List of interior ministers of Russia

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This is a list of ministers of internal affairs of Russia .

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Russian Empire

MinisterTerm of office Emperor
Kochubey Viktor Pavlovich.jpg Viktor Kochubey 8 September 180224 November 1807 Alexander I
Alexey Borisovich Kurakin Vigee-Lebrun.jpg Prince
Aleksey Kurakin
24 November 180731 March 1810
Osip kozodavlev.jpg Osip Kozodavlev 31 March 181024 June 1819
Golytsin AN.jpg Prince
Alexander Golitsyn
24 June 18194 November 1819
Kochubey Viktor Pavlovich.jpg Viktor Kochubey 4 November 181928 June 1823
Balthasar Campenhausen.jpg Baron
Balthasar von Campenhausen
28 June 182329 August 1823
Lanskoy Vasily Sergeevich.jpg Vasily Stepanovich Lanskoy 29 August 182319 April 1828
Nicholas I
Zakrevskiy Arseniy Andreevich.jpg Count
Arseny Zakrevsky
19 April 182819 November 1831
Bludov 1872.jpg Count
Dmitry Bludov
12 February 183215 February 1839
Alexander Grigorevich Stroganov.jpg Count
Alexander Stroganov
10 March 183923 September 1841
Count Lev Alekseevich Perovski.jpg Count
Lev Perovsky
23 September 184130 August 1852
Bibikov Dmitrii Gavrilovich, 1850-e.jpg Dmitry Bibikov 30 August 185220 August 1855
Alexander II
Lanskoy Sergei (1787-1862).jpg Sergey Stepanovich Lanskoy 20 August 185523 April 1861
Valuyev.jpg Pyotr Valuev 23 April 18619 March 1868
Timashev ae.jpg Alexander Timashev 9 March 186827 November 1878
Makov Lev (1830-1883).jpg Lev Makov 27 November 18786 August 1880
LorisMelikov Aivazovsky.jpg Count
Mikhail Loris-Melikov
6 August 18804 May 1881
Alexander III
General Nikolay Ignatev.jpg Nikolay Ignatyev 4 May 188130 May 1882
Dmitry Andreevich Tolstoy.jpg Count
Dmitry Tolstoy
30 May 188225 April 1889
DurnovoIN.jpg Ivan Durnovo 28 April 188915 October 1895
Nicholas II
Ivan Logginovitch Goremykin, c. 1906 (cropped).jpg Ivan Goremykin 15 October 189520 October 1899
DS Sipyagin.jpg Dmitry Sipyagin 20 October 18992 April 1902
Vyacheslav Pleve.jpg Vyacheslav von Plehve 4 April 190215 July 1904
Petr Dmitrievich Svyatopolk-Mirskiy.jpg Prince
Pyotr Sviatopolk-Mirsky
26 August 190418 January 1905
Alexander Bulygin.jpg Alexander Bulygin 20 January 190522 October 1905
Piotr Nikolayevich Durnovo.jpg Pyotr Durnovo 23 October 190522 April 1906
Pyotr Stolypin LOC 07327.jpg Pyotr Stolypin 26 April 19065 September 1911
Alexandr Makarov.jpg Alexander Makarov 20 September 191116 December 1912
Maklakov N.A. 1914 K.Bulla..jpg Nikolay Maklakov 16 December 19125 June 1915
Scherbatov Nikolay Borisovich.jpg Prince
Nikolay Shcherbatov
5 June 191526 September 1915
Alexei Khvostov.jpg Alexey Khvostov 26 September 19153 March 1916
Shtiurmer B. (Novgorodskaia oblast').jpg Boris Stürmer 3 March 19167 July 1916
Aleksandr Khvostov.jpg Alexander Khvostov 7 July 191616 September 1916
Protopopov A D 1913 by K.Bulla.jpg Alexander Protopopov 16 September 191628 February 1917

Provisional Government/Russian Republic

MinisterPartyTerm of office Prime Minister
Georgy Lvov, 1919 LOC cropped.jpg Prince
Georgy Lvov
Constitutional Democratic Party 15 March 191720 July 1917 Georgy Lvov
Irakly Tsereteli.jpg Irakli Tsereteli Social Democratic Labour Party
(Menshevik)
23 July 19176 August 1917 Alexander Kerensky
Nikolay Avksentyev.jpg Nikolai Avksentiev Socialist Revolutionary Party 7 August 191715 September 1917
Nikitin AM.jpg Alexey Nikitin Social Democratic Labour Party
(Menshevik)
15 September 19177 November 1917

