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Prime Minister of Russia

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Prime Minister of the Russian Federation
Председатель Правительства Российской Федерации
Logo Government of Russia
Incumbent
Mikhail Mishustin

since 16 January 2020
StyleMr. Chairman
By name and patronymic
(currently Mikhail Vladimirovich)
His Excellency
(informal international correspondence)
Member ofGovernment
Security Council
Reports toPresident
State Duma
ResidenceWhite House
(working)
SeatMoscow
AppointerPresident of Russia, with the consent of the State Duma
Term lengthNo fixed term
Resigns before the newly elected President, but may be reappointed again
Constituting instrumentConstitution of Russia
Inaugural holderCount Sergei Witte (as Prime Minister of Russian Empire)
Georgy Lvov (as Chairman of the Russian Provisional Government)
Vladimir Lenin (as Premier of the Soviet Union)
Boris Yeltsin (as Prime Minister of Russian Federation)
Formation6 November 1905
DeputyFirst Deputy Prime Minister
Deputy Prime Ministers
WebsiteOfficial 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.

  • .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

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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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