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Cabinet of Boris Yeltsin and Yegor Gaidar

42nd Cabinet of Russia
Date formed6 November 1991
Date dissolved23 December 1992
People and organisations
Head of stateBoris Yeltsin
Head of governmentBoris Yeltsin
Yegor Gaidar (acting)
Head of government's history1991–1999
Deputy head of governmentYegor Gaidar
Gennady Burbulis
Vladimir Shumeyko
No. of ministers34
Member partyIndependent
Status in legislatureMajority
920 / 1,068
History
PredecessorSilayev II
SuccessorChernomyrdin I
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Cabinet of Boris Yeltsin and Yegor Gaidar was Russian Cabinet of Ministers under the leadership of President Boris Yeltsin and First Deputy Prime Minister Yegor Gaidar, which was in office from 6 November 1991 to 23 December 1992.

Yeltsin led the Council of Ministers to carry out radical economic reforms aimed at liberalizing the economy. He headed the Cabinet since 6 November 1991 to 15 June 1992. From 15 June to 14 December 1992, the Cabinet was directed by the acting Prime Minister Gaidar.

In December 1992, Boris Yeltsin proposed to the Congress of People's Deputies of Russia Gaidar's candidacy for the post of Prime Minister of Russia, however, he was denied by the people's deputies.

Gaidar was replaced by the cabinet of Viktor Chernomyrdin.

Ministers

Ministries and committees in italics have been renamed, merged or abolished.

