# First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia

A First Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation, commonly referred to as the First Deputy Prime Minister, is a member of the Russian Government. The First Deputy is to be proposed by the Prime Minister, and approved by the President. However, this office is not provisioned by Constitution and it is not a separate office.
The Chapter 6 of the Constitution of Russia says, that "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". First of all, First Vice-Premier is Vice-Premier, all others are distribution of responsibilities among Vice-Premiers inside the Government. There can be more than one First Vice-Premier, therefore written distribution of responsibilities is the most important document. The Federal constitutional law "On the Government of the Russian Federation" says "in the case of temporary absence of the Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation, his duties are performed by one of the Deputy Chairmen of the Government of the Russian Federation in accordance with a written distribution of responsibilities". It's automatically and President's Executive Order is not required in that moment.

## List

| First Deputy PM | Party | Term of Office | Term of Office | Other offices held while First Deputy PM | Cabinet |
| Gennady Burbulis | Independent | 6 November 1991 | 14 April 1992 | Secretary of State | Yeltsin—Gaidar |
| Yegor Gaidar | Independent | 2 March 1992 | 15 December 1992 | Minister of Finance (to 2 April) Acting Prime Minister (from 15 June to 14 December) | Yeltsin—Gaidar |
| Vladimir Shumeyko | Independent | 2 June 1992 | 20 January 1994 | Minister of Press (from 5 October 1993) | Yeltsin—Gaidar Chernomyrdin I |
| Oleg Lobov | Independent | 15 April 1993 | 18 September 1993 | Minister of Economy | Chernomyrdin I |
| Yegor Gaidar | Democratic Choice | 18 September 1993 | 20 January 1994 | Acting Minister of Economy | Chernomyrdin I |
| Oleg Soskovets | Independent | 30 April 1993 | 20 June 1996 | none | Chernomyrdin I |
| Anatoly Chubais | Democratic Choice | 5 November 1994 | 16 January 1996 | none | Chernomyrdin I |
| Vladimir Kadannikov | Independent | 25 January 1996 | 9 August 1996 | none | Chernomyrdin I |
| Oleg Lobov | Independent | 18 June 1996 | 14 August 1996 | Presidential Representative in Chechnya | Chernomyrdin I |
| Alexei Bolshakov | Independent | 14 August 1996 | 17 March 1997 | none | Chernomyrdin II |
| Viktor Ilyushin | Independent | 14 August 1996 | 17 March 1997 | none | Chernomyrdin II |
| Vladimir Potanin | Independent | 14 August 1996 | 17 March 1997 | none | Chernomyrdin II |
| Anatoly Chubais | Democratic Choice | 17 March 1997 | 23 March 1998 | Minister of Finance (to 20 November 1997) | Chernomyrdin II |
| Boris Nemtsov | Independent | 17 March 1997 | 18 April 1998 | Minister of Energy (24 April – 20 November 1997) | Chernomyrdin II Kiriyenko |
| Sergey Kiriyenko | Independent | 23 March 1998 | 24 April 1998 | Acting Prime Minister | Kiriyenko |
| Yuri Maslyukov | Communist Party | 11 September 1998 | 12 May 1999 | none | Primakov |
| Vadim Gustov | Independent | 18 September 1998 | 27 April 1999 | none | Primakov |
| Sergey Stepashin | Independent | 27 April 1999 | 12 May 1999 | Minister of Internal Affairs | Primakov |
| Nikolay Aksyonenko | Independent | 21 May 1999 | 10 January 2000 | Minister of Railways | Stepashin Putin I |
| Mikhail Zadornov | Independent | 25 May 1999 | 28 May 1999 | Minister of Finance | Stepashin |
| Viktor Khristenko | Independent | 31 May 1999 | 10 January 2000 | none | Stepashin Putin I |
| Vladimir Putin | Independent | 9 August 1999 | 16 August 1999 | Acting Prime Minister | Putin I |
| Mikhail Kasyanov | Independent | 10 January 2000 | 17 May 2000 | Minister of Finance | Putin I |
| Dmitry Medvedev | Independent | 14 November 2005 | 7 May 2008 | none | Fradkov II Zubkov |
| Sergei Ivanov | United Russia | 15 February 2007 | 7 May 2008 | none | Fradkov II Zubkov |
| Viktor Zubkov | United Russia | 12 May 2008 | 7 May 2012 | Chairman of the Board of Gazprom (from 27 June 2008) | Putin II |
| Igor Shuvalov | Independent | 12 May 2008 | 18 May 2018 | none | Putin II Medvedev I |
| Anton Siluanov | United Russia | 18 May 2018 | 15 January 2020 | Minister of Finance | Medvedev II |
| Andrey Belousov | Independent | 21 January 2020 | 7 May 2024 | Acting Prime Minister (30 April – 19 May 2020) | Mishustin I |
| Denis Manturov | Independent | 14 May 2024 | Incumbent | none | Mishustin II |

