Vladimir Putin's First Cabinet

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First cabinet of Vladimir Putin
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48th Cabinet of Russia
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Date formed16 August 1999
Date dissolved7 May 2000
People and organisations
Head of state Boris Yeltsin
Vladimir Putin (Acting)
Head of government Vladimir Putin
Mikhail Kasyanov (Acting)
Head of government's history 1999–present
Deputy head of government Mikhail Kasyanov
Nikolay Aksyonenko
Viktor Khristenko
No. of ministers16
Member party Unity
Our Home - Russia
Democratic Choice of Russia [1]
Status in legislatureCoalition
Opposition party Communist Party
Opposition leader Gennady Zyuganov
History
Predecessor Stepashin
Successor Kasyanov

This article contains information about the First Cabinet of Vladimir Putin, in effect from 16 August 1999 [2] to 7 May 2000. [3] It was followed by Mikhail Kasyanov's Cabinet.

Ministers

MinisterPeriod of office
Prime Minister
Vladimir Putin
August 16, 1999 – May 7, 2000
First Deputy Prime Minister
Mikhail Kasyanov
January 10, 2000 – May 7, 2000
First Deputy Prime Minister
Nikolay Aksyonenko
August 19, 1999 – January 10, 2000
First Deputy Prime Minister
Viktor Khristenko
August 19, 1999 – January 10, 2000
Deputy Prime Minister
Ilya Klebanov
August 16, 1999 – May 7, 2000
Deputy Prime Minister
Valentina Matvienko
August 16, 1999 – May 7, 2000
Deputy Prime Minister
Vladimir Sherback
August 19, 1999 – May 7, 2000
Deputy Prime Minister
Nikolay Koshman
October 15, 1999 – May 7, 2000
Deputy Prime Minister
Sergey Shoygu
January 10, 2000 – May 7, 2000
Deputy Prime Minister
Viktor Khristenko
January 10, 2000 – May 7, 2000
Minister of Finance
Mikhail Kasyanov
August 16, 1999 – May 7, 2000
Minister of Atomic Energy
Yevgeny Adamov
August 16, 1999 – May 7, 2000
Minister of Agriculture
Alexey Gordeyev
August 16, 1999 – May 7, 2000
Minister for Antimonopoly Policy and Support of Entrepreneurship
Ilya Yuzhanov
August 16, 1999 – May 7, 2000
Minister of Fuel and Energy
Viktor Kalyuzhny
August 19, 1999 – May 7, 2000
Minister of the Interior
Vladimir Rushaylo
August 16, 1999 – May 7, 2000
Minister of Emergencies
Sergey Shoygu
August 16, 1999 – May 7, 2000
Minister of Mass Media
Mikhail Lesin
August 16, 1999 – May 7, 2000
Minister of Federal, Ethnic and Migration Policy
Vyacheslav Mikhailov
August 19, 1999 – January 6, 2000
Alexander Blokhin
January 6, 2000 – May 7, 2000
Minister of Health
Yury Shevchenko
August 16, 1999 – May 7, 2000
Minister of Property Relations
Farit Gazizullin
August 16, 1999 – May 7, 2000
Minister of External Affairs
Igor Ivanov
August 16, 1999 – May 7, 2000
Minister of Culture
Vladimir Yegorov  [ ru ]
August 19, 1999 – February 8, 2000
Mikhail Shvydkoy
February 8, 2000 – May 7, 2000
Minister of Taxes
Alexander Pochinok
August 16, 1999 – May 7, 2000
Minister of Defence
Igor Sergeev
August 16, 1999 – May 7, 2000
Minister of Education
Vladimir Filippov
August 16, 1999 – May 7, 2000
Minister of Natural Resources
Boris Yatskevich
August 16, 1999 – May 7, 2000
Minister of Industry, Science and Technologies
Mikhail Kirpichnikov
August 19, 1999 – May 7, 2000
Minister of Railways
Vladimir Starostenko
August 19, 1999 – September 16, 1999
Nikolay Aksyonenko
September 16, 1999 – May 7, 2000
Minister of Telecommunications and Informatization
Leonid Reiman
November 12, 1999 – May 7, 2000
Minister of Transport
Sergey Frank
August 16, 1999 – May 7, 2000
Minister of Labor and Welfare Development
Sergey Kalashnikov
August 19, 1999 – May 7, 2000
Minister of Economy
Andrey Shapoval'yants
August 19, 1999 – May 7, 2000
Minister of Trade
Mikhail Fradkov
August 19, 1999 – May 7, 2000
Minister of Justice
Yury Chaika
August 16, 1999 – May 7, 2000
Minister – Chief of Staff of the Government
Dmitry Kozak
August 19, 1999 – May 7, 2000
Minister of Sports, Physical Culture and Tourism
Boris Ivanyuzhenkov
August 19, 1999 – May 7, 2000
Minister for Commonwealth of Independent States
Leonid Dpachevsky
August 19, 1999 – May 7, 2000

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