Mikhail Kasyanov's Cabinet
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Mikhail Kasyanov's Cabinet (May 2000 - March 2004) was a cabinet of the government
of the Russian Federation
during most of Vladimir Putin
's first presidential term. It followed Vladimir Putin's Cabinet after Vladimir Putin
became President of Russia and was replaced with Mikhail Fradkov's First Cabinet
shortly before the presidential election of 2004
. It was led by Prime Minister
Mikhail Kasyanov
, proposed by President Vladimir Putin after his inauguration on May 7 and approved by the State Duma
and appointed Prime Minister by the President on May 17, 2000. Prior to this, Kasyanov was the Finance Minister in Vladimir Putin's Cabinet, and as Putin was promoted to acting President on December 31, 1999, de facto had led his cabinet since January 10, when he was appointed also First Deputy Prime Minister. Other 28 ministers were appointed by the President on May 18-20. Only six of them were new to the government: Gennady Bukaev, Alexander Dondukov, Alexander Gavrin, German Gref
, Alexey Kudrin and Igor Shuvalov
.
On February 5, 2001, Alexander Gavrin was dismissed as Minister of Energy.
On March 28, 2001, Igor Sergeyev
was replaced with Sergey Ivanov as Defence Minister, Vladimir Rushaylo with Boris Gryzlov
as Interior Minister, and Yevgeny Adamov
with Alexander Rumyantsev as Minister for Atomic Energy.
On June 16, 2001, Boris Yatskevich was replaced with Vitaly Artyukhov as Minister of Natural Resources. Igor Yusufov was appointed Minister of Energy.
On October 16, 2001 Ministry for Federal, Ethnic and Migration Policy was abolished and the position of Minister of Industry, Science and Technologies was promoted to the rank of a Deputy Prime Minister. Accordingly, on October 17 Alexander Blokhin and Alexander Dondukov were dismissed, Ilya Klebanov
was appointed Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry, Science and Technologies. The position of Minister of the Russian Federation was established to coordinate ethnic policy, and on December 6 Vladimir Zorin assumed this position.
On January 3, 2002, Nikolay Aksyonenko was sacked as Minister of Railways and on January 4 was replaced with Gennady Fadeyev.
On February 18 Ilya Klebanov lost his position of a Deputy Prime Minister, but remained the Minister of Industry, Science and Technologies.
On November 6 Vladimir Yelagin was replaced with Stanislav Ilyasov as Minister for Coordination of the Development of the Chechen Republic.
On March 11, 2003, Valentina Matviyenko
was dismissed from her position of a Deputy Prime Minister for Welfare as she became the Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Northwestern Federal District
.
On April 24 Boris Alyoshin was appointed Deputy Prime Minister for Industry and Galina Karelova Deputy Prime Minister for Welfare.
On May 28 Igor Shuvalov
was replaced with Konstantin Merzlikin as Minister, Chief of Staff of the Government.
On June 16, a position of Deputy Prime Minister for Housing was established and assumed by Vladimir Yakovlev
, who had just resigned as Governor of Saint Petersburg
.
On September 22, Minister of Railways Gennady Fadeyev resigned and became President of JSC Russian Railways
. On October 9 Vadim Morozov became Minister of Railways.
On November 1, Ilya Klebanov resigned as Minister of Industry, Science and Technologies and was appointed Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Northwestern Federal District
, replacing Valentina Matviyenko, who had been elected Governor of Saint Petersburg.
On November 6, his First Deputy Andrey Fursenko was appointed acting Minister of Industry, Science and Technologies.
On December 29, Boris Gryzlov
, who had been elected to the State Duma
, was dismissed as Interior Minister and replaced with Rashid Nurgaliyev
as acting Minister.
Mikhail Kasyanov
was sacked from his position by President Vladimir Putin
on February 24, 2004, and was replaced with his Deputy Viktor Khristenko
as acting Prime Minister. Other ministers remained acting until Mikhail Fradkov's First Cabinet
was formed.
Government of Russia
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of the Russian Federation
Russia
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during most of Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin served as the second President of the Russian Federation and is the current Prime Minister of Russia, as well as chairman of United Russia and Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Union of Russia and Belarus. He became acting President on 31 December 1999, when...
