List of heads of government of Russia - wikipedia List of heads of government of Russia Dates before the calendar reform of 26 January 1918 in Russia are according to the Julian calendar. Dmitry Medvedev, is a current head of government Approximately 98 people have been head of the Russian government since its establishment in 1726. The chairman of government was a member of the Supreme Privy Council, which was created on 8 ( 19 ) February 1726 by Empress Catherine, and from 8 ( 20 ) September 1802 ministerial duties were allocated by the Committee of Ministers, which was established on in accordance with the proclamation of Emperor Alexander II. Beginning with Count Aleksandr Romanovich Vorontsov, the eldest of the officers was de facto chairman of the committee. Eight years after the inauguration of the manifest, the first de jure office holder was Count Nikolay Rumyantsev. The Council of Ministers was unofficially formed in October 1857, as a result of Emperor Alexander II 's reforms ; its first session began on 19 ( 31 ) December 1857. Before the actual formation of that body on 12 ( 24 ) November 1861, the Emperor himself was in charge. The Council of Ministers consisted of chairmen of the State Council and the Committee of Ministers, as well as high - ranking officers appointed by the Emperor. The first session ended on 11 ( 23 ) December 1882, after the number of files to the Council greatly decreased. The Committee of Ministers functioned simultaneously with the second session of the Council of Ministers for six more months ; Count Sergei Witte participated on both entities until the abolition of the committee on 23 April ( 5 May ) 1906. Following that event, the duties of the committee were left to the Council of Ministers, until the formation of the Small Council in 1909, which also included deputy ministers. By the order of Emperor Nicholas II, the second session of the Council of Ministers began on 19 October ( 1 November ) 1905, following the formation of the State Duma. Shortly after the February Revolution and the inception of the Russian Provisional Government on 2 ( 15 ) March 1917, Georgy Lvov from the Constitutional Democratic Party and Alexander Kerensky from the Socialist Revolutionary Party became joint Minister - Chairmen. The provisional Russian Republic was eventually replaced by the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic ( RSFSR ) and the governmental body by the Council of People 's Commissars, which was chaired from 1917 -- 24 by Vladimir Lenin. That body was renamed Council of Ministers following a decree of the Supreme Council on 23 March 1946. After the fall of the Soviet Union, Boris Yeltsin, as the President of the Russian Federation, was automatically appointed as the Head of Government of the Russian Federation in the first two years of his mandate. The latter body took the previous name `` Council of Ministers '', the chairman of which became Viktor Chernomyrdin from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, replacing acting chairman Yegor Gaidar. According to the new constitution ratified on 25 December 1993, those two entities were separated. Since then, the head of that office takes the formal title `` Chairmen of the Government '' or colloquially `` Prime Minister '' ( the only actual prime minister was Valentin Pavlov ). Chernomyrdin resumed chairing the government, followed up by non-partisans