List of heads of government of Russia
This is a list of Heads of Government of Russia or Prime Ministers of Russia (in the modern sense), and its since 1905 as the Russian Empire, from when the first Prime Minister, Sergei Witte, took office in 1905, until the present day. The office is currently held by Vladimir Putin.
Multiple government change in office, consecutive or otherwise, are listed and counted in the first column (total number) and the second column (administration number).
List of Prime Ministers since 1905
| T# | A# | Name | Photo | Took Office | Left Office | Political Party | Head of state |
| Chairmen of Council of Ministers of the Russian Empire (1905-1917) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Graf Sergei Witte | 
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6 November 1905 | 5 May 1906 | None | Nicholas II | |
| 2 | Ivan Goremykin 1st term |
|
5 May 1906 | 21 July 1906 | None | Nicholas II | |
| 3 | Pyotr Stolypin | 
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21 July 1906 | 18 September 1911 | None | Nicholas II | |
| 4 | Vladimir Kokovtsov | 
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18 September 1911 | 12 February 1914 | None | Nicholas II | |
| 5 | Ivan Goremykin 2nd term |
|
12 February 1914 | 2 February 1916 | None | Nicholas II | |
| 6 | Boris Stürmer | 
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2 February 1916 | 23 November 1916 | None | Nicholas II | |
| 7 | Alexander Trepov | 
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23 November 1916 | 9 January 1917 | None | Nicholas II | |
| 8 | Knyaz Nikolai Golitsyn | 
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9 January 1917 | 12 March 1917 | None | Nicholas II | |
| Minister-Chairmen of the Russian Provisional Government (1917) | |||||||
| 9 | 1 | Knyaz Georgy Lvov | 
|
23 March 1917 | 21 July 1917 | Constitutional Democrat | Michael II |
| 10 | 2 | Alexander Kerensky | 
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21 July 1917 | 8 November 1917 | Socialist Revolutionary | Michael II Alexander Kerensky |
| Chairmen of the Council of Peoples' Commissars of the Russian SFSR (1917-1946) | |||||||
| 11 | 1 | Vladimir Lenin | 
|
9 November 1917 | 21 January 1924 | Social Democratic (Bolsheviks) Communist (Bolsheviks) |
Lev Kamenev Yakov Sverdlov Mikhail Vladimirsky (acting) Mikhail Kalinin |
| 12 | 2 | Alexei Rykov | File:Ryyykovvv.JPG | 2 February 1924 | 18 May 1929 | Communist (Bolsheviks) |
Mikhail Kalinin |
| 13 | 3 | Sergei Syrtsov |
|
18 May 1929 | 3 November 1930 | Communist (Bolsheviks) |
Mikhail Kalinin |
| 14 | 4 | Daniil Sulimov |
|
3 November 1930 | 22 July 1937 | Communist (Bolsheviks) |
Mikhail Kalinin |
| 15 | 5 | Nikolai Bulganin | 
|
22 July 1937 | 17 September 1938 | Communist (Bolsheviks) |
Mikhail Kalinin Andrei Zhdanov Alexei Badayev |
| 16 | 6 | Vasiliy Vakhrushev |
|
29 July 1939 | 2 June 1940 | Communist (Bolsheviks) |
Alexei Badayev |
| 17 | 7 | Ivan Khokhlov |
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2 June 1940 | 23 June 1943 | Communist (Bolsheviks) |
Alexei Badayev Ivan Vlasov (acting) |
| 18 | 8 | Alexey Kosygin | 
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23 June 1943 | 23 March 1946 | Communist (Bolsheviks) |
Ivan Vlasov Nikolai Shvernik |
| Chairmen of the Council of Ministers of the Russian SFSR (1946-1978) | |||||||
| 19 | 9 | Mikhail Rodionov |
|
23 March 1946 | 9 March 1949 | Communist (Bolsheviks) |
Nikolai Shvernik Ivan Vlasov |
| 20 | 10 | Boris Chernousov |
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9 March 1949 | 20 October 1952 | Communist (Bolsheviks) |
Ivan Vlasov Mikhail Tarasov |
| 21 | 11 | Alexander Puzanov |
|
20 October 1952 | 24 January 1956 | Communist | Mikhail Tarasov |
| 22 | 12 | Mikhail Yasnov |
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24 January 1956 | 19 December 1957 | Communist | Mikhail Tarasov |
| 23 | 13 | Frol Kozlov |
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19 December 1957 | 31 March 1958 | Communist | Mikhail Tarasov |
| 24 | 14 | Dmitry Polyansky |
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31 March 1958 | 23 November 1962 | Communist | Mikhail Tarasov Nikolai Ignatov Nikolai Organov |
