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
Head of governmentViktor Chernomyrdin
Sergey Kiriyenko (acting)
Deputy head of governmentAnatoly Chubais
No. of ministers27
Member partyOur Home - Russia
Democratic Choice of Russia
Socialistic 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 Minister — Chief 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 Alexei Bolshakov 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 Alexander Livshits 14 August 1996 – 17 March 1997
Deputy Prime Minister Valery Serov 17 March 1997 – 28 February 1998
Deputy Prime Minister Vladimir Fortov 17 August 1996 – 17 March 1997
Deputy Prime Minister Anatoly Kulikov 4 February 1997 – 23 March 1998
Deputy Prime Minister Oleg Sysuyev 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 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 Boyko 13 August 1997 – 15 November 1997
Deputy Prime Minister Farit Gazizullin 20 December 1997 – 23 March 1998
Deputy Prime Minister Ivan Rybkin 2 March 1998 – 23 March 1998
Federal Ministers
Minister of Agriculture Viktor Khlystun 10 August 1996 — 23 March 1998
Minister of Defence Igor Rodionov 10 August 1996 – 22 May 1997
Igor Sergeyev 22 May 1997 – 23 March 1998
Minister of Economy Yevgeny Yasin 10 August 1996 – 17 March 1997
Yakov Urinson 17 March 1997 – 23 March 1998
Minister of Education Vladimir Kinelyov 14 August 1996 – 28 February 1998
Alexander Tikhonov 2 – 23 March 1998
Minister of Emergency Situations Sergey Shoygu Our Home – Russia 10 August 1996 — 23 March 1998
Minister of Foreign Affairs Yevgeny Primakov Independent (1996–98) 10 August 1996 — 23 March 1998
Fatherland – All Russia (1998)
Minister of Health and Social Development Tatyana Dmitrieva 22 August 1996 — 23 March 1998
Minister of Industry, Science and Technologies 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 Alekseevich Kovalyov 10 August 1996 — 2 July 1997
Sergey Stepashin 2 July 1997 — 23 March 1998
Minister of Transport Nikolai Tsakh 10 August 1996 – 28 February 1998
Sergei 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