Viktor Chernomyrdin's Second Cabinet

Second cabinet of Viktor Chernomyrdin

44th Cabinet of Russia
Date formed10 August 1996
Date dissolved23 March 1998
People and organisations
Head of stateBoris Yeltsin
Viktor Chernomyrdin (briefly acting)
Head of governmentViktor Chernomyrdin
Sergey Kiriyenko (acting)
Deputy head of governmentAnatoly Chubais
No. of ministers27
Member partyOur Home – Russia
Democratic Choice of Russia
Socialist Party
Congress of Russian Communities[1]
Status in legislatureCoalition
Opposition partyCommunist Party
Opposition leaderGennady Zuganov
History
PredecessorChernomyrdin I
SuccessorKiriyenko

Viktor Chernomyrdin's Second Cabinet acted under President Boris Yeltsin from August 10, 1996, until March 23, 1998. The State Duma overwhelmingly confirmed reappointment of Chernomyrdin as head of the Cabinet, with 314 deputies voting in favor, far more than the simple majority of 216 needed for approval and 85 deputies were opposed.[2]

Composition

Post Image Name Party Period
Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin Our Home – Russia 10 August 1996 – 23 March 1998
Deputy Prime Ministers
First Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Bolshakov Independent 14 August 1996 – 17 March 1997
First Deputy Prime Minister Viktor Ilyushin Independent 14 August 1996 – 17 March 1997
First Deputy Prime Minister Vladimir Potanin Independent 14 August 1996 – 17 March 1997
First Deputy Prime Minister Anatoly Chubais Democratic Choice of Russia 17 March 1997 – 23 March 1998
First Deputy Prime Minister Boris Nemtsov Independent 17 March 1997 – 23 March 1998
Deputy Prime MinisterChief of Staff of the Government Vladimir Babichev Our Home – Russia 10 August 1996 – 17 March 1997
Deputy Prime Minister Oleg Davydov 10 August 1996 – 17 March 1997
Deputy Prime Minister Vitaly Ignatenko 10 August 1996 – 17 March 1997
Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Zaveryukha 10 August 1996 – 17 March 1997
Deputy Prime Minister Oleg Lobov 14 August 1996 – 17 March 1997
Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandr Livshits 14 August 1996 – 17 March 1997
Deputy Prime Minister Valery Serov 14 August 1996 – 28 February 1998
Deputy Prime Minister Vladimir Fortov Our Home – Russia 17 August 1996 – 17 March 1997
Deputy Prime Minister Anatoly Kulikov 4 February 1997 – 23 March 1998
Deputy Prime Minister Oleg Sysuyev Our Home – Russia 17 March 1997 – 13 March 1998
Deputy Prime Minister Alfred Koch 17 March 1997 – 13 August 1997
Deputy Prime Minister Yakov Urinson 17 March 1997 – 23 March 1998
Deputy Prime Minister Vladimir Bulgak Our Home – Russia 17 March 1997 – 23 March 1998
Deputy Prime Minister Viktor Khlystun 19 May 1997 – 23 March 1998
Deputy Prime Minister Ramazan Abdulatipov Party of Russian Unity and Accord 1 August 1997 – 23 March 1998
Deputy Prime Minister Maxim Boycko 13 August 1997 – 15 November 1997
Deputy Prime Minister Farit Gazizullin 20 December 1997 – 23 March 1998
Deputy Prime Minister Ivan Rybkin Socialist Party of Russia 2 March 1998 – 23 March 1998
Federal Ministers
Minister of Agriculture Viktor Khlystun 10 August 1996 – 23 March 1998
Minister of Atomic Energy Viktor Mikhaylov 14 August 1996 – 2 March 1998
Yevgeny Adamov 2 March 1998 – 23 March 1998
Minister of Communications Vladimir Bulgak Our Home – Russia 14 August 1996 – 17 March 1997
Minister for Cooperation with Member States of the CIS Aman Tuleyev Independent 22 August 1996 – 1 July 1997
Anatoly Adamishin 28 August 1997 – 23 March 1998
Minister of Culture Yevgeny Sidorov Our Home – Russia 22 August 1996 – 28 August 1997
Natalya Dementyeva 28 August 1997 – 23 March 1998
Minister of Defence Igor Rodionov 10 August 1996 – 22 May 1997
Igor Sergeyev 22 May 1997 – 23 March 1998
Minister of Defence Industry Zinovy Pak 14 August 1996 – 17 March 1997
Minister of Economy Yevgeny Yasin 10 August 1996 – 17 March 1997
Yakov Urinson 17 March 1997 – 23 March 1998
Ministry of General and Professional Education Vladimir Kinelyov Our Home – Russia 14 August 1996 – 28 February 1998
Alexander Tikhonov 2 March 1998 – 23 March 1998
Minister of Emergency Situations Sergey Shoygu Our Home – Russia 10 August 1996 – 23 March 1998
Minister for Ethnicities and Federal Relations Vyacheslav Mikhailov 14 August 1996 – 23 March 1998
Minister of Finance Aleksandr Livshits Independent 15 August 1996 – 17 March 1997
Anatoly Chubais Democratic Choice of Russia 17 March 1997 – 20 November 1997
Mikhail Zadornov Independent 20 November 1997 – 23 March 1998
Minister of Foreign Affairs Yevgeny Primakov Independent 10 August 1996 – 23 March 1998
Minister of Foreign Economic Relations Oleg Davydov 14 August 1996 – 1 April 1997
Minister of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade Mikhail Fradkov 16 April 1997 – 23 March 1998
Minister of Fuel and Energy Pyotr Rodionov 22 August 1996 – 9 April 1997
Boris Nemtsov Independent 24 April 1997 – 20 November 1997
Sergey Kiriyenko Independent 20 November 1997 – 23 March 1998
Minister of Health and Social Development Tatyana Dmitrieva Our Home – Russia 22 August 1996 – 23 March 1998
Minister of Industry Yuri Bespalov 10 August 1996 – 17 March 1997
Minister of Internal Affairs Anatoly Kulikov Independent 10 August 1996 – 23 March 1998
Minister of Justice Valentin Kovalyov 10 August 1996 – 2 July 1997
Sergey Stepashin 2 July 1997 – 23 March 1998
Minister of Labour and Social Development Gennady Melikyan Our Home – Russia 14 August 1996 – 14 April 1997
Oleg Sysuyev Our Home – Russia 14 April 1997 – 23 March 1998
Minister of Natural Resources Viktor Orlov 22 August 1996 – 23 March 1998
Minister of Railways Anatoly Zaytsev 22 August 1996 – 14 April 1997
Nikolay Aksyonenko 14 April 1997 – 23 March 1998
Minister of Scence and Technology Vladimir Fortov Our Home – Russia 17 March 1997 – 23 March 1998
Minister of State Property Maxim Boycko 30 September 1997 – 15 November 1997
Farit Gazizullin 20 December 1997 – 23 March 1998
Minister of Transport Nikolai Tsakh 10 August 1996 – 28 February 1998
Sergey Frank 28 February 1998 – 23 March 1998
Chief of Staff of the Government – Minister of the Russian Federation Vladimir Babichev Our Home – Russia 17 March 1997 – 23 March 1998

References

  1. ^ Политическая принадлежность членов Правительства РФ
  2. ^ Communists Accept Yeltsin's Appointment, Chicago Tribune, August 11, 1996