List of heads of government of Russia

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Approximately 38 people have been head of the Russian government since its establishment in 1905.

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The Council of Ministers of the Russian Empire, created in November 1905, was preceded by a number of cabinet-like institutions. Oldest of them was the Supreme Privy Council, created in 1726 by the empress Catherine I. Considering weakness of her and her successor's powers, the Council acted as government of the Russian Empire until 1731. Its successor departments such as the Cabinet of Her Imperial Majesty (1731–41), the Conference at the Highest Court (1756–62), the Imperial Council (1762) and finally the Council at the Highest Court (1768–1801) remained mostly advisory bodies to the monarch.

The ministerial reform of 1802 introduced the Committee of Ministers, which competence was limited to interagency issues. The committee was not responsible for the activities of individual ministries and for the coherence of their policies. Beginning with Count Aleksandr Romanovich Vorontsov, the eldest of the officers was de facto chairman of the committee. Eight years after the inauguration of the manifest, the first de jure office holder was Count Nikolay Rumyantsev. [1] According to the tradition established over time, the chairmanship of the committee was the last honorary position, to which elderly respected officials were appointed.

The Council of Ministers was unofficially formed in October 1857, as a result of Emperor Alexander II's reforms; its first session began on 19 (31) December 1857. Before the actual formation of that body on 12 (24) November 1861, the Emperor himself was in charge. The Council of Ministers consisted of chairmen of the State Council and the Committee of Ministers, as well as high-ranking officers appointed by the Emperor. The first session ended on 11 (23) December 1882, after the number of files to the Council greatly decreased. [2] [3]

The imperial Council of Ministers was re-established in late 1905, as a part of the large-scale government reform caused by the First Russian Revolution. All ministries and departments became parts of a single national administration. The Committee of Ministers functioned simultaneously with the second session of the Council of Ministers for six more months; Count Sergei Witte participated on both entities until the abolition of the committee on 23 April (5 May) 1906.

By the order of Emperor Nicholas II, the second session of the Council of Ministers began on 19 October (1 November) 1905, following the formation of the State Duma. Shortly after the February Revolution and the inception of the Russian Provisional Government on 2 (15) March 1917, Georgy Lvov from the Constitutional Democratic Party became Minister-Chairman, who was succeeded by Alexander Kerensky in July.

In November 1917 the Provisional Government was overthrown by the Bolshevik faction of Russian social democrats led by Vladimir Lenin. The Council of People's Commissars of the Russian Soviet Republic became the new governmental body, which was chaired from 1917 to 1924 by Lenin. That body was renamed Council of Ministers following a decree of the Supreme Council on 23 March 1946. The same was made in other republics of the Soviet Union.

After the fall of the Soviet Union, Boris Yeltsin, as the President of the Russian Federation, was appointed as the extraordinary head of government of the Russian Federation. The latter body took the name "Council of Ministers — Government of Russia", the chairman of which became Viktor Chernomyrdin, replacing acting chairman Yegor Gaidar. According to the new constitution ratified on 25 December 1993, the "Government" (Russian : Правительство, romanized: Pravitelstvo) is the official name of the Russian cabinet. Since then, the head of that office takes the formal title "Chairmen of the Government" or colloquially "Prime Minister."

Current Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin took the office on 16 January 2020.

The youngest head of government by his accession to office was Sergey Kiriyenko (1998), at age 35, and the oldest Ivan Goremykin (1914), at age 74.

Russian Empire (1721–1917)

Early collegial institutions without a single leader

Since the 18th century, a modern system of public administration was going to be created in Russia, including the formation of bodies such as the Supreme Privy Council and the Committee of Ministers whose powers are similar to the powers of the modern Russian Government. In the period from 1726 to 1905 there was no official title for the leader of the government. The chief ministers (principal ministres) of certain Emperor of All Russia nonetheless led the government de facto, but de jure the head of government was a monarch. [4]

