Prime Minister of Russia

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

Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Председатель Правительства Российской Федерации
Logo Government of Russia
Flag of Russia
Incumbent Mikhail Mishustin since 16 January 2020
Style	Mr. Chairman By name and patronymic (currently Mikhail Vladimirovich) His Excellency (informal international correspondence)
Member of	Government Security Council
Reports to	President State Duma
Residence	White House (working)
Seat	Moscow
Appointer	President of Russia, with the consent of the State Duma
Term length	No fixed term Resigns before the newly elected President, but may be reappointed again
Constituting instrument	Constitution of Russia
Inaugural holder	Count Sergei Witte (as Prime Minister of Russian Empire) Georgy Lvov (as Chairman of the Russian Provisional Government) Vladimir Lenin (as Premier of the Soviet Union) Boris Yeltsin (as Prime Minister of Russian Federation)
Formation	6 November 1905
Deputy	First Deputy Prime Minister Deputy Prime Ministers
Website	Official website

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.

• 
  Ivan Silayev
  served 1990–1991
  Born (1930-10-21) 21 October 1930 (age 94)
• 
  Sergey Kiriyenko
  served 1998
  Born (1962-07-26) 26 July 1962 (age 63)
• 
  Sergei Stepashin
  served 1999
  Born (1952-03-02) 2 March 1952 (age 73)
• 
  Vladimir Putin
  served 1999–2000 and 2008–2012
  Born (1952-10-07) 7 October 1952 (age 72)
• 
  Mikhail Kasyanov
  served 2000–2004
  Born (1957-12-08) 8 December 1957 (age 67)
• 
  Mikhail Fradkov
  served 2004–2007
  Born (1950-09-01) 1 September 1950 (age 74)
• 
  Viktor Zubkov
  served 2007–2008
  Born (1941-09-15) 15 September 1941 (age 83)
• 
  Dmitry Medvedev
  served 2012–2020
  Born (1965-09-14) 14 September 1965 (age 59)

Other websites

• Official Website of the Prime Minister of Russia (in Russian)