Portfolio Minister Took office Left office Party
Chairman of the GovernmentBoris Yeltsin6 November 199115 June 1992 Independent
Yegor Gaidar (acting)15 June 199214 December 1992 Independent
Viktor Chernomyrdin14 December 199223 December 1992 Independent
First Deputy Chairman of the GovernmentGennady Burbulis6 November 199114 April 1992 Independent
First Deputy Chairman of the GovernmentYegor Gaidar2 March 199215 December 1992 Independent
First Deputy Chairman of the GovernmentVladimir Shumeyko2 June 199223 December 1992 Independent
Deputy Chairman of the Government on Social PolicyAlexander Shokhin6 November 199123 December 1992 Independent
Deputy Chairman of the Government on Economic PolicyYegor Gaidar6 November 19912 March 1992 Independent
Deputy Chairman of the Government on the Fuel and Energy ComplexViktor Chernomyrdin30 May 199214 December 1992 Independent
Deputy Chairman of the GovernmentSergey Shakhray12 December 1991
11 November 1992
20 April 1992
23 December 1992
 Independent
Deputy Chairman of the GovernmentMikhail Poltoranin22 February 199225 November 1992 Independent
Deputy Chairman of the GovernmentValery Makharadze2 March 199223 December 1992 Independent
Deputy Chairman of the GovernmentGeorgy Khizha20 May 199223 December 1992 Independent
Deputy Chairman of the GovernmentAnatoly Chubais1 June 199223 December 1992 Independent
Deputy Chairman of the GovernmentBoris Saltykov4 June 199223 December 1992 Independent
Ministry of Architecture, Construction and Housing and Communal ServicesBoris Furmanov27 November 199130 September 1992 Independent
Ministry of Security and InteriorViktor Barannikov19 December 199114 January 1992 Independent
Ministry of SecurityViktor Barannikov24 January 199223 December 1992 Independent
Ministry of Foreign Economic RelationsViktor Yaroshenko (acting)6 November 199111 November 1991 Independent
Petr Aven22 February 199223 December 1992 Independent
Ministry of Internal AffairsAndrey Dunaev6 November 199115 January 1992 Independent
Viktor Yerin15 January 199223 December 1992 Independent
Ministry of HealthVyacheslav Kalinin (acting)6 November 19915 December 1991 Independent
Andrey Vorobyov14 November 1991
28 October 1992
23 October 1992
23 December 1992
 Independent
Ministry of Foreign AffairsAndrei Kozyrev6 November 199123 December 1992 Independent
Ministry of Culture and TourismYury Solomin (acting)6 November 19915 December 1991 Independent
Evgeny Sidorov5 February 199230 September 1992 Independent
Ministry of ForestryValery Shubin (acting)6 November 19914 December 1991 Independent
Ministry of Science, Higher Education and Technical PolicyBoris Saltykov11 November 199123 December 1992 Independent
Ministry of DefenceBoris Yeltsin (acting)16 March 199218 May 1992 Independent
Pavel Grachev18 May 199223 December 1992 Independent
Ministry of EducationEduard Dneprov6 November 19914 December 1992 Independent
Evgeny Tkachenko (acting)5 December 199223 December 1992 Independent
Ministry of Environment and Natural ResourcesViktor Danilov-Danilyan12 November 199223 December 1992 Independent
Ministry of Press and InformationMikhail Poltoranin6 November 199125 November 1992 Independent
Ministry of Atomic EnergyViktor Mikhaylov2 March 199223 December 1992 Independent
Ministry of IndustryViktor Kisin (acting)6 November 19915 December 1991 Independent
Alexander Titkin15 November 199130 September 1992 Independent
Ministry of RailwaysGennady Fadeev20 January 199223 December 1992 Independent
Ministry of AgricultureGennady Kulik (acting)6 November 199115 November 1991 Independent
Viktor Khlystun15 November 199130 September 1992 Independent
Ministry of Social ProtectionElla Pamfilova15 November 199123 December 1992 Independent
Ministry of CommunicationsVladimir Bulgak10 November 199123 December 1992 Independent
Ministry of Fuel and EnergyVladimir Lopukhin10 November 199130 May 1992 Independent
Ministry of Trade and Material ResourcesAlexander Khlystov (acting)6 November 19915 December 1991 Independent
Stanislav Anisimov10 November 199116 September 1992 Independent
Ministry of TransportVitaly Efimov6 November 199123 December 1992 Independent
Ministry of LabourAlexander Shokhin10 November 199114 June 1992 Independent
Gennady Melikyan14 June 199223 December 1992 Independent
Ministry of FinanceIgor Lazarev6 November 199111 November 1991 Independent
Yegor Gaidar11 November 19912 April 1992 Independent
Vasily Barchuk2 April 199223 December 1992 Independent
Ministry of JusticeNikolay Fyodorov6 November 199123 December 1992 Independent
Ministry of EconomicsEvgeny Saburov (acting)6 November 19915 December 1991 Independent
Yegor Gaidar5 December 199119 February 1992 Independent
Andrey Nechaev19 February 199223 December 1992 Independent
Ministry of EcologyIgor Gavrilov6 November 19913 December 1991 Independent
Viktor Danilov-Danilyan3 December 199130 September 1992 Independent
Federal Security Agency (with ministry rights)Viktor Ivanenko26 November 199115 January 1992 Independent
Viktor Barannikov15 January 199224 January 1992 Independent
Federal Center for Land and Agro-Industrial Reform (with ministry rights)Vitaly Ermolenko1 August 199223 December 1992 Independent
Committee for State SecurityViktor Ivanenko6 November 199126 November 1991 Independent
State Committee for Antimonopoly Policy and Support for New Economic StructuresLeonid Bochin30 September 199223 December 1992 Independent
SC for Civil Defense, Emergency Situations and Elimination of Consequences of Natural DisastersSergei Shoigu6 November 199123 December 1992 Independent
State Committee for Conversion AffairsMikhail Bazhanov19 November 199124 February 1992 Independent
State Committee for National PolicyValery Tishkov27 February 199215 October 1992 Independent
Sergey Shakhray11 November 199223 December 1992 Independent
State Committee for Defense IssuesPavel Grachev (acting)13 November 199126 March 1992 Independent
State Committee for Social Protection of Citizens and Rehabilitation of
Territories Affected by Chernobyl and Other Radiation Disasters
Semyon Voloshchuk20 November 19915 May 1992 Independent
Vasily Vozniak20 November 199123 December 1992 Independent
State Committee for the Socio-Economic Development of the NorthVladimir Kuramin25 February 199223 December 1992 Independent
State Committee for State Property ManagementAnatoly Chubais10 November 199123 December 1992 Independent
State Committee for Economic Cooperation with the CIS Member StatesVladimir Mashits27 December 199123 December 1992 Independent
State Customs CommitteeAnatoly Kruglov (acting)30 September 199223 December 1992 Independent
Central BankViktor Gerashchenko14 November 199223 December 1992 Independent

References

  1. "Decree of the President of the RSFSR "On the organization of the Government of the RSFSR in the context of economic reform." №172". Archived from the original on 2016-11-04. Retrieved 2016-04-14.
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