List of Culture Ministers of Russia

This is a list of Ministers of Culture of Russia.

Russian SFSR[]

Ministers of Culture (1953–1992)[]

Minister			Political party	Term of Office
			Communist Party	1 April 1953	24 May 1958
			Communist Party	24 May 1958	17 November 1965
			Communist Party	17 November 1965	28 February 1974
			Communist Party	28 February 1974	14 July 1990
		Yury Solomin	Independent	8 September 1990	5 December 1991
			Independent	5 February 1992	27 March 1992[1]

Russian Federation[]

Minister of Culture and Tourism (1992)[]

Minister			Political party	Term of Office		Cabinet
			Independent	27 March 1992	30 September 1992	Yeltsin–Gaidar

Ministers of Culture (1992–2004)[]

Minister			Political party	Term of Office		Cabinet
			Independent	23 December 1992	28 August 1997	Chernomyrdin I
						Chernomyrdin II
			Independent	28 August 1997	30 September 1998
						Kiriyenko
			Independent	30 September 1998	8 February 2000	Primakov
						Stepashin
						Putin I
		Mikhail Shvydkoy	Independent	8 February 2000	9 March 2004
						Kasyanov

Minister of Culture and Mass Media (2004–2008)[]

Minister			Political party	Term of Office		Cabinet
		Alexander Sokolov	Independent	9 March 2004	12 May 2008	Fradkov I
						Fradkov II
						Zubkov

Ministers of Culture (since 2008)[]

Minister			Political party	Term of Office		Cabinet
		Alexander Avdeyev	Independent	12 May 2008	21 May 2012	Putin II
		Vladimir Medinsky	United Russia	21 May 2012	21 January 2020	Medvedev I
						Medvedev II
		Olga Lyubimova	Independent	21 January 2020	Incumbent	Mishustin

References[]

External links[]

• Ministry of Culture official website