# Deputy Chairman of the Government

Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation (Russian: Заместитель председателя Правительства Российской Федерации) is a member of the Government of Russia. The post is commonly referred to as "vice premier" both in and outside of Russia. According to the Chapter 6, Article 110 of the Constitution of Russia, "The Government of the Russian Federation consists of the chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation, Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation and federal ministries". Article 112 states that the Chairman of the Government (Prime Minister) recommends candidates for the post of deputy chairmen to the President of Russia. The role of deputy chairmen of government of the Russian Federation is to coordinate the activities of federal government bodies and carry out other tasks in response to particular issues or events. The most senior of them is the First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia.

## Current deputy prime ministers

| Dmitry Grigorenko | Dmitry Patrushev | Vitaly Savelyev | Marat Khusnullin | Yury Trutnev | Alexey Overchuk | Tatyana Golikova | Dmitry Chernyshenko | Alexander Novak |
| Deputy Prime Minister – Chief of Staff of the Government | Deputy Prime Minister | Deputy Prime Minister | Deputy Prime Minister | Deputy Prime Minister – Presidential Envoy to the Far Eastern Federal District | Deputy Prime Minister | Deputy Prime Minister | Deputy Prime Minister | Deputy Prime Minister - for Fuel Energy complex |

## Complete list of deputy prime ministers

The following is a list of all individuals who have held the office of Deputy Chairman of Government in the Russian Federation since 1991, as well as the cabinets that they were part of.
| Name | Entered office | Left office | Notes | Cabinet |
| Gennady Burbulis | 6 November 1991 | 14 April 1992 | First deputy | Gaidar–Yeltsin |
| Alexander Shokhin | 6 November 1991 | 20 January 1994 | | Gaidar–Yeltsin Chernomyrdin I |
| Yegor Gaidar | 6 November 1991 | 15 December 1992 | First deputy – from 2 March 1992 interim Prime Minister – from 15 June | Gaidar–Yeltsin |
| Sergey Shakhray | 12 December 1991 | 20 April 1992 | | Gaidar–Yeltsin |
| Mikhail Poltoranin | 22 February 1992 | 25 November 1992 | | Gaidar–Yeltsin |
| Valery Makharadze | 2 March 1992 | 23 December 1992 | | Gaidar–Yeltsin |
| Georgy Khizha | 20 May 1992 | 11 May 1993 | | Gaidar–Yeltsin Chernomyrdin I |
| Victor Chernomyrdin | 30 May 1992 | 14 December 1992 | | Gaidar–Yeltsin |
| Anatoly Chubais | 1 June 1992 | 16 November 1996 | First deputy – from 5 November 1994 | Gaidar–Yeltsin Chernomyrdin I |
| Vladimir Shumeyko | 2 June 1992 | 20 January 1994 | First deputy | Gaidar–Yeltsin Chernomyrdin I |
| Boris Saltykov | 4 June 1992 | 25 March 1993 | | Gaidar–Yeltsin Chernomyrdin I |
| Serg Shakhrai | 11 November 1992 | 20 January 1994 | | Gaidar–Yeltsin Chernomyrdin I |
| Yury Yarov | 23 December 1992 | 24 July 1996 | | Gaidar–Yeltsin Chernomyrdin I |
| Boris Fyodorov | 23 December 1992 | 20 January 1994 | | Chernomyrdin I |
| Alexander Zaveryukha | 10 February 1993 | 17 March 1997 | | Chernomyrdin I Chernomyrdin II |
| Oleg Lobov | 25 April 1993 | 18 September 1993 | First deputy | Chernomyrdin I |
| Oleg Soskovets | 30 April 1993 | 20 June 1996 | First deputy | Chernomyrdin I |
| Yegor Gaidar | 18 September 1993 | 20 January 1994 | First deputy | Chernomyrdin I |
| Alexander Shokhin | 23 March 1994 | 6 November 1994 | | Chernomyrdin I |
