Mikhail Fradkov's First Cabinet

First cabinet of Mikhail Fradkov
50th Cabinet of Russia
Date formed	5 March 2004
Date dissolved	7 May 2004
People and organisations
Head of state	Vladimir Putin
Head of government	Mikhail Fradkov
Deputy head of government	Alexander Zhukov
No. of ministers	16
Member party	United Russia
Status in legislature	Majority
Opposition party	Communist Party
Opposition leader	Gennady Zyuganov
History
Predecessor	Kasyanov
Successor	Fradkov II

Mikhail Fradkov's First Cabinet (March - May 2004) was a cabinet of the government of the Russian Federation during the presidential election of 2004, preceded by the cabinet of Mikhail Kasyanov, who had been dismissed by President Vladimir Putin on February 24, 2004, and followed by Mikhail Fradkov's Second Cabinet immediately after Vladimir Putin's second inauguration. It was led by Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov, proposed by President Vladimir Putin for the approval by the State Duma on March 1, 2004. On March 5 Fradkov was approved by the State Duma and appointed Prime Minister by the President. Other 16 ministers of the cabinet were appointed by presidential decrees on March 9. Seven of the ministers occupied the same positions in Mikhail Kasyanov's Government: Yury Chaika, Alexey Gordeyev, German Gref, Sergei Ivanov, Viktor Khristenko, Alexey Kudrin, and Sergei Shoigu. The cabinet underwent no reshuffles and resigned on May 7. It was a temporary cabinet, as Russian legislation stipulates that a new government has to be formed in the beginning of a new presidential term, so the ministers remained acting and were reappointed with minor changes as Mikhail Fradkov's Second Cabinet few days later.

Ministers

Minister	Period of office
Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov	March 5 – May 12, 2004
Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Zhukov	March 9 – May 20, 2004
Minister of the Interior Rashid Nurgaliyev	March 9 – May 20, 2004
Minister of Emergencies Sergei Shoigu	March 9 – May 20, 2004
Minister of Health and Welfare Development Mikhail Zurabov	March 9 – May 20, 2004
Minister of External Affairs Sergey Lavrov	March 9 – May 20, 2004
Minister of Culture and Mass Media Aleksandr Sokolov	March 9 – May 20, 2004
Minister of Defence Sergei Ivanov	March 9 – May 20, 2004
Minister of Education and Science Andrei Fursenko	March 9 – May 20, 2004
Minister of Natural Resources Yury Trutnev	March 9 – May 20, 2004
Minister of Agriculture and Fishing Alexey Gordeyev	March 9 – May 20, 2004
Minister of Industry and Energy Viktor Khristenko	March 9 – May 20, 2004
Minister of Transport and Telecommunications Igor Levitin	March 9 – May 20, 2004
Minister of Finance Alexey Kudrin	March 9 – May 20, 2004
Minister of Economic Development and Trade German Gref	March 9 – May 20, 2004
Minister of Justice Yury Chaika	March 9 – May 20, 2004
Minister, Chief of Staff of the Government Dmitry Kozak	March 9 – May 20, 2004

External links

• Fradkov's First Cabinet, Politika.su (in Russian).