PortraitName
(birth–death)
Term of officeMonarch
Members of the Supreme Privy Council of the Russian Empire (1726–1730)
A. Menshikov (Kuskovo).jpg Count and Prince Alexander Danilovich Menshikov
(1673–1729)
8 February
1726
8 September
1727
Catherine I
Catherine I of Russia by Nattier.jpg
(1725–1727)
Peter II
Peter II by anonymous (1800s, Hermitage).jpg
(1727–1730)
Anna
Louis Caravaque, Portrait of Empress Anna Ioannovna (1730).jpg
(1730–1740)
Fyodor Matveyevich Apraksin.jpg Count Fyodor Matveyevich Apraksin
(1661–1728)
8 February
1726
10 November
1728
Chancelor G.I.Golovkin by I.Nikitin (1720s, Tretyakov gallery).jpg Count Gavriil Ivanovich Golovkin
(1660–1734)
8 February
1726
6 May
1727
Genrikh Iogann Fridrikh (Andrei Ivanovich) Osterman.jpg Count Andrey Ivanovich Osterman
(1686–1747)
8 February
1726
6 May
1727
Kniaz' Dmitrii Mikhailovich Golitsyn (1665 -- 1737).jpg Prince Dmitry Mikhaylovich Golitsyn
(1665–1737)
8 February
1726
6 May
1727
Johann Gottfried Tannauer 05.jpg Count Pyotr Andreyevich Tolstoy
(1645–1729)
8 February
1726
6 May
1727
Charles Frederick of Holstein-Gottorp by anonymous (Kuskovo, 18th c.).jpg Count Karl-Fridrikh Golshteyn-Gottorpsky
(1700–1739)
8 February
1726
(or March 1726) [5]
25 July
1727
Lesser Coat of Arms of Russian Empire.svg Prince Alexey Grigoryevich Dolgorukov
(?–1734)
3 February
1728
4 March
1730
Dolgorukov Vasiliy Lukich (painted portrait).jpg Prince Vasily Lukich Dolgorukov
(1670–1739)
6 April
1729
4 March
1730
Dolgorukov Vasily Vladimirovich.jpg Prince Vasily Vladimirovich Dolgorukov
(1667–1746)
19 January
1730
4 March
1730
Golitsyn M M 1675-1730.jpg Prince Mikhail Mikhailovich Golitsyn
(1675–1730)
19 January
1730
4 March
1730
Cabinet ministers of the Russian Empire (1731–1741)
Chancelor G.I.Golovkin by I.Nikitin (1720s, Tretyakov gallery).jpg Count Gavriil Ivanovich Golovkin
(1660–1734)
10 November
1731
20 January
1734
Anna
Louis Caravaque, Portrait of Empress Anna Ioannovna (1730).jpg
(1730–1740)
Genrikh Iogann Fridrikh (Andrei Ivanovich) Osterman.jpg Count Andrey Ivanovich Osterman
(1686–1747)
20 January
1734
10 November
1740
Minikh.jpg Count Khristofor Antonovich Minikh
(1683–1767)
10 November
1740
3 March
1741
Ivan VI
Ivan VI Antonovich (Oranienbaum).jpg
(1740–1741)
Genrikh Iogann Fridrikh (Andrei Ivanovich) Osterman.jpg Count Andrey Ivanovich Osterman
(1686–1747)
(2nd time)
3 March
1741
25 November
1741
Conferency ministers at the Highest Court of the Russian Empire (1756–1762)
Stepaapraxin.jpg Stepan Fyodorovich Apraksin
(1702–1758)
14 March
1756
1 October
1757
Elizabeth
Elizabeth of Russia by V.Eriksen.jpg
(1741–1762)
Peter III
Coronation portrait of Peter III of Russia -1761.JPG
(1762)
Bestuzhev-Ryumin Mikhail Petrovich.jpg Count Mikhail Petrovich Bestuzhev-Ryumin
(1688–1760)
14 March
1756
2 October
1757
Michail Michajlovitj Golitsyn color.jpg Prince Mikhail Mikhaylovich Golitsyn
(1684–1764)
14 March
1756
17 December
1757
Chancellor bestuzhev.jpg Count Alexey Petrovich Bestuzhev-Ryumin
