# Sergei Stepashin's Cabinet

Sergei Stepashin's Cabinet was the Cabinet of Russian Prime Minister Sergei Stepashin from May to August 1999. The Cabinet served under the presidency of Boris Yeltsin.
Upon his appointment as Prime Minister (by a Duma vote of 301 to 55), Stepashin publicly identified a series of problems that he said faced the country, including high rates of poverty, low industrial output, high public debt and a weak legal environment.
The Cabinet, and Stepashin's premiership, lasted only until August, when Yeltsin dismissed them. Stepashin stated upon his removal that "these three months haven't been wasted, we have managed to keep the situation in the country under control. The ruble hasn't plunged contrary to many predictions". Stepashin was replaced by Vladimir Putin.

## Members

Members of the Cabinet:
| Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office | Party |
| Prime Minister | Sergei Stepashin | 19 May 1999 | 9 August 1999 | Independent |
| Prime Minister | Vladimir Putin (acting) | 9 August 1999 | 19 August 1999 | Independent |
| First Deputy Prime Minister | Nikolay Aksyonenko | 21 May 1999 | 19 August 1999 | Independent |
| First Deputy Prime Minister | Mikhail Zadornov | 25 May 1999 | 28 May 1999 | Independent |
| First Deputy Prime Minister | Viktor Khristenko | 31 May 1999 | 19 August 1999 | NDR |
| First Deputy Prime Minister | Vladimir Putin | 9 August 1999 | 19 August 1999 | Independent |
| Deputy Prime Minister | Valentina Matviyenko | 25 May 1999 | 19 August 1999 | Independent |
| Deputy Prime Minister Minister of Agriculture and Food | Vladimir Shcherbak | 25 May 1999 | 19 August 1999 | Independent |
| Deputy Prime Minister | Ilya Klebanov | 31 May 1999 | 19 August 1999 | Independent |
| Minister of Antimonopoly Policy and Entrepreneurship Support | Ilya Uzhanov | 31 May 1999 | 19 August 1999 | DVR |
| Minister of Atomic Energy | Yevgeny Adamov | 25 May 1999 | 19 August 1999 | Independent |
| Minister for Commonwealth of Independent States Affairs | Leonid Drachevsky | 25 May 1999 | 19 August 1999 | Independent |
| Minister of Culture | Vladimir Yegorov [ru] | 25 May 1999 | 19 August 1999 | Independent |
| Minister of Defence | Igor Sergeyev | 21 May 1999 | 19 August 1999 | Independent |
| Minister of Economy | Andrei Shapovalyants | 31 May 1999 | 19 August 1999 | Independent |
| Minister of Education | Vladimir Filippov | 25 May 1999 | 19 August 1999 | Independent |
| Minister of Emergency Situations | Sergey Shoygu | 21 May 1999 | 19 August 1999 | NDR |
| Minister of Federation and Nationalities Affairs | Viktor Mikhaylov | 25 May 1999 | 19 August 1999 | Independent |
| Minister of Finance | Mikhail Kasyanov | 25 May 1999 | 19 August 1999 | Independent |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | Igor Ivanov | 21 May 1999 | 19 August 1999 | Independent |
| Minister of Fuel and Energy | Viktor Kalyuzhny | 25 May 1999 | 19 August 1999 | Independent |
| Minister of Health | Yury Shevchenko | 5 July 1999 | 19 August 1999 | Independent |
| Minister of Trade | Mikhail Fradkov | 25 May 1999 | 19 August 1999 | Independent |
| Minister of Internal Affairs | Vladimir Rushailo | 21 May 1999 | 19 August 1999 | Independent |
| Minister of Justice | Pavel Krasheninnikov | 21 May 1999 | 19 August 1999 | Independent |
| Minister of Labour and Social Development | Sergey Kalashnikov | 25 May 1999 | 19 August 1999 | LDPR |
| Minister of Natural Resources | Viktor Orlov | 25 May 1999 | 19 August 1999 | Independent |
| Minister of Physical Culture, Sport and Tourism | Boris Ivanuzhenkov | 24 June 1999 | 19 August 1999 | Independent |
| Minister of Press, Broadcasting and Mass Media | Mikhail Lesin | 6 July 1999 | 19 August 1999 | Independent |
| Minister of State Property | Farit Gazizullin | 25 May 1999 | 19 August 1999 | Independent |
| Minister of Science and Technologies | Mikhail Kirpichnikov | 25 May 1999 | 19 August 1999 | Independent |
| Minister of Taxes and Duties | Alexander Pochinok | 25 May 1999 | 19 August 1999 | DVR |
| Minister of Transport | Sergey Frank | 25 May 1999 | 19 August 1999 | Independent |
| Minister of the Russian Federation | Ramazan Abdulatipov | 25 May 1999 | 19 August 1999 | PRES |
| Minister of the Russian Federation | Aleksandr Livshits | 28 June 1999 | 19 August 1999 | Independent |
| Minister of the Russian Federation — Chief of Staff of the Government | Andrey Chernenko | 25 May 1999 | 19 August 1999 | Independent |