List of energy ministers of Russia

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This is a list of ministers of energy of Russia .

Russian SFSR

Minister of Energy and Electrification

MinisterPolitical partyTerm of office
Coat of arms of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg Alexander Bizyayev Communist Party 13 October 196218 March 1963

Ministers of Fuel and Energy

MinisterPolitical partyTerm of officeCabinet
Coat of arms of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg Anatoly Dyakov Communist Party 13 May 199110 November 1991 Silayev I
Silayev II
Lopukhin Vladimir.jpg Vladimir Lopukhin Independent 10 November 199116 May 1992 Yeltsin–Gaidar

Russian Federation

Ministers of Fuel and Energy

MinisterPolitical partyTerm of officeCabinet
Lopukhin Vladimir.jpg Vladimir Lopukhin Independent 16 May 199230 May 1992 Yeltsin–Gaidar
Office vacant30 May 199212 January 1993
Yuri Shafranik 2006.jpg Yuri Shafranik Independent 12 January 199322 August 1996 Chernomyrdin I
Coat of Arms of the Russian Federation.svg Pyotr Rodionov Independent 22 August 19969 April 1997 Chernomyrdin II
Coat of Arms of the Russian Federation.svg Viktor Ott
(acting)
Independent 10 April 199724 April 1997
Boris Nemtsov 2003 RussiaMeeting (cropped).JPG Boris Nemtsov Independent 24 April 199720 November 1997
Sergei Kirienko - World Economic Forum Annual Meeting Davos 2000 (cropped).jpg Sergey Kiriyenko Independent 20 November 199723 March 1998
Coat of Arms of the Russian Federation.svg Viktor Ott
(acting)
Independent 23 March 199830 March 1998
Coat of Arms of the Russian Federation.svg Sergey Generalov Independent 12 May 199825 May 1999 Kiriyenko
Primakov
Coat of Arms of the Russian Federation.svg Viktor Kalyuzhny Independent 25 May 199920 May 2000 Stepashin
Putin I

Ministers of Energy

MinisterPolitical partyTerm of officeCabinet
Alexander Gavrin.jpg Alexander Gavrin Fatherland – All Russia 20 May 20005 February 2001 Kasyanov
Coat of Arms of the Russian Federation.svg 1st Deputy Minister
(acting)
Independent 5 February 200116 June 2001
Igor Yusufov.jpg Igor Yusufov Independent 16 June 20019 March 2004

Minister of Industry and Energy

MinisterPolitical partyTerm of officeCabinet
Victor Khristenko.jpg Viktor Khristenko Independent 9 March 200412 May 2008 Fradkov I
Fradkov II
Zubkov

Ministers of Energy

MinisterPolitical partyTerm of officeCabinet
Sergei Shmatko.jpeg Sergei Shmatko United Russia 12 May 200821 May 2012 Putin II
Alexander Novak (2019-11-06).jpg Alexander Novak United Russia 21 May 201210 November 2020 Medvedev I
Medvedev II
Mishustin
Nikolay Shulginov.jpg Nikolay Shulginov Independent 10 November 2020Incumbent

Timeline

Nikolay ShulginovAlexander NovakSergei ShmatkoViktor KhristenkoIgor YusufovAlexander GavrinViktor KalyuzhnySergey GeneralovSergey KiriyenkoBoris NemtsovViktor OttPyotr RodionovYuri ShafranikVladimir LopukhinAntoly DyakovList of energy ministers of Russia

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