Cabinet of Boris Yeltsin and Yegor Gaidar

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Cabinet of Boris Yeltsin and Yegor Gaidar
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42nd Cabinet of Russia
Борис Николаевич Ельцин.jpg Gaidar in 2008 - crop.jpg
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

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. Worked from 6 November 1991 to 23 December 1992.[1]

Boris 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 15 December 1992, the Cabinet directed the acting Prime Minister Yegor Gaidar.

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

It was replaced by the cabinet of Viktor Chernomyrdin.

Ministers[]

Ministry (Committee)[2] Minister Period
President as head of Cabinet Boris Yeltsin 6 November 1991 — 15 June 1992
Prime Minister Yegor Gaidar (acting) 15 June — 15 December 1992
First Deputy Prime Ministers Gennady Burbulis 6 November 1991 — 14 April 1992
Yegor Gaidar 2 March — 15 December 1992
Vladimir Shumeyko 2 June — 23 December 1992
Deputy Prime Minister on social policy Alexander Shokhin 6 November 1991 — 23 December 1992
Deputy Prime Minister on economic policy Yegor Gaidar 6 November 1991 — 2 March 1992
Deputy Prime Minister on the fuel and energy complex Viktor Chernomyrdin 30 May — 23 December 1992
Deputy Prime Ministers Sergey Shakhray 12 December 1991 — 20 April 1992,
11 November — 23 December 1992
Mikhail Poltoranin 22 February — 25 November 1992
Valery Makharadze 2 March — 23 December 1992
Georgy Khizha 20 May — 23 December 1992
Anatoly Chubais 1 June — 23 December 1992
Boris Saltykov 4 June — 23 December 1992
Ministry of Atomic Energy Viktor Mikhailov 2 March — 23 December 1992
Ministry of Security Viktor Barannikov 19 December 1991 — 23 December 1992
Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations Viktor Yaroshenko (acting) 6 — 11 November 1991
Peter Aven 22 February — 23 December 1992
Ministry of Interior 14 November 1991 — 15 January 1992
Viktor Yerin 15 January — 23 December 1992
Ministry of Health 14 November 1991 — 23 October 1992
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Andrei Kozyrev 14 November 1991 — 23 December 1992
Ministry of Culture Yuri Solomin (acting) until 5 December 1991
Yevgeny Sidorov 5 February — 23 December 1992
Ministry of Science, Higher Education and Technical Policy Boris Saltykov 11 November 1991 — 23 December 1992
Ministry of Defence Boris Yeltsin (acting) 16 March — 18 May 1992
Pavel Grachev 18 May — 23 December 1992
Ministry of Education 10 November 1991 — 4 December 1992
(acting) 5 — 23 December 1992
Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources 12 November 1991 — 23 December 1992
Ministry of Press and Information Mikhail Poltoranin 3 December 1991 — 25 November 1992
Ministry of Railways 20 January — 23 December 1992
Ministry of Agriculture Gennady Kulik (acting) until 15 November 1991
Viktor Khlystun 15 November 1991 — 30 September 1992
Ministry of Social Protection Ella Pamfilova 15 November 1991 — 23 December 1992
Ministry of Communications Vladimir Bulgak 10 November 1991 — 23 December 1992
Ministry of Fuel and Energy Vladimir Lopukhin 10 November 1991 — 30 May 1992
Ministry of Transportation 13 November 1991 — 23 December 1992
Ministry of Labor 14 June — 23 December 1992
Ministry of Justice Nikolay Fyodorov 10 November 1991 — 23 December 1992
Ministry of Economics Yevgeny Saburov until 5 December 1991
Andrey Nechaev 19 February — 23 December 1992
Federal Centre for Land and agro-industrial reform 1 August — 23 December 1992
Central Bank Viktor Gerashchenko 14 November 1991 — 23 December 1992
State Committee for Anti-Monopoly Policy and Support of new economic structures 30 September — 23 December 1992
State Committee for Nuclear and Radiation Safety
State Committee of Sanitary and Epidemiological Surveillance Yevgeny Belyaev
State Committee for socio-economic development of the North 25 February — 23 December 1992
State Committee for social protection of citizens
and the rehabilitation of areas affected by the Chernobyl and other radiation accidents
20 November 1991 — 5 May 1992
20 July — 23 December 1992
State Customs Committee
State Committee for Management of State Property Anatoly Chubais 10 November 1991 — 23 December 1992
State Committee for Emergency Situations Sergey Shoygu 24 October — 23 December 1992
State Committee for Economic Cooperation with the Member States of
the Commonwealth of Independent States
27 December 1991 — 23 December 1992
Head of Government Staff

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.
  2. ^ "Составы правительств с 1990 по 1998 год: справка". Российская газета.
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