Mikhail Kasyanov's Cabinet

Mikhail Kasyanov's Cabinet (May 2000 - March 2004) was a cabinet of the government of the Russian Federation during most of Vladimir Putin's first presidential term. It followed Vladimir Putin's Cabinet after Vladimir Putin became President of Russia and was replaced with Mikhail Fradkov's First Cabinet shortly before the presidential election of 2004. It was led by Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov, proposed by President Vladimir Putin after his inauguration on May 7 and approved by the State Duma and appointed Prime Minister by the President on May 17, 2000. Prior to this, Kasyanov was the Finance Minister in Vladimir Putin's Cabinet, and as Putin was promoted to acting President on December 31, 1999, de facto had led his cabinet since January 10, when he was appointed also First Deputy Prime Minister. Other 28 ministers were appointed by the President on May 18-20. Only six of them were new to the government: Gennady Bukaev, Alexander Dondukov, Alexander Gavrin, German Gref, Alexey Kudrin and Igor Shuvalov.

Further development

On November 28, 2000, the position of Minister for Coordination of the Development of the Chechen Republic was established and occupied by Vladimir Yelagin.

On February 5, 2001, Alexander Gavrin was dismissed as Minister of Energy.

On March 28, 2001, Igor Sergeyev was replaced with Sergey Ivanov as Defence Minister, Vladimir Rushaylo with Boris Gryzlov as Interior Minister, and Yevgeny Adamov with Alexander Rumyantsev as Minister for Atomic Energy.

On June 16, 2001, Boris Yatskevich was replaced with Vitaly Artyukhov as Minister of Natural Resources. Igor Yusufov was appointed Minister of Energy.

On October 16, 2001 Ministry for Federal, Ethnic and Migration Policy was abolished and the position of Minister of Industry, Science and Technologies was promoted to the rank of a Deputy Prime Minister. Accordingly, on October 17 Alexander Blokhin and Alexander Dondukov were dismissed, Ilya Klebanov was appointed Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry, Science and Technologies. The position of Minister of the Russian Federation was established to coordinate ethnic policy, and on December 6 Vladimir Zorin assumed this position.

On January 3, 2002, Nikolay Aksyonenko was sacked as Minister of Railways and on January 4 was replaced with Gennady Fadeyev.

On February 18 Ilya Klebanov lost his position of a Deputy Prime Minister, but remained the Minister of Industry, Science and Technologies.

On November 6 Vladimir Yelagin was replaced with Stanislav Ilyasov as Minister for Coordination of the Development of the Chechen Republic.

On March 11, 2003, Valentina Matviyenko was dismissed from her position of a Deputy Prime Minister for Welfare as she became the Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Northwestern Federal District.

On April 24 Boris Alyoshin was appointed Deputy Prime Minister for Industry and Galina Karelova Deputy Prime Minister for Welfare.

On May 28 Igor Shuvalov was replaced with Konstantin Merzlikin as Minister, Chief of Staff of the Government.

On June 16, a position of Deputy Prime Minister for Housing was established and assumed by Vladimir Yakovlev, who had just resigned as Governor of Saint Petersburg.

On September 22, Minister of Railways Gennady Fadeyev resigned and became President of JSC Russian Railways. On October 9 Vadim Morozov became Minister of Railways.

On November 1, Ilya Klebanov resigned as Minister of Industry, Science and Technologies and was appointed Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Northwestern Federal District, replacing Valentina Matviyenko, who had been elected Governor of Saint Petersburg.

On November 6, his First Deputy Andrey Fursenko was appointed acting Minister of Industry, Science and Technologies.

On December 29, Boris Gryzlov, who had been elected to the State Duma, was dismissed as Interior Minister and replaced with Rashid Nurgaliyev as acting Minister.

Mikhail Kasyanov was sacked from his position by President Vladimir Putin on February 24, 2004, and was replaced with his Deputy Viktor Khristenko as acting Prime Minister. Other ministers remained acting until Mikhail Fradkov's First Cabinet was formed.