Russian SFSR

1917–1930

MinisterPartyTerm of OfficeHead of State
Rykov Alexei.jpg Alexei Rykov Social Democratic Labour Party
(Bolshevik)
8 November 191717 November 1917 Lev Kamenev
Grigory Petrovsky, 2.jpg Grigory Petrovsky Communist Party 17 November 191730 March 1919
Yakov Sverdlov
Mikhail Vladimirsky
Bundesarchiv Bild 102-00032, Felix Dzierzynski.jpg Felix Dzerzhinsky Communist Party 30 March 19196 July 1923 Mikhail Kalinin
Alexander Beloborodov.jpg Alexander Beloborodov Communist Party 30 August 19233 December 1927
Tolmachyov V.N.jpg Vladimir Tolmachyov Communist Party 2 January 192815 December 1930

1955–1966

MinisterPartyTerm of officeHead of state
Coat of arms of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1956-1978).svg Nikolay Stakhanov Communist Party 22 February 195521 July 1961 Mikhail Tarasov
Nikolay Ignatov
Nikolay Organov
Coat of arms of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1956-1978).svg Vadim Tikunov Communist Party 21 July 196117 September 1966
Nikolay Ignatov

1989–1992

MinisterPartyTerm of officeHead of state
Emblem of the Russian SFSR (1978-1991), Emblem of Russia (1991-1992).svg Vasily Trushin Communist Party 27 October 1989September 1990 Vitaly Vorotnikov
Boris Yeltsin
Emblem of the Russian SFSR (1978-1991), Emblem of Russia (1991-1992).svg Viktor Barannikov Independent 8 September 199013 September 1991
Emblem of the Russian SFSR (1978-1991), Emblem of Russia (1991-1992).svg Andrey Dunayev Communist Party 13 September 199115 January 1992

Russian Federation

MinisterPartyTerm of office President
Emblem of the Russian SFSR (1978-1991), Emblem of Russia (1991-1992).svg General of the army
Viktor Yerin
Independent 15 January 199230 June 1995 Boris Yeltsin
Anatoly Kulikov 2018.jpg General of the army
Anatoly Kulikov
Independent 7 July 199523 March 1998
Coat of Arms of the Russian Federation.svg Colonel general
Pavel Maslov
(acting)
Independent 23 March 199830 March 1998
SStepashin.jpg Colonel general
Sergei Stepashin
Independent 30 March 199812 May 1999
Vladimir Abdualievich Vasiliev, April 2014 (cropped).jpg Colonel general
Vladimir Vasilyev
(acting)
Independent 12 May 199921 May 1999
Vladimir Rushailo.jpg Colonel general
Vladimir Rushailo
Independent 21 May 199928 March 2001
Vladimir Putin
Gryzlov (27-12-2000).jpg Boris Gryzlov United Russia 28 March 200124 December 2003
Rashid Nurgaliev.jpeg General of the army
Rashid Nurgaliyev
United Russia 24 December 200321 May 2012
Dmitry Medvedev
Vladimir Kolokoltsev (2020-02-21).jpg General of the police
Vladimir Kolokoltsev
United Russia 21 May 2012Incumbent Vladimir Putin

Timeline

Vladimir KolokoltsevRashid NurgaliyevBoris GryzlovVladimir RushailoVladimir VasilyevSergei StepashinPavel MaslovAnatoly KulikovViktor YerinAndrey DunayevViktor VarannikovVasily TrushinVadim TikunovNikolay StakhanovVladimir Tolmachyov (politician)Alexander BeloborodovFelix DzerzhinskyGrigory PetrovskyAlexei RykovAlexey Nikitin (politician)Nikolai AvksentievIrakli TsereteliGeorgy LvovAlexander ProtopopovAlexander KhvostovBoris SturmerAlexey KhvostovNikolay ShcherbatovNikolay MaklakovAlexander MakarovPyotr StolypinPyotr DurnovoAlexander BulyginPyotr Sviatopolk-MirskyVyacheslav von PlehveDmitry SipyaginIvan GoremykinIvan DurnovoDimitry TolstoyNikolay IgnatyevMikhail Loris-MelikovLev MakovAlexander TimashevPyotr ValuevSergey Stepanovich LanskoyDmitry BibikovLev PerovskyAlexander StroganovDmitry BludovArseny ZakrevskyVasily Stepanovich LanskoyBalthasar von CampenhausenAlexander Nikolaevich GolitsynOsip KozodavlevAleksey KurakinViktor KochubeyList of interior ministers of Russia

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