## First Deputy Premiers of the Russian SFSR

| First Deputy | Term of Office | Term of Office | Other offices held while First Deputy | Premier |
| Aleksandr Smirnov | 20 February 1928 | 3 November 1929 | none | Rykov Syrtsov |
| Dmitry Lebed | 7 February 1930 | August 1937 | none | Syrtsov Sulimov |
| Georgy Perov | June 1943 | November 1944 | none | Kosygin |
| Vasily Pronin | November 1944 | 23 March 1946 | none | Kosygin |
| Valentin Makarov | 26 June 1948 | 12 July 1949 | none | Rodionov Chernousov |
| Arseny Safronov | 12 July 1949 | 13 October 1957 | none | Chernousov Puzanov Yasnov |
| Pavel Lobanov | 15 August 1953 | 28 February 1955 | Minister of Agriculture (from 20 December 1953) | Puzanov |
| Dmitry Alyokhin | 26 March 1955 | 29 August 1957 | none | Puzanov Yasnov |
| Ivan Lebedev | 26 March 1955 | 24 April 1956 | none | Puzanov Yasnov |
| Alexander Puzanov | 24 January 1956 | 21 February 1957 | none | Yasnov |
| Nikolai Baibakov | 4 May 1957 | 7 May 1958 | Chairman of the USSR State Committee for Planning | Yasnov Kozlov Polyansky |
| Mikhail Yasnov | 19 December 1957 | 23 December 1966 | none | Kozlov Polyansky Voronov |
| Vladimir Novikov | 7 May 1958 | 16 April 1959 | Chairman of the RSFSR State Committee for Planning | Polyansky |
| Nikolay Smirnov | 24 March 1962 | 18 January 1964 | Minister of Agricultural Production and Procurement | Voronov |
| Leonid Maximov | 18 January 1964 | 19 December 1964 | Minister of Agricultural Production and Procurement | Voronov |
| Konstantin Pysin | 19 December 1964 | 1 February 1971 | none | Voronov |
| Alexey Shkolnikov | 10 November 1965 | 25 July 1974 | none | Voronov Solomentsev |
| Nikolay Vasilyev | 18 February 1971 | 13 April 1979 | none | Voronov Solomentsev |
| Vitaly Vorotnikov | 10 July 1975 | 4 April 1979 | none | Solomentsev |
| Lev Yermin | 18 April 1979 | 20 April 1989 | Chairman of the RSFSR State Agroindustrial Committee (from 28 November 1985) | Solomentsev Vorotnikov Vlasov |
| Vladimir Orlov | 18 April 1979 | 26 March 1985 | none | Solomentsev Vorotnikov |
| Vladimir Gusev | 11 April 1985 | 20 June 1986 | none | Vorotnikov Vlasov |
| Fikryat Tabeyev | 27 June 1986 | 15 May 1990 | none | Vorotnikov Vlasov |
| Yevgeny Sizenko | 21 June 1989 | 14 July 1990 | none | Vlasov Silayev |
| Gennady Kulik | 14 July 1990 | 10 July 1991 | Minister of Agriculture and Food | Silayev |
| Yury Skokov | 8 September 1990 | 10 July 1991 | none | Silayev |
| Oleg Lobov | 19 April 1991 | 15 November 1991 | de facto Acting Premier (from 26 September) | Silayev |