Vladimir Putin's Second Cabinet (May 2008–present time) is a cabinet of the government

Government of Russia

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 of the Russian Federation

Russia

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 following the Russian presidential election, 2008

Russian presidential election, 2008

The Russian Presidential election of 2008, held on March 2, 2008 resulted in the election of Dmitry Medvedev as the third President of Russia. Medvedev, whose candidacy was supported by incumbent president Vladimir Putin and five political parties , received 71% of the vote, and defeated...

 that resulted in the election of Dmitry Medvedev

Dmitry Medvedev

Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev is the third President of the Russian Federation.Born to a family of academics, Medvedev graduated from the Law Department of Leningrad State University in 1987. He defended his dissertation in 1990 and worked as a docent at his alma mater, now renamed to Saint...

 as the third President of Russia. The second 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...

, was appointed to the position of the Prime Minister of Russia

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....

. The cabinet followed Viktor Zubkov's Cabinet.

In the new cabinet the number of Deputy Prime Ministers increased from five to seven. Viktor Zubkov (former Prime Minister) 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...

 were appointed First Deputy Prime Ministers, while Igor Sechin

Igor Sechin

Igor Ivanovich Sechin is a Russian official, considered a close ally of Vladimir Putin. Sechin is often described as one of Putin's most conservative counselors and the leader of the Kremlin's Siloviki faction, a statist lobby gathering former security services agents...

, Sergey Sobyanin, Alexander Zhukov

Alexander Zhukov

Alexander Dmitriyevich Zhukov is a Russian economist and politician, member of the State Duma . He is the Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation since 9 March 2004.-Family:...

, Sergei Ivanov

Sergei Ivanov

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 and Alexei Kudrin

Alexei Kudrin

Alexei Leonidovich Kudrin was the Minister of Finance and Deputy Prime Minister of Russia from 18 May 2000 to 26 September 2011. After graduating with degrees in finance and economics, Kudrin worked in the administration of Saint Petersburg's liberal Mayor Anatoly Sobchak. In 1996 he started...

 received positions of Deputy Prime Ministers. Igor Sechin, former Deputy Chief of the Presidential Administration of Russia

Presidential Administration of Russia

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 is responsible for the industry; Alexei Kudrin is responsible for the finances; and Alexander Zhukov is responsible for the National Priority Projects

National Priority Projects

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Alexandr Konovalov

Alexandr Konovalov

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, former presidential representative to the Volga Federal District

Volga Federal District

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 and a student of Dmitry Medvedev became Minister for Justice

Justice Minister

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.

Alexei Kudrin kept the position of the Minister of Finance. Rashid Nurgaliyev

Rashid Nurgaliyev

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 kept the position of the Minister of Internal Affairs

Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs

The Ministerstvo Vnutrennikh Del is the interior ministry of Russia. Its predecessor was founded in 1802 by Alexander I in Imperial Russia...

. Sergey Lavrov

Sergey Lavrov

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 kept the position of the Foreign Minister of Russia

Foreign Minister of Russia

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. Sergey Shoigu kept the position of the Minister for Emergency Situations. Anatoliy Serdyukov

Anatoliy Serdyukov

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 kept his position of the Defense Minister of Russia. Elvira Nabiullina

Elvira Nabiullina

Elvira Sakhipzadovna Nabiullina is a Russian economist who was appointed as Minister of Economic Development and Trade of Russia on September 24, 2007...

 kept her position as Minister for Economics and Trade. Igor Levitin

Igor Levitin

Igor Yevgeniyevich Levitin is a Russian political figure who has been Minister of Transport since March 9, 2004.Between 1973 and 1980 Levitin served in the Soviet armed forces in Odessa and then with the Armies Southern Division...

 kept his position as the Transport Minister.

Tatiana Golikova

Tatiana Golikova

Tatiana Golikova is a Russian economist. She graduated from Plekhanov Institute of the National Economy with a specialization in labour economics in 1987...

 kept the position of the Minister of Health and Social Development. Her husband, Viktor Khristenko

Viktor Khristenko

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, received the position of Minister for Industry (before he was the Minister for Industry and Energy), while the former head of Atomstroyexport

Atomstroyexport

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, Sergei Shmatko

Sergei Shmatko

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, became the Minister for Energy.

Alexey Gordeyev

Alexey Gordeyev

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 kept his position as Minister for Agriculture. Yuri Trutnev

Yuri Trutnev

Yuri Petrovich Trutnev is a Russian politician. Since 2004, he is Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment of the Russian Federation.-Local government:...

 kept his position as Minister of Natural Resources. Dmitry Kozak

Dmitry Kozak

Dmitry Nikolayevich Kozak , is a Russian politician, serving since October 2008 as deputy Prime minister of the Russian Federation....

 kept his position as Regional Development Minister and Andrei Fursenko

Andrei Fursenko

Andrei Aleksandrovich Fursenko is a Russian politician, scientist and businessman. Currently he is the Minister of Education and Science of the Russian Federation.-Family and education:...

 kept his position as Minister of Education and Science.

Minister for the Information and Mass Communications became Igor Schegolev. Alexander Avdeyev

Alexander Alexeyevich Avdeyev

Alexander Alexeyevich Avdeyev is a Russian politician and diplomat. He is minister of Culture of the Russian Federation since 2008.From 2002 to 2007 he was Ambassador of the Russian Federation to France.- External links :* *...

, former ambassador to France

France

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, became Minister for Culture.

There was created new Ministry for Sport, Tourism and Youth Policy headed by Vitaly Mutko, former President of Russian Football Union.

There was also created new Agency for Commonwealth of Independent States

Commonwealth of Independent States

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 Affairs (Агентство по делам СНГ) but the head of it was not appointed yet (as of May 29, 2008). Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov rejected rumors that he is supposed to fill the vacation