(1693–1768)
14 March
1756
14 February
1758
Alexandr Borisovich Buturlin.gif Count Alexander Borisovich Buturlin
(1694–1767)
14 March
1756
17 October
1760
Peter Ivanovich Shuvalov (by P. A. Rotari).jpg Count Peter Ivanovich Shuvalov
(1711–1762)
14 March
1756
4 January
1762
Alexey Antropov 016.jpg Count Mikhail Illarionovich Vorontsov
(1714–1767)
14 March
1756
20 January
1762
Troubetskoy Nikita Yuryevich.jpg Prince Nikita Yuryevich Trubetskoy
(1699–1767)
14 March
1756
20 January
1762
RusPortraits v3-063 Graf Aleksandr Ivanovich Shuvalov, 1710-1771.jpg Count Alexander Ivanovich Shuvalov
(1710–1771)
14 March
1756
20 January
1762
Coronation portrait of Peter III of Russia -1761.JPG Grand Duke Peter Fyodorovich Romanov
(subsequently Emperor Peter III)
(1728–1762)
14 March
1756
28 January
1762
Yakov Petrovich Shakhovskoy.jpg Prince Yakov Petrovich Shakhovskoy
(1705–1777)
16 September
1760
25 December
1761
Nepliuev Ivan Ivanovich 2.jpg Ivan Ivanovich Neplyuev
(1693–1773)
16 September
1760
20 January
1762
Vorontsov Roman by Serdyukov.jpg Count Roman Illarionovich Vorontsov
(1707–1783)
28 December
1761
20 January
1762
Members of the Imperial Council of the Russian Empire (1762)
Georg Ludwig von Holstein-Gottorp.png Prince Georg-Ludwig Golshteyn-Gottorpsky
(1719–1763)
28 January
1762
28 June
1762
Peter III
Coronation portrait of Peter III of Russia -1761.JPG
(1762)
Peter August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck.jpg Count Pyotr August Friedrich Golshteyn-Beksky
(1696–1775)
28 January
1762
28 June
1762
Minikh.jpg Count Khristofor Antonovich Minikh
(1683–1767)
28 January
1762
28 June
1762
Troubetskoy Nikita Yuryevich.jpg Prince Nikita Yuryevich Trubetskoy
(1699–1767)
28 January
1762
28 June
1762
Alexey Antropov 016.jpg Count Mikhail Illarionovich Vorontsov
(1714–1767)
28 January
1762
28 June
1762
Lesser Coat of Arms of Russian Empire.svg Aleksandr Nikitich Vilbua
(1713–1788)
28 January
1762
28 June
1762
Volkonsky Mikhail Nikitich.jpg Prince Mikhail Nikitich Volkonsky
(1713–1788)
28 January
1762
28 June
1762
Alexey Petrovich Melgunov.jpg Aleksey Petrovich Melgunov
(1722–1788)
28 January
1762
28 June
1762
Heads of Council Affairs at the Highest Court (Highest Council) of the Russian Empire (1768–1801)
Lesser Coat of Arms of Russian Empire.svg Stepan Fyodorovich Strekalov
(1728–1805)
17 November
1768
1776 Catherine II
Profile portrait of Catherine II by Fedor Rokotov (1763, Tretyakov gallery).jpg
(1762–1796)
Samoylov Alexander Nikolaevich.jpg Count Alexander Nikolayevich Samoylov
(1744–1814)
17761787
Lesser Coat of Arms of Russian Empire.svg Ivan Andreyevich Weydemeyer
(1752–1820)
178718 November
1796
Derzhavin by Borovikovsky (Russkiy Sever).jpg Gavriil Romanovich Derzhavin
(1743–1816)
18 November
1796
22 November
1796
Paul I
Borovikovskiy PtPavla1GRM.jpg
(1796–1801)
Lesser Coat of Arms of Russian Empire.svg Ivan Andreyevich Weydemeyer
(1752–1820)
(2nd time)
18 November
1796
26 March
1801

