Cabinet of Boris Yeltsin and Yegor Gaidar

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Cabinet of Boris Yeltsin and Yegor Gaidar

42nd Cabinet of Russia
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
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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, which was in office from 6 November 1991 to 23 December 1992.[1]

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 14 December 1992, the Cabinet was directed by the acting Prime Minister Gaidar.

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

Gaidar was replaced by the cabinet of Viktor Chernomyrdin.

Ministers

Ministries and committees in italics have been renamed, merged or abolished.

Portfolio Minister Took office Left office Party
Chairman of the Government6 November 199115 June 1992 Independent
Yegor Gaidar (acting)
15 June 199214 December 1992 Independent
14 December 199223 December 1992 Independent
First Deputy Chairman of the Government6 November 199114 April 1992 Independent
First Deputy Chairman of the Government2 March 199215 December 1992 Independent
First Deputy Chairman of the Government2 June 199223 December 1992 Independent
Deputy Chairman of the Government on Social Policy6 November 199123 December 1992 Independent
Deputy Chairman of the Government on Economic Policy6 November 19912 March 1992 Independent
Deputy Chairman of the Government on the Fuel and Energy Complex30 May 199214 December 1992 Independent
Deputy Chairman of the Government12 December 1991
11 November 1992		20 April 1992
23 December 1992		 Independent
Deputy Chairman of the Government22 February 199225 November 1992 Independent
Deputy Chairman of the Government2 March 199223 December 1992 Independent
Deputy Chairman of the Government20 May 199223 December 1992 Independent
Deputy Chairman of the Government1 June 199223 December 1992 Independent
Deputy Chairman of the Government4 June 199223 December 1992 Independent
Ministry of Architecture, Construction and Housing and Communal Services27 November 199130 September 1992 Independent
Ministry of Security and Interior19 December 199114 January 1992 Independent
Ministry of Security24 January 199223 December 1992 Independent
Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations
Viktor Yaroshenko (acting)
6 November 199111 November 1991 Independent
22 February 199223 December 1992 Independent
Ministry of Internal Affairs
Andrey Dunaev
6 November 199115 January 1992 Independent
15 January 199223 December 1992 Independent
Ministry of Health
Vyacheslav Kalinin (acting)
6 November 19915 December 1991 Independent
Andrey Vorobyov
14 November 1991
28 October 1992		23 October 1992
23 December 1992		 Independent
Ministry of Foreign Affairs6 November 199123 December 1992 Independent
Ministry of Culture and Tourism
Yury Solomin (acting)
6 November 19915 December 1991 Independent
Evgeny Sidorov
5 February 199230 September 1992 Independent
Ministry of Forestry
Valery Shubin (acting)
6 November 19914 December 1991 Independent
Ministry of Science, Higher Education and Technical Policy11 November 199123 December 1992 Independent
Ministry of Defence
Boris Yeltsin (acting)
16 March 199218 May 1992 Independent
18 May 199223 December 1992 Independent
Ministry of Education
Eduard Dneprov
6 November 19914 December 1992 Independent
Evgeny Tkachenko (acting)
5 December 199223 December 1992 Independent
Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources
Viktor Danilov-Danilyan
12 November 199223 December 1992 Independent
Ministry of Press and Information6 November 199125 November 1992 Independent
Ministry of Atomic Energy
Viktor Mikhaylov
2 March 199223 December 1992 Independent
Ministry of Industry
Viktor Kisin (acting)
6 November 19915 December 1991 Independent
Alexander Titkin
15 November 199130 September 1992 Independent
Ministry of Railways
Gennady Fadeev
20 January 199223 December 1992 Independent
Ministry of Agriculture
Gennady Kulik (acting)
6 November 199115 November 1991 Independent
Viktor Khlystun
15 November 199130 September 1992 Independent
Ministry of Social Protection15 November 199123 December 1992 Independent
Ministry of Communications10 November 199123 December 1992 Independent
Ministry of Fuel and Energy10 November 199130 May 1992 Independent
Ministry of Trade and Material Resources
Alexander Khlystov (acting)
6 November 19915 December 1991 Independent
Stanislav Anisimov
10 November 199116 September 1992 Independent
Ministry of Transport
Vitaly Efimov
6 November 199123 December 1992 Independent
Ministry of Labour10 November 199114 June 1992 Independent
Gennady Melikyan
14 June 199223 December 1992 Independent
Ministry of Finance
Igor Lazarev
6 November 199111 November 1991 Independent
11 November 19912 April 1992 Independent
Vasily Barchuk
2 April 199223 December 1992 Independent
Ministry of Justice
Nikolay Fyodorov
6 November 199123 December 1992 Independent
Ministry of Economics
Evgeny Saburov (acting)
6 November 19915 December 1991 Independent
5 December 199119 February 1992 Independent
19 February 199223 December 1992 Independent
Ministry of Ecology
Igor Gavrilov
6 November 19913 December 1991 Independent
Viktor Danilov-Danilyan
3 December 199130 September 1992 Independent
Federal Security Agency (with ministry rights)
Viktor Ivanenko
26 November 199115 January 1992 Independent
15 January 199224 January 1992 Independent
Federal Center for Land and Agro-Industrial Reform (with ministry rights)
Vitaly Ermolenko
1 August 199223 December 1992 Independent
Committee for State Security
Viktor Ivanenko
6 November 199126 November 1991 Independent
State Committee for Antimonopoly Policy and Support for New Economic Structures
Leonid Bochin
30 September 199223 December 1992 Independent
SC for Civil Defense, Emergency Situations and Elimination of Consequences of Natural Disasters6 November 199123 December 1992 Independent
State Committee for Conversion Affairs
Mikhail Bazhanov
19 November 199124 February 1992 Independent
State Committee for National Policy27 February 199215 October 1992 Independent
11 November 199223 December 1992 Independent
State Committee for Defense Issues
Pavel Grachev (acting)
13 November 199126 March 1992 Independent
State Committee for Social Protection of Citizens and Rehabilitation of
Territories Affected by Chernobyl and Other Radiation Disasters
Semyon Voloshchuk
20 November 19915 May 1992 Independent
Vasily Vozniak
20 November 199123 December 1992 Independent
State Committee for the Socio-Economic Development of the North
Vladimir Kuramin
25 February 199223 December 1992 Independent
State Committee for State Property Management10 November 199123 December 1992 Independent
State Committee for Economic Cooperation with the CIS Member States
Vladimir Mashits
27 December 199123 December 1992 Independent
State Customs Committee
Anatoly Kruglov (acting)
30 September 199223 December 1992 Independent
Central Bank14 November 199223 December 1992 Independent

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.
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