and acting office holders. On 8 May 2008, Vladimir Putin took the office for a second term, now as a member of United Russia. Dmitry Medvedev has been the Chairman of the Government since 8 May 2012. The youngest head of government by his accession to office was Count Karl - Fridrikh Golshteyn - Gottorpsky, at age 26, and the oldest Count Pyotr Andreyevich Tolstoy, at age 81. Contents 1 Russian Empire ( 1726 -- 1905 ) 2 Russian Empire ( 1905 -- 1917 ) 3 Provisional Government / Russian Republic ( 1917 ) 4 White Movement ( 1918 -- 1924 ) 5 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic ( 1917 -- 1991 ) 6 Russian Federation ( since 1991 ) 7 Acting Prime Ministers 8 Living former Prime Ministers 9 Timeline 10 See also 11 Footnotes 12 Notes 13 References 14 External links Russian Empire ( 1726 -- 1905 ) Since the 18th century, a modern system of public administration was going to be created in Russia, including the formation of bodies whose powers are similar to the powers of the modern Russian Government. In the period from 1726 to 1905 there was no official title for the leader of the government. The chief ministers ( principal ministres ) of certain Emperor of Russia nonetheless led the government de facto, but de jure the head of government was a monarch. Portrait Name ( Birth -- Death ) Term of office Emperor Members of the Supreme Privy Council of the Russian Empire ( 1726 -- 1730 ) Count and Prince Alexander Danilovich Menshikov ( 1673 -- 1729 ) 8 February 1726 8 September 1727 Catherine I ( 1725 -- 1727 ) Peter II ( 1727 -- 1730 ) Anna ( 1730 -- 1740 ) Count Fyodor Matveyevich Apraksin ( 1661 -- 1728 ) 8 February 1726 10 November 1728 Count Gavriil Ivanovich Golovkin ( 1660 -- 1734 ) 8 February 1726 6 May 1727 Count Andrey Ivanovich Osterman ( 1686 -- 1747 ) 8 February 1726 6 May 1727 Prince Dmitry Mikhaylovich Golitsyn ( 1665 -- 1737 ) 8 February 1726 6 May 1727 Count Pyotr Andreyevich Tolstoy ( 1645 -- 1729 ) 8 February 1726 6 May 1727 Count Karl Fridrikh Golshteyn - Gottorpsky ( 1700 -- 1739 ) 8 February 1726 ( or March 1726 ) 25 July 1727 Prince Alexey Grigoryevich Dolgorukov ( ? -- 1734 ) 3 February 1728 4 March 1730 Prince Vasily Lukich Dolgorukov ( 1670 -- 1739 ) 6 April 1729 4 March 1730 Prince Vasily Vladimirovich Dolgorukov ( 1667 -- 1746 ) 19 January 1730 4 March 1730 Prince Mikhail Mikhailovich Golitsyn ( 1675 -- 1730 ) 19 January 1730 4 March 1730 Cabinet ministers of the Russian Empire ( 1731 -- 1741 ) Count Gavriil Ivanovich Golovkin ( 1660 -- 1734 ) 10 November 1731 20 January 1734 Anna ( 1730 -- 1740 ) Ivan VI ( 1740 -- 1741 ) Count Andrey Ivanovich Osterman ( 1686 -- 1747 ) 20 January 1734 10 November 1740 Count Khristofor Antonovich Minikh ( 1683 -- 1767 ) 10 November 1740 3 March 1741 Count Andrey Ivanovich Osterman ( 1686 -- 1747 ) ( 2nd time ) 3 March 1741 25 November 1741 Conferency ministers at the Highest Court of the Russian Empire ( 1756 -- 1762 ) Stepan Fyodorovich Apraksin ( 1702 -- 1758 ) 14 March 1756 1 October 1757 Elizabeth ( 1741 -- 1762 ) Peter III ( 1762 ) Count Mikhail Petrovich Bestuzhev - Ryumin ( 1688 -- 1760 ) 14 March 1756 2 October 1757 Prince Mikhail Mikhailovich Golitsyn ( 1684 -- 1764 ) 14 March 1756 17 December 1757 Count Alexey Petrovich Bestuzhev - Ryumin ( 1693 -- 1768 ) 14 March 1756 14 February 1758 Count Alexander Borisovich Buturlin ( 1694 -- 1767 ) 14 March 1756 17 October 1760 Count Peter