- List of heads of government of Russia
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This is a list of Heads of Government of Russia or Prime Ministers of Russia (in the modern sense), and its since 1905 as the Russian Empire, from when the first Prime Minister, Sergei Witte, took office in 1905, until the present day. The office is currently held by Vladimir Putin.
Multiple government change in office, consecutive or otherwise, are listed and counted in the first column (total number) and the second column (administration number).
Contents
Russian Empire
T# A# Name Photo Took Office Left Office Political Party Head of state Chairmen of Council of Ministers of the Russian Empire (1905-1917) 1 Count Sergei Witte 
6 November 1905 5 May 1906 None Nicholas II 2 Ivan Goremykin
1st term
5 May 1906 21 July 1906 None Nicholas II 3 Pyotr Stolypin 
21 July 1906 18 September 1911 None Nicholas II 4 Vladimir Kokovtsov 
18 September 1911 12 February 1914 None Nicholas II 5 Ivan Goremykin
2nd term12 February 1914 2 February 1916 None Nicholas II 6 Boris Stürmer 
2 February 1916 23 November 1916 None Nicholas II 7 Alexander Trepov 
23 November 1916 9 January 1917 None Nicholas II 8 Knyaz Nikolai Golitsyn 
9 January 1917 12 March 1917 None Nicholas II Russian Provisional Government
T# A# Name Photo Took Office Left Office Political Party Head of state Minister-Chairmen of the Russian Provisional Government (1917) 9 1 Knyaz Georgy Lvov 
23 March 1917 21 July 1917 Constitutional Democrat Knyaz Georgy Lvov 10 2 Alexander Kerensky 
21 July 1917 8 November 1917 Socialist Revolutionary Alexander Kerensky Russian Soviet Republic
T# A# Name Photo Took Office Left Office Political Party Head of state Chairmen of the Council of Peoples' Commissars of the Russian SFSR (1917-1946) 11 1 Vladimir Lenin 
9 November 1917 21 January 1924 Social Democratic (Bolsheviks)
Communist
(Bolsheviks)Lev Kamenev
Yakov Sverdlov
Mikhail Vladimirsky
(acting)
Mikhail Kalinin12 2 Alexey Rykov 
2 February 1924 18 May 1929 Communist
(Bolsheviks)Mikhail Kalinin 13 3 Sergei Syrtsov 18 May 1929 3 November 1930 Communist
(Bolsheviks)Mikhail Kalinin 14 4 Daniil Sulimov 3 November 1930 22 July 1937 Communist
(Bolsheviks)Mikhail Kalinin 15 5 Nikolai Bulganin 
22 July 1937 17 September 1938 Communist
(Bolsheviks)Mikhail Kalinin
Andrei Zhdanov
Alexei Badayev16 6 Vasiliy Vakhrushev 29 July 1939 2 June 1940 Communist
(Bolsheviks)Alexei Badayev 17 7 Ivan Khokhlov 2 June 1940 23 June 1943 Communist
(Bolsheviks)Alexei Badayev
Ivan Vlasov
(acting)18 8 Alexei Kosygin 
23 June 1943 23 March 1946 Communist
(Bolsheviks)Ivan Vlasov
Nikolai ShvernikChairmen of the Council of Ministers of the Russian SFSR (1946-1978) 19 9 Mikhail Rodionov 23 March 1946 9 March 1949 Communist
(Bolsheviks)Nikolai Shvernik
Ivan Vlasov20 10 Boris Chernousov 
9 March 1949 20 October 1952 Communist
(Bolsheviks)Ivan Vlasov
Mikhail Tarasov21 11 Alexander Puzanov 20 October 1952 24 January 1956 Communist Mikhail Tarasov 22 12 Mikhail Yasnov 24 January 1956 19 December 1957 Communist Mikhail Tarasov 23 13 Frol Kozlov 19 December 1957 31 March 1958 Communist Mikhail Tarasov 24 14 Dmitry Polyansky 31 March 1958 23 November 1962 Communist Mikhail Tarasov