Committee of Ministers (1802–1905)

The Committee of Ministers was established on 20 September 1802 in the course of Alexander I's ministerial reform. All the ministers were independent from each other and were responsible for the activities of their departments individually. The committee was not responsible either for the activities of individual ministries, or for the coherence of their policies. During the first years of the existence of the committee, its meetings were chaired by the Emperor, and in his absence - by the ministers alternately, starting with the senior in rank, each for 4 sessions. In 1810, the chairmanship was given to the chancellor and chairman of the State Council Count N.P. Rumyantsev.

PortraitName
(birth–death)
Term of officeMonarch
Chairmen of the Committee of Ministers of the Russian Empire (1802–1905)
Rumyan.jpg Count
Nikolay Petrovich Rumyantsev
(1754–1826)
18101812 Alexander I
Alexander I of Russia by G.Dawe (1826, Peterhof) crop.jpg
(1801–1825)
Saltykov Nikolay Ivanovich.jpg Count and Prince
Nikolay Ivanovich Saltykov
(1736–1816)
29 March
1812 [6]
9 September
1812 (disputed) [note 1]
16 May
1816
Orest Kiprensky 055.jpg Count
Sergey Kuzmich Vyazmitinov (disputed) [note 2]
(1744–1819)
9 September
1812
15 October
1816
P.V.Lopukhin by S.Shukin (1801).jpg Prince
Pyotr Vasilyevich Lopukhin
(1753–1827)
25 May
1816 [7]
6 April
1827
Kochubey Viktor by Kruger.jpg Prince
Viktor Pavlovich Kochubey
(1768–1834)
29 April
1827 [8]
3 June
1834
Nicholas I
Botman - Emperor Nicholas I (cropped).jpg
(1825–1855)
Nikolay Nikolayevich Novosiltsev.jpg Count
Nikolay Nikolayevich Novosiltsev
(1761–1838)
11 July
1834 [9]
8 April
1838
Egor Botman - portret kniazia I.V. Vasil'chikova.jpg Prince
Illarion Vasilyevich Vasilchikov
(1776–1847)
9 April
1838 [10]
21 February
1847
Levashov V V.jpg Count
Vasily Vasilyevich Levashov
(1783–1848)
31 December
1847 [11]
23 September
1848
Chernyshov Alexander.jpg Prince
Alexander Ivanovich Chernyshyov
(1785–1857)
1 December
1848 [12]
5 April
1856 [12]
Orlov A F-by Kruger.jpg Prince
Alexey Fyodorovich Orlov
(1787–1862)
May
1857 [13]
January
1861 [14]
Alexander II
Zar Alexander II (cropped).jpg
(1855–1881)
PGRS 1 013 Bludov - crop.jpg Count
Dmitry Nikolayevich Bludov
(1785–1864)
12 November
1861
19 February
1864
Pavel Pavlovich Gagarin.jpg Prince
Pavel Pavlovich Gagarin
(1789–1872)
24 February
1864 [15]
21 February
1872
Pavel Nikolaevich Ignatiev.jpg Count
Pavel Nikolayevich Ignatyev
(1797–1879)
21 February
1872 [16]
20 December
1879 [16]
Valuyev.jpg Count
Pyotr Aleksandrovich Valuyev
(1815–1890)
25 December
1879 [17]
4 October
1881 [17]
PGRS 1 079 Reitern - full.jpg Count
Mikhail Khristoforovich Reytern
(1820–1890)
4 October
1881 [18]
30 December
1886 [18]
Alexander III
Tsar Alexander III c. 1885.jpg
(1881–1894)
Ivan Tyurin - Portrait of N.H.Bunge, 1887.jpg Nikolay Khristianovich Bunge
(1823–1895)
1 January
1887 [19]
3 June
1895 [19]
DurnovoIN.jpg Ivan Nikolayevich Durnovo
(1834–1903)
15 October
1895 [20]
29 May
1903
Nicholas II
Mikola II (cropped)-2.jpg
(1894–1917)
SergeiWitte01548v.jpg Count
Sergei Yulyevich Witte
(1849–1915)
16 August
1903 [21]
6 November
1905 [21]

Prime Minister of the Russian Empire (1905–1917)

The modern government type in Russia came after the establishment of the Council of Ministers on 1 November 1905, created for the "management and union action principal chiefs of departments on subjects like law and senior public administration", and modelled on the relevant institutions within the constitutional states, when all the ministries and directorates have been declared part of the unified state management.[ clarification needed ] The first Prime Minister was Count Sergei Witte, who was appointed on 6 November 1905. [22]