Ivanovich Shuvalov ( 1711 -- 1762 ) 14 March 1756 4 January 1762 Count Mikhail Illarionovich Vorontsov ( 1714 -- 1767 ) 14 March 1756 20 January 1762 Prince Nikita Yuryevich Trubetskoy ( 1699 -- 1767 ) 14 March 1756 20 January 1762 Count Alexander Ivanovich Shuvalov ( 1710 -- 1771 ) 14 March 1756 20 January 1762 Grand Duke Peter Fyodorovich Romanov ( subsequently Emperor Peter III ) ( 1728 -- 1762 ) 14 March 1756 28 January 1762 Prince Yakov Petrovich Shakhovsky ( 1705 -- 1777 ) 16 September 1760 25 December 1761 Ivan Ivanovich Neplyuev ( 1693 -- 1773 ) 16 September 1760 20 January 1762 Count Roman Illarionovich Vorontsov ( 1707 -- 1783 ) 28 December 1761 20 January 1762 Members of the Imperial Council of the Russian Empire ( 1762 ) Prince Georg Ludwig von Holstein - Gottorp ( 1719 -- 1763 ) 28 January 1762 28 June 1762 Peter III ( 1762 ) Count Pyotr Avgust Fridrikh Golshteyn - Beksky ( 1696 -- 1775 ) 28 January 1762 28 June 1762 Count Khristofor Antonovich Minikh ( 1683 -- 1767 ) 28 January 1762 28 June 1762 Prince Nikita Yuryevich Trubetskoy ( 1699 -- 1767 ) 28 January 1762 28 June 1762 Count Mikhail Illarionovich Vorontsov ( 1714 -- 1767 ) 28 January 1762 28 June 1762 Aleksandr Nikitich Vilbua ( 1713 -- 1788 ) 28 January 1762 28 June 1762 Prince Mikhail Nikitich Volkonsky ( 1713 -- 1788 ) 28 January 1762 28 June 1762 Aleksey Petrovich Melgunov ( 1722 -- 1788 ) 28 January 1762 28 June 1762 Heads of Council Affairs at the Highest Court ( Highest Council ) of the Russian Empire ( 1768 -- 1801 ) Stepan Fyodorovich Strekalov ( 1728 -- 1805 ) 17 November 1768 1776 Catherine II ( 1762 -- 1796 ) Count Alexander Nikolayevich Samoylov ( 1744 -- 1814 ) 1776 1787 Ivan Andreyevich Veydemeyer ( 1752 -- 1820 ) 1787 18 November 1796 Gavriil Romanovich Derzhavin ( 1743 -- 1816 ) 18 November 1796 22 November 1796 Paul I ( 1796 -- 1801 ) Ivan Andreyevich Veydemeyer ( 1752 -- 1820 ) ( 2nd time ) 18 November 1796 26 March 1801 Chairmen of the Committee of Ministers of the Russian Empire ( 1810 -- 1903 ) Count Nikolay Petrovich Rumyantsev ( 1754 -- 1826 ) 1810 1812 Alexander I ( 1801 -- 1825 ) Count and Prince Nikolay Ivanovich Saltykov ( 1736 -- 1816 ) 29 March 1812 9 September 1812 ( disputed ) 16 May 1816 Count Sergey Kuzmich Vyazmitinov ( disputed ) ( 1744 -- 1819 ) 9 September 1812 15 October 1816 Prince Pyotr Vasilyevich Lopukhin ( 1753 -- 1827 ) 25 May 1816 6 April 1827 Nicholas I ( 1825 -- 1855 ) Prince Viktor Pavlovich Kochubey ( 1768 -- 1834 ) 29 April 1827 3 June 1834 Count Nikolay Nikolayevich Novosiltsev ( 1761 -- 1838 ) 11 July 1834 8 April 1838 Prince Illarion Vasilyevich Vasilchikov ( 1776 -- 1847 ) 9 April 1838 21 February 1847 Count Vasily Vasilyevich Levashov ( 1783 -- 1848 ) 31 December 1847 23 September 1848 Prince Alexander Ivanovich Chernyshyov ( 1785 -- 1857 ) 1 December 1848 5 April 1856 Alexander II ( 1855 -- 1881 ) Prince Alexey Fyodorovich Orlov ( 1787 -- 1862 ) May 1857 January 1861 Count Dmitry Nikolayevich Bludov ( 1785 -- 1864 ) 12 November 1861 19 February 1864 Prince Pavel Pavlovich Gagarin ( 1789 -- 1872 ) 24 February 1864 21 February 1872 Count Pavel Nikolayevich Ignatyev ( 1797 -- 1879 ) 21 February 1872 20 December 1879 Count Pyotr Aleksandrovich Valuyev ( 1815 -- 1890 ) 25 December 1879 4 October 1881 Alexander III ( 1881 -- 1894 ) Count Mikhail Khristoforovich Reytern ( 1820 -- 1890 ) 4 October 1881 30 December 1886 Nikolay Khristianovich