Prime Minister of Russia

The **Prime Minister of Russia** (, ''Prem'er-ministr Rossii'') is Russia's head of government. He is the second most powerful leader in the Russian Federation.

The Prime Minister serves the same time as the President of Russia, and has a term of office of six years but may be appointed again.

The President appoints the Prime Minister and must be approved by the State Duma. Only two acting Prime Ministers: Yegor Gaidar and Viktor Chernomyrdin were appointed by the President, but not approved by the Duma. The most recent Prime Minister is Mikhail Mishustin since 16 January 2020.

## List 
*.Alexander Menshikov (1726-1727

*.Fyodor Apraksin (1727-1728)
*3.Gavriil Golovkin (1727)
*4.Andrey Osterman (1727)
*5.D.M. Golitskyn (with Alexander Menshikov)
*6.P.A. Tolstoy (with Alexander Menshikov)
*Karl Gottorpsky (with Menshikov)
*Aleksei Dolgorukov (1728-30)
*Vasily Dolgorukov (1729-30)
*Gavriil Golovkin (1731-34)
*Andrey Ostaerman (1734-1740 and 1741)
Khristofor Minikh (1740-41)
*Stefan Apraksin (1756-1757)
*Alexey Ryumin (1757-1758)
*A. Buturlin (1758-1760)
*P. Shuvalov (1760-1762)
*M. Vorontsov (1762: 16 days) 
*Peter III Romanov (1762)
*S. Strekalov (1768-1776)
* Sergey Witte (1905-1906)
*Ivan Goremykin (1906 & 1916)
*Pyotr Stolypin (1906-1911)
*Vladimir Kokovtsov (1911-1914)
* Boris Sturmer (1916)
*A. Trepov (1917)
*Georgy Lvov (1917)
*Alexander Kerensky (1917)
* Vladimir Lenin (1917-1924)
* Aleksei Rykov (1924-1929)
* Sergei Syrtsov (1929-1930)
* Daniil Sulimov (1930-1937)
* Nikolai Bulganin (1937-1938)
* Vasily Vakhrushev (1939-1940)
* Ivan Khokhlov (1940-1943)
* Alexey Kosygin (1943-1946)
* Mikhail Rodionov (1946-1949) executed in 1950.
* Boris Chernousov (1949-1952)
* Alexander Puzanov (1952-1956)
* Mikhail Yasnov (1956-1957)
* Frol Kozlov (1957-1958)
* Dmitry Polyansky (1958-1962)
* Gennady Voronov (1962-1971)
* Mikhail Solomentsev (1971-1983)
* Vitaly Vorotnikov (1983-1988)
* Alexander Vlasov (1988-1990)
* Ivan Silayev (1990-1991)
* Oleg Lobov (1991-1992)
* Boris Yeltsin (1992)
* Yegor Gaidar (1992)
* Viktor Chernomyrdyn (1992-1998)
* Sergey Kirienko (1998)
* Yevgeny Primakov (1999)
* Vladimir Putin (1999)
* Sergei Stepashin (1999)
*Mikhail Kasyanov (2000-2004)
*Viktor Kristenko (2004)
*Mikhail Fradkov (till 2007)
* Viktor Zubkov (2008)
* V. Putin (2008-2012) Succeeded to Presidency (2012-present)
* Dmitry Medvedev (2012-2020)
*Mikhail Mishustin (2020-) 

## Living former Prime Ministers
As of 2022, there are eight 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.

File:Silhouette Male 86.jpg|Ivan Silayevserved 1990–1991Born 
File:Sergey Kirienko (01113353) (9776894576) (cropped).jpg|Sergey Kiriyenkoserved 1998Born 
File:Sergei Vadimovich Stepashin 2017 (cropped).jpg|Sergei Stepashinserved 1999Born 
File:Vladimir Putin January 2017.jpg|Vladimir Putinserved 1999–2000 and 2008–2012Born 
File:Mikhail Kasyanov par Claude Truong-Ngoc mars 2015.jpg|Mikhail Kasyanovserved 2000–2004Born 
File:Mikhail Fradkov, 2014.jpg|Mikhail Fradkovserved 2004–2007Born 
File:Viktor Zoebkov cropped.jpg|Viktor Zubkovserved 2007–2008Born 
File:Dmitry Medvedev govru.png|Dmitry Medvedevserved 2012–2020Born 

## Other websites
* Official Website of the Prime Minister of Russia