Prime Minister of Russia
| Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Председатель Правительства Российской Федерации | |
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| Style | Mr. Chairman By name and patronymic (currently Mikhail Vladimirovich) His Excellency (informal international correspondence) |
| Member of | Government Security Council |
| Reports to | President State Duma |
| Residence | White House (working) |
| Seat | Moscow |
| Appointer | President of Russia, with the consent of the State Duma |
| Term length | No fixed term Resigns before the newly elected President, but may be reappointed again |
| Constituting instrument | Constitution of Russia |
| Inaugural holder | Count Sergei Witte |
| Formation | 6 November 1905 |
| Deputy | First Deputy Prime Minister Deputy Prime Ministers |
| Website | Official website |
The Prime Minister of Russia (Russian: Премьер-министр России, Prem'er-ministr Rossii) is Russia's head of government. He is the second most powerful leader in the Russian Federation.
The Prime Minister serves the same time as the President of Russia, and has a term of office of six years but may be appointed again.
The President appoints the Prime Minister and must be approved by the State Duma. Only two acting Prime Ministers: Yegor Gaidar and Viktor Chernomyrdin were appointed by the President, but not approved by the Duma. The most recent Prime Minister is Mikhail Mishustin since 16 January 2020.
List[change | change source]
- .Alexander Menshikov (1726-1727
- .Fyodor Apraksin (1727-1728)
- 3.Gavriil Golovkin (1727)
- 4.Andrey Osterman (1727)
- 5.D.M. Golitskyn (with Alexander Menshikov)
- 6.P.A. Tolstoy (with Alexander Menshikov)
- Karl Gottorpsky (with Menshikov)
- Aleksei Dolgorukov (1728-30)
- Vasily Dolgorukov (1729-30)
- Gavriil Golovkin (1731-34)
- Andrey Ostaerman (1734-1740 and 1741)
Khristofor Minikh (1740-41)
- Stefan Apraksin (1756-1757)
- Alexey Ryumin (1757-1758)
- A. Buturlin (1758-1760)
- P. Shuvalov (1760-1762)
- M. Vorontsov (1762: 16 days)
- Peter III Romanov (1762)
- S. Strekalov (1768-1776)
- Sergey Witte (1905-1906)
- Ivan Goremykin (1906 & 1916)
- Pyotr Stolypin (1906-1911)
- Vladimir Kokovtsov (1911-1914)
- Boris Sturmer (1916)
- A. Trepov (1917)
- Georgy Lvov (1917)
- Alexander Kerensky (1917)
- Vladimir Lenin (1917-1924)
- Aleksei Rykov (1924-1929)
- Sergei Syrtsov (1929-1930)
- Daniil Sulimov (1930-1937)
- Nikolai Bulganin (1937-1938)
- Vasily Vakhrushev (1939-1940)
- Ivan Khokhlov (1940-1943)
- Alexey Kosygin (1943-1946)
- Mikhail Rodionov (1946-1949) executed in 1950.
- Boris Chernousov (1949-1952)
- Alexander Puzanov (1952-1956)
- Mikhail Yasnov (1956-1957)
- Frol Kozlov (1957-1958)
- Dmitry Polyansky (1958-1962)
- Gennady Voronov (1962-1971)
- Mikhail Solomentsev (1971-1983)
- Vitaly Vorotnikov (1983-1988)
- Alexander Vlasov (1988-1990)
- Ivan Silayev (1990-1991)
- Oleg Lobov (1991-1992)
- Boris Yeltsin (1992)
- Yegor Gaidar (1992)
- Viktor Chernomyrdyn (1992-1998)
- Sergey Kirienko (1998)
- Yevgeny Primakov (1999)
- Vladimir Putin (1999)
- Sergei Stepashin (1999)
- Mikhail Kasyanov (2000-2004)
- Viktor Kristenko (2004)
- Mikhail Fradkov (till 2007)
- Viktor Zubkov (2008)
- V. Putin (2008-2012) Succeeded to Presidency (2012-present)
- Dmitry Medvedev (2012-2020)
- Mikhail Mishustin (2020-)
Living former Prime Ministers[change | change source]
As of 2022, there are eight living former Prime Ministers. The most recent death of a former Prime Minister was that of Yevgeny Primakov (1998–1999) on 26 June 2015, aged 85.
Ivan Silayev
served 1990–1991
Born 21 October 1930
Sergey Kiriyenko
served 1998
Born 26 July 1962
Sergei Stepashin
served 1999
Born 2 March 1952
Vladimir Putin
served 1999–2000 and 2008–2012
Born 7 October 1952
Mikhail Kasyanov
served 2000–2004
Born 8 December 1957
Mikhail Fradkov
served 2004–2007
Born 1 September 1950
Viktor Zubkov
served 2007–2008
Born 15 September 1941
Dmitry Medvedev
served 2012–2020
Born 14 September 1965
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Other websites[change | change source]
- Official Website of the Prime Minister of Russia (in Russian)