Bunge ( 1823 -- 1895 ) 1 January 1887 3 June 1895 St. Nicholas II ( 1894 -- 1917 ) Ivan Nikolayevich Durnovo ( 1834 -- 1903 ) 15 October 1895 29 May 1903 Count Sergei Yulyevich Witte ( 1849 -- 1915 ) 16 August 1903 22 April 1906 Russian Empire ( 1905 -- 1917 ) The modern government type in Russia came after the establishment of the Council of Ministers on 1 November 1905, created for the `` management and union action principal chiefs of departments on subjects like law and senior public administration '', and modelled on the relevant institutions within the constitutional states, when all the ministries and directorates have been declared part of the unified state management. The first Prime Minister was Count Sergei Witte, who was appointed on 6 November 1905. Independent Portrait Name ( Birth -- Death ) Term of office Political party Legislature ( Election ) Emperor Count Sergey Yulyevich Witte ( 1849 -- 1915 ) 6 November 1905 5 May 1906 Independent None St. Nicholas II ( 1894 -- 1917 ) Ivan Logginovich Goremykin ( 1839 -- 1917 ) 5 May 1906 21 July 1906 Independent ( 1906 ) Pyotr Arkadyevich Stolypin ( 1862 -- 1911 ) 21 July 1906 18 September 1911 ( Died in office ) Independent II ( Jan 1907 ) III ( Oct 1907 ) Count Vladimir Nikolayevich Kokovtsov ( 1853 -- 1943 ) 22 September 1911 12 February 1914 Independent IV ( 1912 ) ( 2 ) Ivan Logginovich Goremykin ( 1839 -- 1917 ) 12 February 1914 2 February 1916 Independent 5 Baron Boris Vladimirovich Shtyurmer ( 1848 -- 1917 ) 2 February 1916 23 November 1916 Independent 6 Alexander Fyodorovich Trepov ( 1862 - 1928 ) 23 November 1916 20 January 1917 Independent 7 Prince Nikolai Dmitriyevich Golitsyn ( 1850 - 1925 ) 20 January 1917 12 March 1917 Independent Provisional government / Russian Republic ( 1917 ) After the alleged abdication of Nicholas II from the throne in favor of his brother Michael, Michael also abdicated, before the convening of the Constituent Assembly. On 1 September 1917, Russia was proclaimed a republic. At this period a provisional government was formed, the Prime Minister was the head of state. Constitutional Democratic Party Socialist Revolutionary Party Portrait Name ( Birth -- Death ) Term of office Political party 8 Prince Georgy Yevgenyevich Lvov ( 1861 -- 1925 ) 15 March 1917 20 July 1917 Constitutional Democratic Party 9 Alexander Fyodorovich Kerensky ( 1881 -- 1970 ) 21 July 1917 1 September 1917 Socialist Revolutionary Party 1 September 1917 7 November 1917 White Movement ( 1918 -- 1924 ) The heads of Government of the White Movement during the Civil War were de facto Prime Ministers in exile. Independent Constitutional Democratic Party Socialist Revolutionary Party Portrait Name ( Birth -- Death ) Term of office Political party Head of State Vladimir Kazimirovich Volsky ( 1877 -- 1937 ) 8 June 1918 23 September 1918 Socialist Revolutionary Party Vladimir Volsky ( 1918 ) Nikolai Dimitrovich Avksentiev ( 1878 -- 1943 ) 23 September 1918 18 November 1918 Socialist Revolutionary Party Nikolai Avksentiev ( 1918 ) Pyotr Vasilyevich Vologodsky ( 1863 -- 1925 ) 18 November 1918 22 November 1919 Socialist Revolutionary Party Alexander Kolchak ( 1918 -- 1920 ) Viktor Nikolayevich Pepelyayev ( 1885 - 1920 ) 22 November 1919 4 January 1920 Constitutional Democratic Party Alexander Vasilyevich Krivoshein ( 1857 - 1921 ) 11 April 1920 11 November 1920 Independent Pyotr Wrangel ( 1920 -- 1924 ) Pyotr