's first presidential term. It followed Vladimir Putin's Cabinet after Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin served as the second President of the Russian Federation and is the current Prime Minister of Russia, as well as chairman of United Russia and Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Union of Russia and Belarus. He became acting President on 31 December 1999, when...
became President of Russia and was replaced with Mikhail Fradkov's First Cabinet
Mikhail Fradkov's First Cabinet
Mikhail Fradkov's First Cabinet was a cabinet of the government of the Russian Federation during the presidential election of 2004, preceded by the cabinet of Mikhail Kasyanov, who had been dismissed by President Vladimir Putin on February 24, 2004, and followed by Mikhail Fradkov's Second Cabinet...
shortly before the presidential election of 2004
Russian presidential election, 2004
Presidential elections were held in Russia on 14 March 2004. Incumbent Vladimir Putin was seeking a second full four-year term. He was re-elected with 71.31% of the vote.-Sergey Glazyev:...
. It was led by Prime Minister
Prime Minister of Russia
The Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation The use of the term "Prime Minister" is strictly informal and is not allowed for by the Russian Constitution and other laws....
Mikhail Kasyanov
Mikhail Kasyanov
Mikhail Mikhailovich Kasyanov - was the Prime Minister of Russia from May 2000 to February 2004.He is the leader of the People's Democratic Union and an ex-member of the opposition coalition "The Other Russia".-Political career:...
, proposed by President Vladimir Putin after his inauguration on May 7 and approved by the State Duma
State Duma
The State Duma , common abbreviation: Госду́ма ) in the Russian Federation is the lower house of the Federal Assembly of Russia , the upper house being the Federation Council of Russia. The Duma headquarters is located in central Moscow, a few steps from Manege Square. Its members are referred to...
and appointed Prime Minister by the President on May 17, 2000. Prior to this, Kasyanov was the Finance Minister in Vladimir Putin's Cabinet, and as Putin was promoted to acting President on December 31, 1999, de facto had led his cabinet since January 10, when he was appointed also First Deputy Prime Minister. Other 28 ministers were appointed by the President on May 18-20. Only six of them were new to the government: Gennady Bukaev, Alexander Dondukov, Alexander Gavrin, German Gref
German Gref
German Oskarovich Gref , born February 8, 1964) is a Russian economist of German ethnicity, the founder of Center of the Strategic Development. He was the Minister of Economics and Trade of Russia from May 2000 to September 2007...
, Alexey Kudrin and Igor Shuvalov
Igor Shuvalov
Igor Ivanovich Shuvalov is a Russian lawyer and politician. He currently serves as First Deputy Prime Minister in Vladimir Putin's Second Cabinet. According to the order of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, he is to perform the duty of Prime Minister when Putin is out of office...
.
Further development
On November 28, 2000, the position of Minister for Coordination of the Development of the Chechen Republic was established and occupied by Vladimir Yelagin.On February 5, 2001, Alexander Gavrin was dismissed as Minister of Energy.
On March 28, 2001, Igor Sergeyev
Igor Sergeyev
Igor Dmitriyevich Sergeyev was the Defense Minister of the Russian Federation from 22 May 1997 until 28 March 2001...
was replaced with Sergey Ivanov as Defence Minister, Vladimir Rushaylo with Boris Gryzlov
Boris Gryzlov
Boris Vyacheslavovich Gryzlov , is a Russian politician and current Speaker of Russia's State Duma . He is one of the leaders of the largest Russian political party, United Russia...
as Interior Minister, and Yevgeny Adamov
Yevgeny Adamov
Yevgeny Olegovich Adamov was the head of the Russian atomic energy ministry, MinAtom. He was appointed by President Boris Yeltsin in 1998 and ousted by President Vladimir Putin in 2001.Adamov, a nuclear physicist, then joined the Dollezhal Institute....
with Alexander Rumyantsev as Minister for Atomic Energy.
On June 16, 2001, Boris Yatskevich was replaced with Vitaly Artyukhov as Minister of Natural Resources. Igor Yusufov was appointed Minister of Energy.
On October 16, 2001 Ministry for Federal, Ethnic and Migration Policy was abolished and the position of Minister of Industry, Science and Technologies was promoted to the rank of a Deputy Prime Minister. Accordingly, on October 17 Alexander Blokhin and Alexander Dondukov were dismissed, Ilya Klebanov
Ilya Klebanov
Ilya Iosifovich Klebanov is a Russian politician. He currently is the Plenipotentiary Presidential Envoy to the Northwestern Federal District of the Russian Federation....
was appointed Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry, Science and Technologies. The position of Minister of the Russian Federation was established to coordinate ethnic policy, and on December 6 Vladimir Zorin assumed this position.