| Sergei Shakhrai | 7 April 1994 | 5 January 1996 | | Chernomyrdin I |
| Oleg Davydov | 9 November 1994 | 17 March 1997 | | Chernomyrdin I Chernomyrdin II |
| Alexei Bolshakov | 9 November 1994 | 17 March 1997 | First deputy – from 14 August 1996 | Chernomyrdin I Chernomyrdin II |
| Vladimir Polevanov | 25 November 1994 | 24 January 1995 | | Chernomyrdin I |
| Nikolai Yegorov | 7 December 1994 | 30 June 1995 | | Chernomyrdin I |
| Vitaly Ignatenko | 31 May 1995 | 17 March 1997 | | Chernomyrdin I Chernomyrdin II |
| Vladimir Kinelyov | 6 January 1996 | 14 August 1996 | | Chernomyrdin I |
| Vladimir Kadannikov | 25 January 1996 | 14 August 1996 | First deputy | Chernomyrdin I |
| Alexander Kazakov | 25 January 1996 | 19 July 1996 | | Chernomyrdin I |
| Oleg Lobov | 18 June 1996 | 17 March 1997 | First deputy – until 14 August 1996 | Chernomyrdin I Chernomyrdin II |
| Victor Ilyushin | 14 August 1996 | 17 March 1997 | First deputy | Chernomyrdin II |
| Vladimir Potanin | 14 August 1996 | 17 March 1997 | First deputy | Chernomyrdin II |
| Vladimir Babichev | 14 August 1996 | 17 March 1997 | | Chernomyrdin II |
| Alexander Livshits | 14 August 1996 | 17 March 1997 | | Chernomyrdin II |
| Valery Serov | 14 August 1996 | 28 February 1998 | | Chernomyrdin II |
| Vladimir Fortov | 17 August 1996 | 17 March 1997 | | Chernomyrdin II |
| Anatoly Kulikov | 4 February 1997 | 23 March 1998 | simultaneously Minister of Internal Affairs | Chernomyrdin II |
| Anatoly Chubais | 7 March 1997 | 23 March 1998 | First deputy | Chernomyrdin II |
| Oleg Sysuyev | 17 March 1997 | 16 September 1998 | | Chernomyrdin II Kiriyenko |
| Alfred Koch | 17 March 1997 | 13 August 1997 | | Chernomyrdin II |
| Yakov Urinson | 17 March 1997 | 30 April 1998 | | Chernomyrdin II |
| Boris Nemtsov | 17 March 1997 | 28 August 1998 | First deputy – until 28 April 1998 | Chernomyrdin II Kiriyenko |
| Vladimir Bulgak | 17 March 1997 | 30 April 1998 | | Chernomyrdin II |
| Victor Khlystun | 19 May 1997 | 24 April 1998 | | Chernomyrdin II |
| Ramazan Abdulatipov | 1 August 1997 | 24 April 1998 | | Chernomyrdin II |
| Maxim Boycko | 13 August 1997 | 15 November 1997 | | Chernomyrdin II |
| Farit Gazizullin | 20 December 1997 | 24 April 1998 | | Chernomyrdin II |
| Ivan Rybkin | 2 March 1998 | 24 April 1998 | | Chernomyrdin II |
| Sergei Kiriyenko | 23 March 1998 | 24 April 1998 | First deputy interim Prime Minister | Chernomyrdin II |
| Viktor Khristenko | 28 April 1998 | 28 September 1998 | | Kiriyenko |
| Boris Fyodorov | 17 August 1998 | 28 September 1998 | | Primakov |
| Yury Maslyukov | 11 September 1998 | 19 May 1999 | First deputy | Primakov |
| Vladimir Bulgak | 16 September 1998 | 19 May 1999 | | Primakov |
| Vladimir Ryzhkov | 16 September 1998 | 21 September 1998 | declined his post after five days | Primakov |
| Alexander Shokhin | 26 September 1998 | 30 September 1998 | | Primakov |
| Vadim Gustov | 18 September 1998 | 27 April 1999 | First deputy | Primakov |
| Gennady Kulik | 21 September 1998 | 19 May 1999 | | Primakov |
| Valentina Matviyenko | 24 September 1998 | 11 March 2003 | Welfare | Primakov Stepashin Putin I Kasyanov |
| Sergei Stepashin | 27 April 1999 | 19 May 1999 | First deputy interim Prime Minister – from May 12 | Primakov |
| Nikolai Aksyonenko | 21 May 1999 | 10 January 2000 | First deputy | Stepashin Putin I |
| Mikhail Zadornov | 25 May 1999 | 28 May 1999 | First deputy | Stepashin |
| Vladimir Shcherbak | 25 May 1999 | 7 May 2000 | | Stepashin Putin I |
| Viktor Khristenko | 31 May 1999 | 9 March 2004 | First deputy – until 10 January 2000 | Stepashin Putin I Kasyanov |
