# Viktor Chernomyrdin's First Cabinet

Viktor Chernomyrdin's First Cabinet acted under President of Russia Boris Yeltsin from 23 December 1992 to August 9, 1996. Until December 25, 1993 the official name was Council of Ministers, and since that date, with the coming into law of the Constitution of Russia under the term "Government".
During the formation of the cabinet, a number of Gaidar loyalists resigned from their posts.

## Composition

| Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office | Party |
| Prime Minister | Viktor Chernomyrdin | 14 December 1992 | 9 August 1996 | NDR |
| First Deputy Prime Ministers | Vladimir Shumeyko | 23 December 1992 | 12 December 1993 | Independent |
| First Deputy Prime Ministers | Oleg Lobov | 15 April 1993 18 June 1996 | 18 September 1993 14 August 1996 | Independent |
| First Deputy Prime Ministers | Oleg Soskovets | 30 April 1993 | 20 June 1996 | NDR |
| First Deputy Prime Ministers | Yegor Gaidar | 18 September 1993 | 12 December 1993 | Independent |
| First Deputy Prime Ministers | Anatoly Chubais | 5 November 1994 | 16 January 1996 | DVR |
| First Deputy Prime Ministers | Vladimir Kadannikov | 25 January 1996 | 9 August 1996 | NDR |
| Deputy Prime Ministers | Alexander Shokhin | 23 December 1992 | 20 January 1994 | Independent |
| Deputy Prime Ministers | Georgy Khizha | 2 December 1992 | 11 May 1993 | Independent |
| Deputy Prime Ministers | Boris Saltykov | 23 December 1992 | 25 March 1993 | Independent |
| Deputy Prime Ministers | Sergey Shakhray | 23 December 1992 | 20 January 1994 | Independent |
| Deputy Prime Ministers | Yury Yarov | 23 December 1992 | 24 July 1996 | DVR |
| Deputy Prime Ministers | Boris Fyodorov | 23 December 1992 | 20 January 1994 | Independent |
| Deputy Prime Ministers | Alexander Zaveryukha | 10 February 1993 | 9 August 1996 | APR |
| Minister of Agriculture | Viktor Khlystun | 20 January 1994 | 27 October 1994 | Independent |
| Minister of Agriculture | Aleksandr Nazarchuk | 27 October 1994 | 12 January 1996 | APR |
| Minister of Agriculture | Alexander Zaveryukha | 12 January 1996 | 14 May 1996 | APR |
| Minister of Agriculture | Viktor Khlystun | 14 May 1996 | 9 August 1996 | Independent |
| Minister of Atomic Energy | Viktor Mikhaylov | 23 December 1992 | 9 August 1996 | Independent |
| Minister of Communications | Vladimir Bulgak | 23 December 1992 | 9 August 1996 | Independent |
| Minister of Construction | Yefim Basin | 12 July 1994 | 9 August 1996 | Independent |
| Minister for Cooperation with CIS Member States | Vladimir Mashits (acting) | 27 January 1994 | 16 February 1995 | Independent |
| Minister for Cooperation with CIS Member States | Valery Serov | 16 February 1995 | 9 August 1996 | Independent |
| Minister of Culture | Yevgeny Sidorov | 23 December 1992 | 9 August 1996 | Independent |
| Minister of Defence | Pavel Grachev | 23 December 1992 | 18 June 1996 | Independent |
| Minister of Defence | Igor Rodionov | 17 July 1996 | 9 August 1996 | Independent |
| Minister of Defence Industry | Zinovy Pak | 8 May 1996 | 9 August 1996 | Independent |
| Minister of Economy | Andrey Nechaev | 23 December 1992 | 25 March 1993 | Independent |
| Minister of Economy | Oleg Lobov | 15 April 1993 | 18 September 1993 | Independent |
| Minister of Economy | Alexander Shokhin | 20 January 1994 | 6 November 1994 | PRES |
| Minister of Economy | Yevgeny Yasin | 8 November 1994 | 9 August 1996 | Independent |
| Minister of Education | Yevgeny Tkachenko | 23 December 1992 | 9 August 1996 | Independent |
| Minister of Emergency Situations | Sergey Shoygu | 23 December 1992 | 9 August 1996 | Independent |
| Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources | Viktor Danilov-Danilyan | 23 December 1992 | 9 August 1996 | KEDR |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | Andrey Kozyrev | 23 December 1992 | 5 January 1996 | Independent |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | Yevgeny Primakov | 10 January 1996 | 9 August 1996 | Independent |
| Minister of Foreign Economic Relations | Sergey Glazyev | 23 December 1992 | 22 September 1993 | DPR |
| Minister of Foreign Economic Relations | Oleg Davydov | 22 September 1993 | 9 August 1996 | Independent |
| Minister of Fuel and Energy | Yury Shafranik | 12 January 1993 | 9 August 1996 | Independent |
| Minister of Health | Eduard Nechayev | 23 December 1992 | 28 November 1995 | Independent |
| Minister of Health | Aleksandr Tsaregorodtsev | 5 December 1995 | 9 August 1996 | Independent |
| Minister of Internal Affairs | Viktor Yerin | 23 December 1992 | 30 June 1995 | Independent |
| Minister of Internal Affairs | Anatoly Kulikov | 6 July 1995 | 9 August 1996 | Independent |
| Minister of Justice | Nikolay Fyodorov | 23 December 1992 | 24 March 1993 | Independent |
| Minister of Justice | Yury Kalmykov | 13 April 1993 | 7 December 1994 | PRES |
| Minister of Justice | Valentin Kovalyov | 5 January 1995 | 9 August 1996 | Independent |
| Minister of Labour | Gennady Melikyan | 23 December 1992 | 9 August 1996 | PRES |
| Minister of Nationalities | Sergey Shakhray | 20 January 1994 | 16 May 1994 | PRES |
| Minister of Nationalities | Nikolai Yegorov | 16 May 1994 | 30 June 1995 | Independent |
| Minister of Nationalities | Vyacheslav Mikhailov | 5 July 1995 | 9 August 1996 | Independent |
| Minister of Railways | Gennady Fadeyev | 23 December 1992 | 9 August 1996 | Independent |
| Minister of Science | Boris Saltykov | 25 March 1993 | 9 August 1996 | Independent |
| Minister of Security | Viktor Barannikov | 23 December 1992 | 27 July 1993 | Independent |
| Minister of Security | Nikolai Golushko (acting) | 28 July 1993 | 21 December 1993 | Independent |
| Minister of Social Protection | Ella Pamfilova | 23 December 1992 | 2 March 1994 | Independent |
| Minister of Social Protection | Lyudmila Bezlepkina | 4 May 1994 | 9 August 1996 | Independent |
| Minister of Transport | Vitaly Yefimov | 23 December 1992 | 10 January 1996 | Independent |
| Minister of Transport | Nikolai Tsakh | 12 January 1996 | 9 August 1996 | Independent |
| Chief of Staff of the Government | Vladimir Kvasov | 12 January 1993 | 11 November 1994 | Independent |
| Chief of Staff of the Government | Vladimir Babichev | 15 November 1994 | 9 August 1996 | NDR |
| Member of the Government | Nikolay Travkin | 29 April 1994 | 10 January 1996 | DPR |