PortraitName
(birth–death)
Term of officeMonarch
1 Sergei Witte ppmsca.08799 (cropped).jpg Count
Sergei Yulyevich Witte
(1849–1915)
6 November 19055 May 1906 Nicholas II
Nicholas II, att. Vsevolod Strekalovskiy (1910s, Hillwood museum).jpg
(1894–1917)
2 Ivan Logginovitch Goremykin, c. 1906 (cropped).jpg Ivan Logginovich Goremykin
(1839–1917)
1 5 May 190621 July 1906
3 Stolypin.jpg Pyotr Arkadyevich Stolypin
(1862–1911)
21 July 190618 September 1911
(Assassinated)
4 Vladimir Nikolayevich Kokovtsov.jpg Count
Vladimir Nikolayevich Kokovtsov
(1853–1943)
22 September 191112 February 1914
(2) Ivan Logginovitch Goremykin, c. 1906 (cropped).jpg Ivan Logginovich Goremykin
(1839–1917)
2 12 February 19142 February 1916
5 Shtiurmer B. (Novgorodskaia oblast').jpg Baron
Boris Vladimirovich Shtyurmer
(1848–1917)
2 February 191623 November 1916
6 Alexander Trepov.jpg Alexander Fyodorovich Trepov
(1862–1928)
23 November 191620 January 1917
7 Nikolai Dimitrievitch Golitsyn.jpg Prince
Nikolai Dmitriyevich Golitsyn
(1850–1925)
20 January 191712 March 1917

Provisional Government/Russian Republic (1917)

After the alleged abdication of Nicholas II from the throne in favor of his brother Michael, Michael also abdicated, before the convening of the Constituent Assembly. On 14 September 1917, the Russian Republic was proclaimed. At this period, a provisional government was formed and the Prime Minister was the head of state.

   Constitutional Democratic Party
   Socialist Revolutionary Party
PortraitName
(birth–death)
Term of officePolitical party
8 Georgy Lvov, 1919 LOC cropped.jpg Prince
Georgy Yevgenyevich Lvov
(1861–1925)
15 March 191721 July 1917 Constitutional Democratic Party
9 Karenskiy AF 1917.jpg Alexander Fyodorovich Kerensky
(1881–1970)
1 21 July 191714 September 1917 Socialist Revolutionary Party
2 14 September 19177 November 1917

Russian State (1918–1920)

The heads of government of the Russian State during the Civil War were de facto Prime Ministers in exile.

   Independent
   Socialist Revolutionary Party
PortraitName
(birth–death)
Term of officePolitical partyHead of state
Piotr Vasil'evich Vologodskii.jpg Pyotr Vasilyevich Vologodsky
(1863–1925)
I 4 November 191818 November 1918 Socialist Revolutionary Party The Directory
Chleny Ufimskoi Direktorii.jpg
(1918)
II 18 November 191822 November 1919 Alexander Kolchak
Aleksandr Kolchak.jpg
(1918–1920)
V.N.Pepeliajev.jpg Viktor Nikolayevich Pepelyayev
(1885–1920)
22 November 19194 January 1920 Independent

Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1917–1991)

Since the creation of the Russian Soviet Republic its cabinet was styled as the Council of People's Commissars. Between the creation of the USSR on 30 December 1922 and the formation of its own Council of People's Commissars on 6 July 1923, the Council of People's Commissars of Russia temporarily acted as the government of the USSR. On 23 March 1946, the Council of People's Commissars was renamed into the Council of Ministers of the RSFSR.