Nikolai Ignatov
Nikolai Organov25 15 Gennady Voronov 23 November 1962 23 July 1971 Communist Nikolai Organov
Nikolai Ignatov
Mikhail Yasnov26 16 Mikhail Solomentsev 28 July 1971 12 April 1978 Communist Mikhail Yasnov Chairmen of the Council of Ministers—Government of the Russian SFSR (1978-1991/1992) 26 16 Mikhail Solomentsev 12 April 1978 24 June 1983 Communist Mikhail Yasnov 27 17 Vitaly Vorotnikov 24 June 1983 3 October 1988 Communist Mikhail Yasnov
Vladimir Orlov28 18 Alexander Vlasov 3 October 1988 15 June 1990 Communist Vitaly Vorotnikov
Boris Yeltsin29 19 Ivan Silayev 16 June 1990 26 September 1991 Communist Boris Yeltsin — Oleg Lobov
(Acting)26 September 1991 6 November 1991 Communist
(RSFSR)Boris Yeltsin 30 20 Boris Yeltsin
Head of Government of
the Russian SFSR as
President of the Russian SFSR
6 November 1991 25 December 1991
21 May 1992[1]None Boris Yeltsin Russian Federation
T# A# Name Photo Took Office Left Office Political Party Head of state Chairmen of the Council of Ministers — Government of the Russian Federation (1995/1993-1999) 30 1 Boris Yeltsin
Head of Government of
the Russian Federation as
President of the Russian Federation25 December 1991
21 May 199215 June 1992 None Boris Yeltsin — Yegor Gaidar
(Acting)
15 June 1992 14 December 1992 None Boris Yeltsin 31 2 Viktor Chernomyrdin 
14 December 1992 25 December 1993 None Boris Yeltsin Chairmen of the Government of the Russian Federation (1993-Present) 31 2 Viktor Chernomyrdin 25 December 1993 23 March 1998 Our Home is Russia Boris Yeltsin — Boris Yeltsin
(Acting)23 March 1998[2] None Boris Yeltsin 32 3 Sergei Kiriyenko 
23 March 1998 23 August 1998 None Boris Yeltsin — Viktor Chernomyrdin
(Acting)23 August 1998 11 September 1998 Our Home is Russia Boris Yeltsin 33 4 Yevgeny Primakov 
11 September 1998 12 May 1999 None Boris Yeltsin 34 5 Sergei Stepashin 
12 May 1999 9 August 1999 None Boris Yeltsin 35 6 Vladimir Putin
1st term
9 August 1999 7 May 2000 None Boris Yeltsin
Vladimir Putin
(acting)36 7 Mikhail Kasyanov 
7 May 2000 24 February 2004 None Vladimir Putin — Viktor Khristenko
(Acting)
24 February 2004 5 March 2004 None Vladimir Putin 37 8 Mikhail Fradkov 
5 March 2004 14 September 2007 None Vladimir Putin 38 9 Viktor Zubkov 
14 September 2007 8 May 2008 None Vladimir Putin
Dmitry Medvedev39 10 Vladimir Putin
2nd term8 May 2008 Incumbent United Russia Dmitry Medvedev Timeline
References
- ^ The full name of Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic was changed to Russian Federation in 25 December 1991 de facto, but only in 21 May 1992 de jure
- ^ Self-appointed as acting Prime Minister, but Constitutional Court the same day recognized this ukase unconstitutional. The President withdrew the decree
See also
People from Russia Leaders and religious - Pre-1168
- 1168–1917
- 1922–1991
- 1991–present
- RSFSR leaders
- General secretaries
- Soviet premiers (1st deputies)
- Soviet heads of state (and their spouses)
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- Foreign ministers
- Prosecutors general
- Metropolitans and patriarchs
- Saints
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