Ministers

Minister	Period of office
Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov	May 17, 2000 – February 24, 2004
Viktor Khristenko (acting)	February 24, 2004 - March 5, 2004
Deputy Prime Minister Viktor Khristenko	May 19, 2000 - February 24, 2004
Deputy Prime Minister Ilya Klebanov	May 19, 2000 - February 18, 2002
Deputy Prime Minister Valentina Matvienko	May 19, 2000 – March 11, 2003
Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Finance Alexey Kudrin	May 19, 2000 – March 9, 2004
Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Agriculture Alexey Gordeyev	May 20, 2000 – March 9, 2004
Minister for Antimonopoly Policy and Support of Entrepreneurship Ilya Yuzhanov	May 19, 2000 – March 9, 2004
Minister of Atomic Energy Yevgeny Adamov	May 19, 2000 – March 28, 2001
Alexander Rumyantsev	March 28, 2001 - March 9, 2004
Minister of the Interior Vladimir Rushaylo	May 18, 2000 – March 28, 2001
Boris Gryzlov	March 28, 2001 – December 29, 2003
Rashid Nurgaliyev (acting)	December 29, 2003 – March 9, 2004
Minister of Emergencies Sergei Shoigu	May 18, 2000 – March 9, 2004
Minister of Mass Media Mikhail Lesin	May 19, 2000 – March 9, 2004
Minister of Federal, Ethnic and Migration Policy Alexander Blokhin	May 19, 2000 – October 16, 2001
Minister of Ethnic Policy Vladimir Zorin	December 6, 2001 – March 9, 2004
Minister of Health Yury Shevchenko	May 19, 2000 – March 9, 2004
Minister of Property Relations Farit Gazizullin	May 19, 2000 – March 9, 2004
Minister of External Affairs Igor Ivanov	May 18, 2000 – March 9, 2004
Minister of Culture Mikhail Shvydkoy	May 19, 2000 – March 9, 2004
Minister of Taxes Gennady Bukaev	May 19, 2000 – March 9, 2004
Minister of Defence Igor Sergeev	May 18, 2000 – March 28, 2001
Sergey Ivanov	March 28, 2001 – March 9, 2004
Minister of Education Vladimir Filippov	May 19, 2000 – March 9, 2004
Minister of Natural Resources Boris Yatskevich	May 19, 2000 – June 16, 2001
Vitaly Artyukhov	June 16, 2001 – March 9, 2004
Minister of Industry, Science and Technologies Alexander Dondukov	May 19, 2000 – October 16, 2001
Ilya Klebanov	October 16, 2001 – November 1, 2003
Andrey Fursenko (acting)	December 6, 2003 – March 9, 2004
Minister of Railways Nikolay Aksyonenko	May 19, 2000 – January 3, 2002
Gennady Fadeev	January 4, 2002 – September 22, 2003
Minister of Telecommunications and Informatization Leonid Reiman	May 19, 2000 – March 9, 2004
Minister of Transport Sergey Frank	May 19, 2000 – March 9, 2004
Minister of Labor and Welfare Development Alexander Pochinok	May 19, 2000 – March 9, 2004
Minister of Economic Development and Trade German Gref	May 19, 2000 – March 9, 2004
Minister of Energy Alexander Gavrin	May 20, 2000 – February 5, 2001
Igor Yusufov	June 16, 2001 – March 9, 2004
Minister of Justice Yury Chaika	May 18, 2000 – March 9, 2004
Minister – Chief of Staff of the Government Igor Shuvalov	May 19, 2000 – May 28, 2003
Konstantin Merzlikin	May 28, 2003 – March 9, 2004
Minister for the Chechen Republic Vladimir Yelagin	November 28, 2000 – November 6, 2002
Stanislav Ilyasov	November 6, 2002 – March 9, 2004

External links

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