On January 3, 2002, Nikolay Aksyonenko was sacked as Minister of Railways and on January 4 was replaced with Gennady Fadeyev.
On February 18 Ilya Klebanov lost his position of a Deputy Prime Minister, but remained the Minister of Industry, Science and Technologies.
On November 6 Vladimir Yelagin was replaced with Stanislav Ilyasov as Minister for Coordination of the Development of the Chechen Republic.
On March 11, 2003, Valentina Matviyenko
Valentina Matviyenko
Valentina Ivanovna Matviyenko , born 7 April 1949 in the Ukrainian SSR), is currently the highest-ranking female politician in Russia, the former governor of Saint Petersburg and the current Chairman of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation...
was dismissed from her position of a Deputy Prime Minister for Welfare as she became the Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Northwestern Federal District
Northwestern Federal District
Northwestern Federal District is one of the eight federal districts of Russia. It consists of the northern part of European Russia. Its population was 13,583,800 according to the 2010 Census, living on an area of...
.
On April 24 Boris Alyoshin was appointed Deputy Prime Minister for Industry and Galina Karelova Deputy Prime Minister for Welfare.
On May 28 Igor Shuvalov
Igor Shuvalov
Igor Ivanovich Shuvalov is a Russian lawyer and politician. He currently serves as First Deputy Prime Minister in Vladimir Putin's Second Cabinet. According to the order of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, he is to perform the duty of Prime Minister when Putin is out of office...
was replaced with Konstantin Merzlikin as Minister, Chief of Staff of the Government.
On June 16, a position of Deputy Prime Minister for Housing was established and assumed by Vladimir Yakovlev
Vladimir Anatolyevich Yakovlev
Vladimir Anatolyevich Yakovlev is a Russian politician, currently retired.In 1996–2003, he was the Governor of Saint Petersburg. In 2003-2004, prior to the Beslan school hostage crisis, he was Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Southern Federal District...
, who had just resigned as Governor of Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...
.
On September 22, Minister of Railways Gennady Fadeyev resigned and became President of JSC Russian Railways
Russian Railways
The Russian Railways , is the government owned national rail carrier of the Russian Federation, headquartered in Moscow. The Russian Railways operate over of common carrier routes as well as a few hundred kilometers of industrial routes, making it the second largest network in the world exceeded...
. On October 9 Vadim Morozov became Minister of Railways.
On November 1, Ilya Klebanov resigned as Minister of Industry, Science and Technologies and was appointed Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Northwestern Federal District
Northwestern Federal District
Northwestern Federal District is one of the eight federal districts of Russia. It consists of the northern part of European Russia. Its population was 13,583,800 according to the 2010 Census, living on an area of...
, replacing Valentina Matviyenko, who had been elected Governor of Saint Petersburg.
On November 6, his First Deputy Andrey Fursenko was appointed acting Minister of Industry, Science and Technologies.
On December 29, Boris Gryzlov
Boris Gryzlov
Boris Vyacheslavovich Gryzlov , is a Russian politician and current Speaker of Russia's State Duma . He is one of the leaders of the largest Russian political party, United Russia...
, who had been elected to the State Duma
State Duma
The State Duma , common abbreviation: Госду́ма ) in the Russian Federation is the lower house of the Federal Assembly of Russia , the upper house being the Federation Council of Russia. The Duma headquarters is located in central Moscow, a few steps from Manege Square. Its members are referred to...
, was dismissed as Interior Minister and replaced with Rashid Nurgaliyev
Rashid Nurgaliyev
Rashid Gumarovich Nurgaliyev is a Russian general and politician of the Tatars descent. Since 2002, he has been the minister of the Internal Affairs of Russia.-Early years:...
as acting Minister.