   Communist Party
   Independent
PortraitName
(birth–death)
Term of officePolitical partyLegislature
(election)
Head of state
10 Vladimir Lenin.jpg Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov (Lenin)
(1870–1924)
8 November 191721 January 1924
(Died in office)
Communist Party ARCEC Lev Kamenev
Lev Kamenev 1920s.jpg
(1917)
Yakov Sverdlov
Yakov Sverdlov crop.jpg
(1917–1919)
Mikhail Kalinin
Kalinin M. I. (1920).jpg
(1919–1938)
11 AlexeiRikov1924(cropped)(c).jpg Alexey Ivanovich Rykov
(1881–1938)
2 February 192418 May 1929 Communist Party
12 1929-sergey syrtsov.jpg Sergey Ivanovich Syrtsov
(1883–1937)
18 May 19293 November 1930 Communist Party
13 Daniil Egorovich Sulimov.jpg Daniil Yegorovich Sulimov
(1890–1937)
3 November 193022 July 1937 Communist Party
14 Bundesarchiv Bild 183-29921-0001, Bulganin, Nikolai Alexandrowitsch (cropped).jpg Nikolay Alexandrovich Bulganin
(1895–1975)
1 22 July 193719 July 1938 [23] Communist Party
2 20 July 1938 [24] 17 September 1938I
(1938)
Aleksei Badayev
Alexey Badaev 1912.jpg
(1938–1944)
15 Vasily Vakhrushev (minpromtorg.gov.ru).jpg Vasily Vasilyevich Vakhrushev
(1902–1947)
17 September 19382 June 1940 Communist Party
16 Khokhlov IS.jpg Ivan Sergeyevich Khokhlov
(1895–1973)
2 June 194023 June 1943 [note 3] Communist Party
17 05.11.1966. Kossiguine a Toulouse. (1966) - 53Fi3436 (cropped).jpg Alexey Nikolayevich Kosygin
(1904–1980)
23 June 194323 March 1946 Communist Party
Nikolay Shvernik
Nikolai Mikhailovich Shvernik.jpg
(1944–1946)
18 Emblem of the Russian SFSR (1920-1978).svg Mikhail Ivanovich Rodionov
(1907–1950)
1 23 March 194625 June 1947 Communist Party
2 26 June 19479 March 1949II
(1947)
Ivan Vlasov
Emblem of the Russian SFSR (1920-1978).svg
(1946–1950)
19 Emblem of the Russian SFSR (1920-1978).svg Boris Nikolayevich Chernousov
(1908–1978)
1 9 March 194917 April 1951 Communist Party
2 17 April 195120 October 1952III
(1951)
Mikhail Tarasov
Emblem of the Russian SFSR (1920-1978).svg
(1950–1959)
20 Emblem of the Russian SFSR (1920-1978).svg Alexander Mikhailovich Puzanov
(1906–1998)
1 20 October 195226 March 1955 Communist Party
2 26 March 195524 January 1956IV
(1955)
21 Emblem of the Russian SFSR (1920-1978).svg Mikhail Alexeyevich Yasnov
(1906–1991)
24 January 195619 December 1957 Communist Party
22 Emblem of the Russian SFSR (1920-1978).svg Frol Romanovich Kozlov
(1908–1965)
19 December 195731 March 1958 Communist Party
23 Dmitry Polyansky.jpg Dmitry Stepanovich Polyansky
(1917–2001)
1 31 March 195815 April 1959 Communist Party
Nikolay Ignatov
Emblem of the Russian SFSR (1920-1978).svg
(1959)
2 16 April 195923 November 1962V
(1959)
Nikolay Organov
Emblem of the Russian SFSR (1920-1978).svg
(1959–1962)
24 Gennadi Voronov.jpg Gennady Ivanovich Voronov
(1910–1994)
1 23 November 19625 April 1963 Communist Party
Nikolay Ignatov
Emblem of the Russian SFSR (1920-1978).svg
(1962–1966)
2 5 April 196312 April 1967VI
(1963)
Mikhail Yasnov
Emblem of the Russian SFSR.svg
(1966–1985)
3 12 April 196723 July 1971VII
(1967)
25 Mikhail Sergeyevich Solomentsev.jpg Mikhail Sergeyevich Solomentsev
(1913–2008)
1 28 July 197115 July 1975 Communist Party VIII
(1971)
2 15 July 197526 March 1980IX
(1975)
3 26 March 198024 June 1983X
(1980)
26 Emblem of the Russian SFSR.svg Vitaly Ivanovich Vorotnikov
(1926–2012)
1 24 June 198326 March 1985 Communist Party
2 26 March 19853 October 1988XI
(1985)
Vladimir Orlov
Emblem of the Russian SFSR.svg
(1985–1988)
27 Emblem of the Russian SFSR.svg Alexander Vladimirovich Vlasov
(1932–2002)
3 October 198815 June 1990 Communist Party Vitaly Vorotnikov
Emblem of the Russian SFSR.svg
(1988–1990)
Boris Yeltsin
Boris Nikolaevich El'tsin.jpg
(1990–1991)
28 Ivan Silaev (1991).jpg Ivan Stepanovich Silayev
(1930–2023)
1 15 June 199010 July 1991 [note 4] Communist Party XII
(1990)
2 12 July 199126 September 1991
P
Boris Yeltsin in 1994.PNG Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin [note 5]
(1931–2007)
6 November 199125 December 1991 Independent

Russian Federation (1991–present)

