Prime Minister of Russia
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.
| 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 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
- .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
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.
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