Mikhail Kasyanov
Mikhail Kasyanov
Mikhail Mikhailovich Kasyanov - was the Prime Minister of Russia from May 2000 to February 2004.He is the leader of the People's Democratic Union and an ex-member of the opposition coalition "The Other Russia".-Political career:...
was sacked from his position by President Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin served as the second President of the Russian Federation and is the current Prime Minister of Russia, as well as chairman of United Russia and Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Union of Russia and Belarus. He became acting President on 31 December 1999, when...
on February 24, 2004, and was replaced with his Deputy Viktor Khristenko
Viktor Khristenko
Viktor Borisovich Khristenko is the current Russian Minister of Industry and former First Deputy Prime Minister.-Personal life:...
as acting Prime Minister. Other ministers remained acting until Mikhail Fradkov's First Cabinet
Mikhail Fradkov's First Cabinet
Mikhail Fradkov's First Cabinet was a cabinet of the government of the Russian Federation during the presidential election of 2004, preceded by the cabinet of Mikhail Kasyanov, who had been dismissed by President Vladimir Putin on February 24, 2004, and followed by Mikhail Fradkov's Second Cabinet...
was formed.
Ministers
| Minister | Period of office |
|---|---|
| Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov Mikhail Kasyanov Mikhail Mikhailovich Kasyanov - was the Prime Minister of Russia from May 2000 to February 2004.He is the leader of the People's Democratic Union and an ex-member of the opposition coalition "The Other Russia".-Political career:... |
May 17, 2000 – February 24, 2004 |
| Viktor Khristenko Viktor Khristenko Viktor Borisovich Khristenko is the current Russian Minister of Industry and former First Deputy Prime Minister.-Personal life:... (acting) |
February 24, 2004 - March 5, 2004 |
| Deputy Prime Minister Viktor Khristenko Viktor Khristenko Viktor Borisovich Khristenko is the current Russian Minister of Industry and former First Deputy Prime Minister.-Personal life:... |
May 19, 2000 - February 24, 2004 |
| Deputy Prime Minister Ilya Klebanov Ilya Klebanov Ilya Iosifovich Klebanov is a Russian politician. He currently is the Plenipotentiary Presidential Envoy to the Northwestern Federal District of the Russian Federation.... |
May 19, 2000 - February 18, 2002 |
| Deputy Prime Minister Valentina Matvienko |
May 19, 2000 – March 11, 2003 |
| Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Finance Alexey Kudrin |
May 19, 2000 – March 9, 2004 |
| Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Agriculture Alexey Gordeyev Alexey Gordeyev Alexey Vasiliyevich Gordeyev ]] in the German Democratic Republic) is a Russian politician and is the current Governor of Voronezh Oblast.He previously was Minister of Ariculture under Vladimir Putin's presidency.-External links:... |
May 20, 2000 – March 9, 2004 |
| Minister for Antimonopoly Policy and Support of Entrepreneurship Ilya Yuzhanov |
May 19, 2000 – March 9, 2004 |
| Minister of Atomic Energy Yevgeny Adamov Yevgeny Adamov Yevgeny Olegovich Adamov was the head of the Russian atomic energy ministry, MinAtom. He was appointed by President Boris Yeltsin in 1998 and ousted by President Vladimir Putin in 2001.Adamov, a nuclear physicist, then joined the Dollezhal Institute.... |
May 19, 2000 – March 28, 2001 |
| Alexander Rumyantsev Alexander Rumyantsev Count Alexander Ivanovich Rumyantsev was an assistant of Peter the Great and father of Field Marshal Peter Rumyantsev-Zadunaisky. He came from the Rumyantsev family which, though little known and documented in the 17th century, later claimed descent from a prominent 14th-century boyar.Alexander... |
March 28, 2001 - March 9, 2004 |
| Minister of the Interior Vladimir Rushaylo |
May 18, 2000 – March 28, 2001 |
| Boris Gryzlov Boris Gryzlov Boris Vyacheslavovich Gryzlov , is a Russian politician and current Speaker of Russia's State Duma . He is one of the leaders of the largest Russian political party, United Russia... |
March 28, 2001 – December 29, 2003 |
| Rashid Nurgaliyev Rashid Nurgaliyev Rashid Gumarovich Nurgaliyev is a Russian general and politician of the Tatars descent. Since 2002, he has been the minister of the Internal Affairs of Russia.-Early years:... (acting) |