   Independent
   Our Home – Russia
   United Russia
PortraitName
(birth–death)
Term of officePolitical partyPresident
P Boris Nikolaevich El'tsin-1 (cropped) (cropped).jpg Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin
(1931–2007)
25 December 199115 June 1992 Independent Boris Yeltsin
Boris Nikolaevich El'tsin-1 (cropped) (cropped).jpg
(1991–1999)
29 Viktor Chernomyrdin meeting to sign credit agreement 1994 (cropped).jpg Viktor Stepanovich Chernomyrdin
(1938–2010)
1 14 December 19929 August 1996 Our Home – Russia
2 10 August 199623 March 1998
30 Sergei Kirienko - World Economic Forum Annual Meeting Davos 2000 (cropped).jpg Sergey Vladilenovich Kiriyenko
(1962–)
24 April 199823 August 1998 Independent
31 E Primakov 03 (cropped).jpg Yevgeny Maximovich Primakov
(1929–2015)
11 September 199812 May 1999 Independent
32 SStepashin.jpg Sergey Vadimovich Stepashin
(1952–)
19 May 19999 August 1999 Independent
33 Vladimir Putin 4 January 2000.jpg Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin
(1952–)
1 16 August 19997 May 2000 Independent
34 Mikhail Kasyanov (2007) (cropped).jpg Mikhail Mikhaylovich Kasyanov
(1957–)
17 May 200024 February 2004 Independent Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Putin official portrait (1) (cropped).jpg
(2000–2008)
[note 6]
35 Mikhail Fradkov (Brasilia, 04 April 2006).jpeg Mikhail Yefimovich Fradkov
(1950–)
1 5 March 20047 May 2004 Independent
2 12 May 200412 September 2007
36 Viktor Zoebkov cropped.jpg Viktor Alexeyevich Zubkov
(1941–)
14 September 20077 May 2008 United Russia
(33) 2008-08-29 Vladimir Putin (4).jpeg Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin
(1952–)
2 8 May 20087 May 2012 United Russia Dmitry Medvedev
Dmitry Medvedev official large photo -1 (cropped).jpg
(2008–2012)
37 Dmitry Medvedev govru official photo 2.jpg Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev
(1965–)
1 8 May 20127 May 2018 United Russia Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Putin - 2012.jpg
(2012–)
2 8 May 201815 January 2020
38 Mikhail Mishustin (07-04-2022) (cropped).jpg Mikhail Vladimirovich Mishustin
(1966–)
1 16 January 20207 May 2024 Independent
2 10 May 2024Incumbent

Acting prime ministers

Timeline

Mikhail MishustinDmitry MedvedevViktor ZubkovMikhail FradkovMikhail KasyanovVladimir PutinSergei StepashinYevgeny PrimakovSergei KiriyenkoViktor ChernomyrdinBoris YeltsinIvan SilayevAlexander Vlasov (politician)Vitaly VorotnikovMikhail SolomentsevGennady VoronovDmitry PolyanskyFrol KozlovMikhail YasnovAlexander PuzanovBoris ChernousovMikhail Rodionov (politician)Alexey KosyginIvan KhokhlovVasily VakhrushevNikolai BulganinDaniil SulimovSergey Syrtsov (politician)Alexei RykovVladimir LeninAlexander KerenskyGeorgy LvovNikolay Dmitriyevich GolitsynAlexander TrepovBoris ShturmerVladimir KokovtsovPyotr StolypinIvan GoremykinSergei WitteIvan DurnovoNikolai von BungeMichael von ReuternPyotr ValuyevPavel IgnatyevPavel GagarinDmitry BludovAlexey Fyodorovich OrlovAlexander ChernyshovVasily LevashovIllarion VasilchikovNikolay NovosiltevViktor KochubeyPyotr LopukhinSergey VyazmitinovNikolay SaltykovNikolay RumyantsevList of heads of government of Russia

See also

Notes

  1. Sources which list Vyazmitinov as Saltykov's successor state a date of 9 September 1812; other sources assert that Saltykov was in office until his death
  2. Some sources (such as the Large Soviet Encyclopedia) list Vyazmitinov as committee minister, while other (such as the History of the Fatherland encyclopedia) don't mention him at all and instead list Lopukhin as the successor of Saltykov.
  3. Deputy premier Konstantin Pamfilov effectively exercised Khokhlov's duties since 5 May 1942 until his death on 2 May 1943.
  4. The Council of Ministers of the RSFSR resigned before the elected President of the RSFSR, who took office on July 10, 1991
  5. Headed the government as President of Russia, was not the Prime Minister.
  6. Putin de facto took this position on 31 December 1999, when he became Acting President after the resignation of Boris Yeltsin. Elected President on 26 March 2000, officially took office on 7 May 2000.

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