Viktor Chernomyrdin's First Cabinet

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First cabinet of Viktor Chernomyrdin
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43rd Cabinet of Russia
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Date formed23 December 1992 [1]
Date dissolved9 August 1996
People and organisations
Head of state Boris Yeltsin
Head of government Viktor Chernomyrdin
Deputy head of government Vladimir Shumeyko
Yegor Gaidar
Oleg Soskovets
Anatoly Chubais
Vladimir Kadannikov
Oleg Lobov
No. of ministers30
Member party Our Home - Russia
Russia's Choice
Agrarian Party
Party of Russian Unity and Accord
Democratic Party [2]
Status in legislatureCoalition
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Opposition party Liberal Democratic Party (1993-1995)
Communist Party (1995-1996)
Opposition leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky (1993-1995)
Gennady Zyuganov (1995-1996)
History
Predecessor Yeltsin – Gaidar
Successor Chernomyrdin II

Viktor Chernomyrdin's First Cabinet acted under President of Russia Boris Yeltsin from 23 December 1992 to August 9, 1996. Until December 25, 1993 the official name was Council of Ministers, and since that date, with the coming into law of the Constitution of Russia under the term "Government". [3]

During the formation of the cabinet, a number of Gaidar loyalists resigned from their posts. [4]

Composition

PortfolioMinisterTookofficeLeftofficeParty
Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin 14 December 19929 August 1996  NDR
First Deputy Prime Ministers Vladimir Shumeyko 23 December 199212 December 1993  Independent
Oleg Lobov 15 April 1993
18 June 1996
18 September 1993
14 August 1996
  Independent
Oleg Soskovets 30 April 199320 June 1996  NDR
Yegor Gaidar 18 September 199312 December 1993  Independent
Anatoly Chubais 5 November 199416 January 1996  DVR
Vladimir Kadannikov 25 January 19969 August 1996  NDR
Deputy Prime Ministers Alexander Shokhin 23 December 199220 January 1994  Independent
Georgy Khizha 2 December 199211 May 1993  Independent
Boris Saltykov 23 December 199225 March 1993  Independent
Sergey Shakhray 23 December 199220 January 1994  Independent
Yury Yarov 23 December 199224 July 1996  DVR
Boris Fyodorov 23 December 199220 January 1994  Independent
Alexander Zaveryukha 10 February 19939 August 1996  APR
Minister of Agriculture Viktor Khlystun 20 January 199427 October 1994  Independent
Aleksandr Nazarchuk 27 October 199412 January 1996  APR
Alexander Zaveryukha 12 January 199614 May 1996  APR
Viktor Khlystun 14 May 19969 August 1996  Independent
Minister of Culture Yevgeny Sidorov23 December 19929 August 1996  Independent
Minister of Defence Pavel Grachev 23 December 199218 June 1996  Independent
Igor Rodionov 17 July 19969 August 1996  Independent
Minister of Economy Andrey Nechaev 23 December 199225 March 1993  Independent
Oleg Lobov 15 April 199318 September 1993  Independent
Alexander Shokhin 20 January 19946 November 1994  PRES
Yevgeny Yasin 8 November 19949 August 1996  Independent
Minister of Education Yevgeny Tkachenko 23 December 19929 August 1996  Independent
Minister of Emergency Situations Sergey Shoygu 23 December 19929 August 1996  Independent
Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources Viktor Danilov-Danilyan 23 December 19929 August 1996  KEDR
Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrey Kozyrev 23 December 19925 January 1996  Independent
Yevgeny Primakov 10 January 19969 August 1996  Independent
Minister of Foreign Economic Relations Sergey Glazyev 23 December 199222 September 1993  DPR
Oleg Davydov 22 September 19939 August 1996  Independent
Minister of Fuel and Energy Yury Shafranik 12 January 19939 August 1996  Independent
Minister of Health Eduard Nechayev23 December 199228 November 1995  Independent
Aleksandr Tsaregorodtsev5 December 19959 August 1996  Independent
Minister of Internal Affairs Viktor Yerin 23 December 199230 June 1995  Independent
Anatoly Kulikov 6 July 19959 August 1996  Independent
Minister of Justice Nikolay Fyodorov 23 December 199224 March 1993  Independent
Yury Kalmykov 13 April 19937 December 1994  PRES
Valentin Kovalyov 5 January 19959 August 1996  Independent
Minister of Nationalities Sergey Shakhray 20 January 199416 May 1994  PRES
Nikolai Yegorov 16 May 199430 June 1995  Independent
Vyacheslav Mikhailov5 July 19959 August 1996  Independent
Minister of Railways Gennady Fadeyev23 December 19929 August 1996  Independent
Minister of Security Viktor Barannikov 23 December 199227 July 1993  Independent
Nikolai Golushko (acting)28 July 199321 December 1993  Independent
Minister of Transport Vitaly Yefimov23 December 199210 January 1996  Independent
Nikolai Tsakh12 January 19969 August 1996  Independent
Chief of Staff of the Government Vladimir Kvasov 12 January 199311 November 1994  Independent
Vladimir Babichev 15 November 19949 August 1996  NDR
Member of the Government Nikolay Travkin 29 April 199410 January 1996  DPR

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References

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  2. Политическая принадлежность членов Правительства РФ
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  4. Bohlen, Celestine (December 12, 1992). "Some Continuity in Reshaped Russia Cabinet". The New York Times . Retrieved October 2, 2018.