Nikolayevich Wrangel ( 1878 - 1928 ) 5 April 1921 November 1924 Independent Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic ( 1917 -- 1991 ) Prime Ministers of the Russian SFSR. Communist Party Independent Portrait Name ( Birth -- Death ) Term of office Political party Legislature ( Election ) Head of State 10 Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov ( `` Lenin '' ) ( 1870 -- 1924 ) 8 November 1917 21 January 1924 ( Died in office ) Communist Party ARCEC Lev Kamenev ( 1917 ) Yakov Sverdlov ( 1917 -- 1919 ) Mikhail Vladimirsky ( 1919 ) Mikhail Kalinin ( 1919 -- 1938 ) 11 Alexey Ivanovich Rykov ( 1881 -- 1938 ) 2 February 1924 18 May 1929 Communist Party 12 Sergey Ivanovich Syrtsov ( 1883 -- 1937 ) 18 May 1929 3 November 1930 Communist Party 13 Daniil Yegorovich Sulimov ( 1890 -- 1937 ) 3 November 1930 27 July 1937 Communist Party 14 Nikolay Alexandrovich Bulganin ( 1895 -- 1975 ) 27 July 1937 1938 Communist Party 1938 17 September 1938 ( 1938 ) Aleksei Badayev ( 1938 -- 1944 ) 15 Vasily Vasilyevich Vakhrushev ( 1902 -- 1947 ) 29 July 1939 2 June 1940 Communist Party 16 Ivan Sergeyevich Khokhlov ( 1895 -- 1973 ) 2 June 1940 5 May 1942 Communist Party 17 Alexey Nikolayevich Kosygin ( 1904 -- 1980 ) 2 May 1943 23 March 1946 Communist Party Nikolay Shvernik ( 1944 -- 1946 ) 18 Mikhail Ivanovich Rodionov ( 1907 -- 1950 ) 23 March 1946 1947 Communist Party 1947 9 March 1949 II ( 1947 ) Ivan Vlasov ( 1946 -- 1950 ) 19 Boris Nikolayevich Chernousov ( 1908 -- 1978 ) 9 March 1949 1951 Communist Party 1951 20 October 1952 III ( 1951 ) Mikhail Tarasov ( 1950 -- 1959 ) 20 Alexander Mikhailovich Puzanov ( 1906 -- 1998 ) 20 October 1952 1955 Communist Party 1955 24 January 1956 IV ( 1955 ) 21 Mikhail Alexeyevich Yasnov ( 1906 -- 1991 ) 24 January 1956 19 December 1957 Communist Party 22 Frol Romanovich Kozlov ( 1908 -- 1965 ) 19 December 1957 31 March 1958 Communist Party 23 Dmitry Stepanovich Polyansky ( 1917 -- 2001 ) 31 March 1958 1959 Communist Party Nikolay Ignatov ( 1959 ) 1959 23 November 1962 V ( 1959 ) Nikolay Organov ( 1959 -- 1962 ) 24 Gennady Ivanovich Voronov ( 1910 -- 1994 ) 23 November 1962 1963 Communist Party Nikolay Ignatov ( 1962 -- 1966 ) 1963 1967 VI ( 1963 ) Mikhail Yasnov ( 1966 -- 1985 ) 1967 23 July 1971 VII ( 1967 ) 25 Mikhail Sergeyevich Solomentsev ( 1913 -- 2008 ) 28 July 1971 Communist Party VIII ( 1971 ) 1980 IX ( 1975 ) 1980 24 June 1983 X ( 1980 ) 26 Vitaly Ivanovich Vorotnikov ( 1926 -- 2012 ) 24 June 1983 1985 Communist Party 1985 3 October 1988 XI ( 1985 ) Vladimir Orlov ( 1985 -- 1988 ) 27 Alexander Vladimirovich Vlasov ( 1932 -- 2002 ) 3 October 1988 15 June 1990 Communist Party Vitaly Vorotnikov ( 1988 -- 1990 ) Boris Yeltsin ( 1990 -- 1991 ) 28 Ivan Stepanovich Silayev ( 1930 -- ) 15 June 1990 11 July 1991 Communist Party XII ( 1990 ) 12 July 1991 26 September 1991 Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin ( 1931 -- 2007 ) 6 November 1991 25 December 1991 Independent Russian Federation ( since 1991 ) The Heads of Government of Russia after the collapse of the Soviet Union. The first Head of Government of post-Soviet Russia was Viktor Chernomyrdin. Independent Our Home -- Russia Fatherland -- All Russia Unity United Russia Portrait Name ( Birth -- Death ) Term of office Political party Legislature ( Election ) President Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin ( 1931 -- 2007 ) 25 December 