December 29, 2003 – March 9, 2004 |
| Minister of Emergencies Sergei Shoigu Sergei Shoigu Sergey Kuzhugetovich Shoygu is a Russian political figure who has been Minister of Emergency Situations since 1994. He is a ethnic Tuvan and holds the military rank of General of the Army. He is also the President of the International Sport Federation of Firefighters and Rescuers... |
May 18, 2000 – March 9, 2004 |
| Minister of Mass Media Mikhail Lesin Mikhail Lesin Mikhail Yuriyevich Lesin is a Russian political figure, and currently an adviser to the Russian president. Lesin is credited as the creator of the RT television news network "to establish a news channel that would counter CNN and BBC -- with a Moscow spin"... |
May 19, 2000 – March 9, 2004 |
| Minister of Federal, Ethnic and Migration Policy Alexander Blokhin |
May 19, 2000 – October 16, 2001 |
| Minister of Ethnic Policy Vladimir Zorin |
December 6, 2001 – March 9, 2004 |
| Minister of Health Yury Shevchenko |
May 19, 2000 – March 9, 2004 |
| Minister of Property Relations Farit Gazizullin |
May 19, 2000 – March 9, 2004 |
| Minister of External Affairs Igor Ivanov Igor Ivanov Igor Sergeyevich Ivanov is a Russian politician and was Russian Foreign Minister from 1998 to 2004.- Early life :... |
May 18, 2000 – March 9, 2004 |
| Minister of Culture Mikhail Shvydkoy |
May 19, 2000 – March 9, 2004 |
| Minister of Taxes Gennady Bukaev |
May 19, 2000 – March 9, 2004 |
| Minister of Defence Igor Sergeev |
May 18, 2000 – March 28, 2001 |
| Sergey Ivanov | March 28, 2001 – March 9, 2004 |
| Minister of Education Vladimir Filippov |
May 19, 2000 – March 9, 2004 |
| Minister of Natural Resources Boris Yatskevich |
May 19, 2000 – June 16, 2001 |
| Vitaly Artyukhov | June 16, 2001 – March 9, 2004 |
| Minister of Industry, Science and Technologies Alexander Dondukov |
May 19, 2000 – October 16, 2001 |
| Ilya Klebanov Ilya Klebanov Ilya Iosifovich Klebanov is a Russian politician. He currently is the Plenipotentiary Presidential Envoy to the Northwestern Federal District of the Russian Federation.... |
October 16, 2001 – November 1, 2003 |
| Andrey Fursenko (acting) | December 6, 2003 – March 9, 2004 |
| Minister of Railways Nikolay Aksyonenko |
May 19, 2000 – January 3, 2002 |
| Gennady Fadeev | January 4, 2002 – September 22, 2003 |
| Minister of Telecommunications and Informatization Leonid Reiman Leonid Reiman Leonid Dododzhonovich Reiman, in Russian: Леонид Дододжонович Рейман; born July 12, 1957 in Leningrad is a Russian businessman and government official, former Minister of Communications and Information Technologies of the Russian Federation... |
May 19, 2000 – March 9, 2004 |
| Minister of Transport Sergey Frank |
May 19, 2000 – March 9, 2004 |
| Minister of Labor and Welfare Development Alexander Pochinok |
May 19, 2000 – March 9, 2004 |
| Minister of Economic Development and Trade German Gref German Gref German Oskarovich Gref , born February 8, 1964) is a Russian economist of German ethnicity, the founder of Center of the Strategic Development. He was the Minister of Economics and Trade of Russia from May 2000 to September 2007... |
May 19, 2000 – March 9, 2004 |
| Minister of Energy Alexander Gavrin |
May 20, 2000 – February 5, 2001 |
| Igor Yusufov | June 16, 2001 – March 9, 2004 |
| Minister of Justice Yury Chaika Yury Chaika Yury Yakovlevich Chaika is the current Prosecutor General of Russia.-Career:Chaika began his career as an electrician in a shipyard. After serving in the army, he graduated from Sverdlovsk Institute of Law in 1976 and began work at Irkutsk Oblast Prosecutor's Office where he served as an... |
May 18, 2000 – March 9, 2004 |
| Minister – Chief of Staff of the Government Igor Shuvalov Igor Shuvalov Igor Ivanovich Shuvalov is a Russian lawyer and politician. He currently serves as First Deputy Prime Minister in Vladimir Putin's Second Cabinet. According to the order of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, he is to perform the duty of Prime Minister when Putin is out of office... |
May 19, 2000 – May 28, 2003 |
| Konstantin Merzlikin | May 28, 2003 – March 9, 2004 |
| Minister for the Chechen Republic Vladimir Yelagin |
November 28, 2000 – November 6, 2002 |
| Stanislav Ilyasov | November 6, 2002 – March 9, 2004 |
External links
- Kasyanov's Cabinet, Politika.su (in Russian).