy as determined by the President.

Current Cabinet

PortfolioMinisterTook officeLeft officeParty
Prime Minister 14 May 2024Incumbent  Independent
First Deputy Prime Minister 14 May 2024Incumbent  Independent
Deputy Prime Minister of Russia
Chief of Staff for the Government of Russia 		14 May 2024Incumbent  Independent
Deputy Prime Minister –
Presidential Envoy to the Far Eastern Federal District 		14 May 2024Incumbent  United Russia
Deputy Prime Minister
for Agro-Industrial Complex, Natural Resources and Ecology		14 May 2024Incumbent  Independent
Deputy Prime Minister
for Eurasian Integration, cooperation with
the CIS, BRICS, G20 and International Events		14 May 2024Incumbent  Independent
Deputy Prime Minister
for Fuel–Energy Complex and Economy		14 May 2024Incumbent  United Russia
Deputy Prime Minister
for Construction and Regional Policy		14 May 2024Incumbent  Independent
Deputy Prime Minister
for Social Policy		14 May 2024Incumbent  United Russia
Deputy Prime Minister
for Tourism, Sport, Culture and Communications		14 May 2024Incumbent  Independent
Deputy Prime Minister
for Transport		14 May 2024Incumbent  United Russia
Minister of Agriculture 14 May 2024Incumbent  Independent
Minister of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media 14 May 2024Incumbent  Independent
Minister of Construction, Housing and Utilities 14 May 2024Incumbent  Independent
Minister of Culture 14 May 2024Incumbent  Independent
Minister of Defence 14 May 2024Incumbent  Independent
Minister for the Development of the Russian Far East and Arctic 14 May 2024Incumbent  Independent
Minister of Economic Development 14 May 2024Incumbent  United Russia
Minister of Education 14 May 2024Incumbent  Independent
Minister of Emergency Situations 14 May 2024Incumbent  Independent
Minister of Energy 14 May 2024Incumbent  United Russia
Minister of Finance 14 May 2024Incumbent  United Russia
Minister of Foreign Affairs 14 May 2024Incumbent  United Russia
Minister of Health 14 May 2024Incumbent  Independent
Minister of Industry and Trade 14 May 2024Incumbent  United Russia
Minister of Internal Affairs 14 May 2024Incumbent  Independent
Minister of Justice 14 May 2024Incumbent  United Russia
Minister of Labour and Social Protection 14 May 2024Incumbent  Independent
Minister of Natural Resources and Ecology 14 May 2024Incumbent  United Russia
Minister of Science and Higher Education 14 May 2024Incumbent  United Russia
Minister of Sport 14 May 2024Incumbent  LDPR
Minister of Transport 14 May 2024Incumbent  United Russia

Lists of ministers

See also

References

  1. ↑ Chapter 6 of the Russian constitution states that the "Government of the Russian Federation consists of the Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation [Prime Minister], Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation and federal ministries."
  2. ↑ Russian Government web portal – Text of 1997 Federal Constitutional Law "On the Government of the Russian Federation" (in Russian)
  3. ↑ "Президент подписал указы о назначении членов Правительства Российской Федерации и директоров служб". Президент России (in Russian). May 14, 2024. Archived from the original on May 15, 2024. Retrieved May 14, 2024.
  4. ↑ The Constitution of the Russian Federation: Chapter 6 Archived October 18, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
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