1991 15 June 1992 Independent XII ( 1990 ) Boris Yeltsin ( 1991 -- 1999 ) 29 Viktor Stepanovich Chernomyrdin ( 1938 -- 2010 ) 14 December 1992 9 August 1996 Our Home -- Russia ( 1993 ) II ( 1995 ) 10 August 1996 23 March 1998 30 Sergey Vladilenovich Kiriyenko ( 1962 -- ) 24 April 1998 23 August 1998 Independent 31 Yevgeny Maximovich Primakov ( 1929 -- 2015 ) 11 September 1998 12 May 1999 Fatherland -- All Russia 32 Sergey Vadimovich Stepashin ( 1952 -- ) 19 May 1999 9 August 1999 Independent 33 Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin ( 1952 -- ) 16 August 1999 7 May 2000 Unity III ( 1999 ) Vladimir Putin ( 2000 -- 2008 ) 34 Mikhail Mikhailovich Kasyanov ( 1957 -- ) 17 May 2000 24 February 2004 Independent IV ( 2003 ) 35 Mikhail Yefimovich Fradkov ( 1950 -- ) 5 March 2004 7 May 2004 Independent 12 May 2004 14 September 2007 36 Viktor Alexeyevich Zubkov ( 1941 -- ) 14 September 2007 7 May 2008 United Russia V ( 2007 ) ( 33 ) Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin ( 1952 -- ) 8 May 2008 7 May 2012 United Russia Dmitry Medvedev ( 2008 -- 2012 ) VI ( 2011 ) 37 Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev ( 1965 -- ) 8 May 2012 7 May 2018 United Russia Vladimir Putin ( 2012 -- ) VII ( 2016 ) 8 May 2018 Incumbent Acting Prime Ministers Vladimir Kokovtsov : 18 -- 22 September 1911 Konstantin Pamfilov : 5 May 1942 -- 2 May 1943 Oleg Lobov : 26 September -- 6 November 1991 Yegor Gaidar : 15 June -- 14 December 1992 Sergey Kiriyenko : 23 March -- 24 April 1998 Viktor Chernomyrdin : 9 -- 10 August 1996 and 23 August -- 11 September 1998 Sergey Stepashin : 12 -- 19 May 1999 Vladimir Putin : 9 -- 16 August 1999 Mikhail Kasyanov : 7 -- 17 May 2000 Viktor Khristenko : 24 February -- 5 March 2004 Mikhail Fradkov : 7 -- 12 May 2004 and 12 -- 14 September 2007 Viktor Zubkov : 7 -- 8 May 2008 and 7 -- 8 May 2012 Dmitry Medvedev : 7 -- 8 May 2018 Living former Prime Ministers As of August 2018, there are seven living former Prime Ministers. The most recent death of a former Prime Minister was that of Yevgeny Primakov ( 1998 -- 1999 ) on 26 June 2015, aged 85. Name Term of office Ivan Silayev 1990 -- 1991 ( 1930 - 10 - 21 ) 21 October 1930 ( age 87 ) Sergey Kiriyenko 1998 ( 1962 - 07 - 26 ) 26 July 1962 ( age 56 ) Sergei Stepashin 1999 ( 1952 - 03 - 02 ) 2 March 1952 ( age 66 ) Vladimir Putin 1999 -- 2000 and 2008 -- 2012 ( 1952 - 10 - 07 ) 7 October 1952 ( age 65 ) Mikhail Kasyanov 2000 -- 2004 ( 1957 - 12 - 08 ) 8 December 1957 ( age 60 ) Mikhail Fradkov 2004 -- 2007 ( 1950 - 09 - 01 ) 1 September 1950 ( age 67 ) Viktor Zubkov 2007 -- 2008 ( 1941 - 09 - 15 ) 15 September 1941 ( age 76 ) Timeline See also Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation Politics of Russia Government of Russia Premier of the Soviet Union Bald -- hairy Footnotes Jump up ^ De facto ( unofficial ) Chairman of the Committee of Ministers from 8 September 1802 to 1809 was Alexander Romanovich Vorontsov Jump up ^ Sources which list Vyazmitinov as Saltykov 's successor state a date of 9 September 1812 ; other sources assert that Saltykov was in office until his death Jump up ^ Some sources ( such as the Large Soviet Encyclopedia ) list Vyazmitinov as committee minister, while other ( such as the History of the Fatherland encyclopedia ) do n't mention him at all and instead list Lopukhin as the successor of Saltykov Jump up ^ Headed the government as President of Russia, was not the Prime Minister. Jump up ^ De facto took this position on 31 December 1999, when he became Acting President after the resignation of Boris Yeltsin. Elected President on 26 March 2000, officially took office on 7 May 2000. Notes Jump up ^ `` Комитет министров ''. Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : In 86 Volumes ( 82 Volumes and 4 Additional Volumes ). St. Petersburg. 1890 -- 1907. Jump up ^ `` Совет министров ''. Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : In 86 Volumes ( 82 Volumes and 4 Additional Volumes ). St. Petersburg. 1890 -- 1907. Jump up ^ `` Ministers ' Council established in Russia ''. Presidential Library Named After Boris Yeltsin. Retrieved 10 August 2014. Jump up ^ `` The Russian Government -- Dmitry Medvedev ''. Government of the Russia Federation. Retrieved 4 April 2014. Jump up ^ 7 царских председателей Совета министров Jump up ^ `` Верховный тайный совет ''. Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : In 86 Volumes ( 82 Volumes and 4 Additional Volumes ). St. Petersburg. 1890 -- 1907. Jump up ^ Салтыков, князь Николай Иванович ( Prince Nikolay Ivanovich Saltykov ) ( in Russian ). Retrieved 7 April 2014. Jump up ^ Неизвестная Фемида : документы, события, люди ( The Unknown Themis : Documents, Events, People ) ( in Russian ). ОЛМА Медиа Групп. 2003. p. 93. ISBN 978 - 5 - 224 - 04224 - 1. Jump up ^ Кочубей, князь Виктор Павлович ( Prince Viktor Pavlovich Kochubey ) ( in Russian ). Retrieved 8 April 2014. Jump up ^ B.V. Ananych, ed. ( 2008 ). Управленческая элита Российской империи : история министерств, 1802 -- 1917 ( Ruling Elite of the Russian Empire : History of Ministries, 1802 -- 1917 ) ( in Russian ). `` Лики России ''. Jump up ^ Васильчиков Илларион Васильевич -- Биографический указатель ( Illarion Vasilyevich Vasilchikov -- Biography ) ( in Russian ). Archived from the original on 9 February 2014. Retrieved 5 April 2014. Jump up ^ Vladimir Nikolayevich Balyazin ; Voldemar Nikolayevich Balyazin ( 2008 ). Царский декамерон : От Николая I до Николая II. Исторические книги В. Н. Балязина ( Historical Books by V.N. Balyazin ) ( in Russian ). 2. ОЛМА Медиа Групп. p. 49. ISBN 978 - 5 - 373 - 01976 - 7. ^ Jump up to : Александр Иванович Чернышев -- Биографический указатель ( Aleksandr Ivanovich Chernyshov ) ( in Russian ). Retrieved 5 April 2014. Jump up ^ Землевладельцы Панинского района. Князь Орлов Алексей Фёдорович ( Landowners of the Panin Rayon. Prince Alexey Fyodorovich Orlov ) ( in Russian ). Retrieved 9 April 2014. Jump up ^ Орлов князь Алексей Федорович ( Prince Aleksey Fyodorovich Orlov ) ( in Russian ). Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 4 April 2014. Jump up ^ Павел Павлович Гагарин ( Pavel Pavlovich Gagarin ) ( in Russian ). Russian Empire. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 5 April 2014. ^ Jump up to : Игнатьев Павел Николаевич ( Pavel Nikolayevich Ignatyev ) ( in Russian ). Russian Empire. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 5 April 2014. ^ Jump up to : Валуев Петр Александрович ( Pyotr Aleksandrovich Valuyev ) ( in Russian ). Russian Empire. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 5 April 2014. ^ Jump up to : Рейтерн Михаил Христофорович ( Mikhail Khristoforovich Reytern ) ( in Russian ). Russian Empire. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 6 April 2014. ^ Jump up to : Бунге Николай Христианович ( Nikolay Khristianovich Bunge ) ( in Russian ). Russian Empire. Archived from the original on 8 April 2014. Retrieved 7 April 2014. Jump up ^ Дурново Иван Николаевич ( Ivan Nikolayevich Durnovo ) ( in Russian ). Russian Empire. Archived from the original on 8 April 2014. Retrieved 7 April 2014. ^ Jump up to : `` Витте Сергей Юлиевич ( sic ! ) '' ( Sergey Yuliyevich ( sic ! ) Witte ) ( in Russian ). Russian Empire. Archived from the original on 8 April 2014. Retrieved 7 April 2014. Jump up ^ Преобразован Совет министров Российской империи References S.M. Seredonin, ed. ( 1902 ). Т. 1 : Комитет министров в царствование императора Александра Первого ( 1802 г. сентября 8 -- 1825 г. ноября 19 ). -- 1902. ( Vol. 1 : Committee of Ministers During the Reign of Emperor Aleksandr the First ( 8 September 1802 -- 19 November 1825 ). -- 1902 ) ( in Russian ). 1. Government Public Historical Library of Russia. B. Yu. Ivanov ; B.M. Karev ; E.I. Kuksina ; A.S. Oreshnikov ; O.V. Sukhareva, eds. ( 1999 ). История отечества ( History of the Fatherland ) ( in Russian ). Moscow : Большая Российская энциклопедия ( Large Russian Encyclopedia ). pp. 554 -- 576. K.K. Arsenyev, ed. ( 1911 -- 1916 ). Новый энциклопедический словарь ( New Encyclopedic Dictionary ) ( in Russian ). 1 -- 29. Saint Petersburg : F.A. Brockhaus and I.A. Efron. A.A. Polovtsov, ed. ( 1896 -- 1918 ). Русский биографический словарь ( Russian Biographical Dictionary ) ( in Russian ). Saint Petersburg : Russian Imperatorial Historical Society of Saint Petersburg External links Heads of State and Government of the Soviet Union ( 1922 -- 1991 ) Current Cabinet of Ministers of the Russian Federation Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev First Deputy Prime Minister Anton Siluanov ( Finance ) Deputy Prime Ministers Alexey Gordeyev Konstantin Chuychenko Olga Golodets Yury Borisov Tatyana Golikova Yury Trutnev Dmitry Kozak Maxim Akimov Vitaly Mutko Federal Ministers Dmitry Patrushev ( Agriculture ) Konstantin Noskov ( DDCMM ) Vladimir Yakushev ( CH ) Vladimir Medinsky ( Culture ) Sergey Shoygu ( Defence ) Alexander Kozlov ( DRFE ) Maxim Oreshkin ( ED ) Olga Vasilieva ( Education ) Yevgeny Zinichev ( EMERCOM ) Alexander Novak ( Energy ) Sergey Lavrov ( FA ) Veronika Skvortsova ( Health ) Denis Manturov ( IT ) Vladimir Kolokoltsev ( IA ) Alexander Konovalov ( Justice ) Maxim Topilin ( LSA ) Dmitry Kobylkin ( NR ) Sergey Chebotaryov ( NCA ) Mikhail Kotyukov ( SHE ) Pavel Kolobkov ( Sport ) Yevgeny Dietrich ( Transport ) Heads of government of Russia note : Acting chairmen shown in italics. Questionable Heads of Government are written in small type. Russian Empire Supreme Privy Council Menshikov Apraksin Golovkin Osterman Dmitry Mikhailovich Golitsyn Tolstoy Karl Fridrikh Golsteyn - Gottorpsky Alexey Grigoryevich Dolgorukov Vasily Lukich Dolgorukov Vasily Vladimirovich Dolgorukov Mikhail Mikhailovich Golitsyn Cabinet ministers Golovkin Osterman Minikh Osterman Conferency ministers Stepan Fyodorovich Apraksin Mikhail Petrovich Bestuzhev - Ryumin Mikhail Mikhailovich Golitsyn Alexey Bestuzhev - Ryumin Buturlin Peter Ivanovich Shuvalov Mikhail Illarionovich Vorontsov Trubetskoy Alexander Shuvalov Romanov Shakhovskoy Neplyuyev Roman Illarionovich Vorontsov Imperial Council Georg Lyudwig Golshteyn - Gottorpsky Golsteyn - Beksky Minikh Trubetskoy M.I. 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