| Ilya Klebanov | 31 May 1999 | 18 February 2002 | | Stepashin Putin I Kasyanov |
| Vladimir Putin | 9 August 1999 | 16 August 1999 | First deputy interim Prime Minister | Stepashin |
| Mikhail Kasyanov | 10 January 2000 | 17 May 2000 | First deputy interim Prime Minister – from 7 May 2000 | Putin I |
| Sergey Shoigu | 10 January 2000 | 18 May 2000 | simultaneously Minister of Emergency Situations | Putin I |
| Alexei Kudrin | 18 May 2000 | 9 March 2004 | simultaneously Minister of Finance | Kasyanov |
| Alexei Gordeyev | 20 May 2000 | 9 March 2004 | | Kasyanov |
| Boris Alyoshin | 24 April 2003 | 9 March 2004 | | Kasyanov |
| Galina Karyelova | 24 April 2003 | 9 March 2004 | | Kasyanov |
| Alexander Zhukov | 9 March 2004 | 20 December 2011 | | Frakov I Fradkov II Zubkov Putin II |
| Dmitry Medvedev | 9 March 2004 | 7 May 2008 | | Fradkov I Fradkov II Zubkov |
| Sergei Ivanov | 14 November 2005 | 22 December 2011 | simultaneously Minister of Defense First deputy (2007–2008) | Fradkov II Zubkov Putin II |
| Sergei Naryshkin | 25 February 2007 | 12 May 2008 | | Fradkov II Zubkov |
| Alexei Kudrin | 24 September 2007 | 26 September 2011 | simultaneously Minister of Finance | Zubkov Putin II |
| Viktor Zubkov | 12 May 2008 | 21 May 2012 | First deputy | Putin II |
| Igor Shuvalov | 12 May 2008 | 18 May 2018 | First deputy | Putin II Medvedev I |
| Igor Sechin | 12 May 2008 | 21 May 2012 | | Putin II |
| Sergei Sobyanin | 12 May 2008 | 21 October 2010 | | Putin II |
| Dmitry Kozak | 14 October 2008 | 21 January 2020 | | Putin II Medvedev I Medvedev II |
| Alexander Khloponin | 19 January 2010 | 18 May 2018 | simultaneously Presidential Envoy to the North Caucasian Federal District – until 12 May 2014 | Putin II Medvedev I |
| Vyacheslav Volodin | 21 October 2010 | 27 December 2011 | | Putin II |
| Dmitry Rogozin | 23 December 2011 | 18 May 2018 | | Putin II Medvedev I |
| Vladislav Surkov | 27 December 2011 | 8 May 2013 | | Putin II Medvedev I |
| Arkady Dvorkovich | 21 May 2012 | 18 May 2018 | | Medvedev I |
| Olga Golodets | 21 May 2012 | 21 January 2020 | | Medvedev I Medvedev II |
| Sergei Prikhodko | 22 May 2013 | 18 May 2018 | | Medvedev I |
| Yury Trutnev | 31 August 2013 | | simultaneously Presidential Envoy to the Far Eastern Federal District | Medvedev I Medvedev II Mishustin |
| Vitaly Mutko | 30 October 2016 | 21 January 2020 | | Medvedev I Medvedev II |
| Anton Siluanov | 18 May 2018 | 21 January 2020 | First deputy | Medvedev II |
| Alexey Gordeyev | 18 May 2018 | 21 January 2020 | | Medvedev II |
| Konstantin Chuychenko | 18 May 2018 | 21 January 2020 | | Medvedev II |
| Yury Borisov | 18 May 2018 | 15 July 2022 | | Medvedev II Mishustin |
| Tatyana Golikova | 18 May 2018 | | | Medvedev II Mishustin Mishustin II |
| Maxim Akimov | 18 May 2018 | 21 January 2020 | | Medvedev II |
| Andrey Belousov | 21 January 2020 | 7 May 2024 | First deputy | Mishustin |
| Dmitry Grigorenko | 21 January 2020 | | | Mishustin Mishustin II |
| Viktoria Abramchenko | 21 January 2020 | 7 May 2024 | | Mishustin |
| Marat Khusnullin | 21 January 2020 | | | Mishustin Mishustin II |
| Alexey Overchuk | 21 January 2020 | | | Mishustin Mishustin II |
| Dmitry Chernyshenko | 21 January 2020 | | | Mishustin Mishustin II |
| Alexander Novak | 10 November 2020 | | | Mishustin Mishustin II |
| Denis Manturov | 15 July 2022 | | First Deputy | Mishustin Mishustin II |
| Dmitry Patrushev | 14 May 2024 | | | Mishustin II |
| Vitaly Savelyev | 14 May 2024 | | | Mishustin II |