| 25 | 15 | Gennady Voronov |
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23 November 1962 | 23 July 1971 | Communist | Nikolai Organov Nikolai Ignatov Mikhail Yasnov |
| 26 | 16 | Mikhail Solomentsev |
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28 July 1971 | 12 April 1978 | Communist | Mikhail Yasnov |
| Chairmen of the Council of Ministers — Government of the Russian SFSR (1978-1991/1992) | |||||||
| 26 | 16 | Mikhail Solomentsev |
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12 April 1978 | 24 June 1983 | Communist | Mikhail Yasnov |
| 27 | 17 | Vitaly Vorotnikov |
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24 June 1983 | 3 October 1988 | Communist | Mikhail Yasnov Vladimir Orlov |
| 28 | 18 | Alexander Vlasov |
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3 October 1988 | 15 June 1990 | Communist | Vitaly Vorotnikov Boris Yeltsin |
| 29 | 19 | Ivan Silayev |
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15 June 1990 | 26 September 1991 | Communist | Boris Yeltsin |
| — | Oleg Lobov (Acting) |
|
26 September 1991 | 6 November 1991 | Communist (RSFSR) |
Boris Yeltsin | |
| 30 | 20 | Boris Yeltsin Head of Government of the Russian SFSR as President of the Russian SFSR |
|
6 November 1991 | 25 December 1991 21 May 1992[1] |
Non-partisan | Boris Yeltsin |
| Chairmen of the Council of Ministers — Government of the Russian Federation (1991/1992-1993) | |||||||
| 30 | 1 | Boris Yeltsin Head of Government of the Russian Federation as President of the Russian Federation |
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25 December 1991 21 May 1992 |
15 June 1992 | Non-partisan | Boris Yeltsin |
| — | Yegor Gaidar (Acting) |
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15 June 1992 | 14 December 1992 | Non-partisan | Boris Yeltsin | |
| 31 | 2 | Viktor Chernomyrdin | 
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14 December 1992 | 25 December 1993 | Non-partisan | Boris Yeltsin |
| Chairmen of the Government of the Russian Federation (1993-Present) | |||||||
| 31 | 2 | Viktor Chernomyrdin |
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25 December 1993 | 23 March 1998 | Our Home is Russia | Boris Yeltsin |
| — | Boris Yeltsin (Acting) |
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23 March 1998[2] | Non-partisan | Boris Yeltsin | ||
| 32 | 3 | Sergei Kiriyenko | 
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23 March 1998 | 23 August 1998 | Non-partisan | Boris Yeltsin |
| — | Viktor Chernomyrdin (Acting) |
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23 August 1998 | 11 September 1998 | Our Home is Russia | Boris Yeltsin | |
| 33 | 4 | Yevgeny Primakov | 
|
11 September 1998 | 12 May 1999 | Non-partisan | Boris Yeltsin |
| 34 | 5 | Sergei Stepashin |
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12 May 1999 | 9 August 1999 | Non-partisan | Boris Yeltsin |
| 35 | 6 | Vladimir Putin 1st term |
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9 August 1999 | 7 May 2000 | Non-partisan | Boris Yeltsin Vladimir Putin (acting) |
| 36 | 7 | Mikhail Kasyanov | File:Mikhail Kasyanov.jpg | 7 May 2000 | 24 February 2004 | Non-partisan | Vladimir Putin |
| — | Viktor Khristenko (Acting) |
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24 February 2004 | 5 March 2004 | Non-partisan | Vladimir Putin | |
| 37 | 8 | Mikhail Fradkov | .jpeg)
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5 March 2004 | 14 September 2007 | Non-partisan | Vladimir Putin |
| 38 | 9 | Viktor Zubkov | 
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14 September 2007 | 8 May 2008 | Non-partisan | Vladimir Putin Dmitry Medvedev |
| 39 | 10 | Vladimir Putin 2nd term |
|
8 May 2008 | Incumbent | Non-partisan Non-member chairman of United Russia |
Dmitry Medvedev |
Timeline
References
- ^ The full name of Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic was changed to Russian Federation in 25 December 1991 de facto, but only in 21 May 1992 de jure
- ^ Self-appointed as acting Prime Minister, but Constitutional Court the same day recognized this ukase unconstitutional. The President withdrew the decree