Viktor Chernomyrdin's First Cabinet

Viktor Chernomyrdin's First Cabinet acted under President of Russia Boris Yeltsin from 23 December 1992 to August 9, 1996. Until December 25, 1993 the official name was Council of Ministers, and since that date, with the coming into law of the Constitution of Russia under the term "Government".[3]

First cabinet of Viktor Chernomyrdin
43rd Cabinet of Russia
Date formed	23 December 1992[1]
Date dissolved	9 August 1996
People and organisations
Head of state	Boris Yeltsin
Head of government	Viktor Chernomyrdin
Deputy head of government	Vladimir Shumeyko Yegor Gaidar Oleg Soskovets Anatoly Chubais Vladimir Kadannikov Oleg Lobov
No. of ministers	30
Member party	Our Home - Russia Russia's Choice Agrarian Party Party of Russian Unity and Accord Democratic Party[2]
Status in legislature	Coalition
Opposition party	Liberal Democratic Party (1993-1995) Communist Party (1995-1996)
Opposition leader	Vladimir Zhirinovsky (1993-1995) Gennady Zyuganov (1995-1996)
History
Predecessor	Yeltsin – Gaidar
Successor	Chernomyrdin II

During the formation of the cabinet, a number of Gaidar loyalists resigned from their posts.[4]

Composition

Post	Image	Name	Party		Period
Prime Minister		Viktor Chernomyrdin		Independent (1992–95)	14 December 1992 – 9 August 1996
				Our Home – Russia (1995–96)
Deputy Prime Ministers
First Deputy Prime Minister		Vladimir Shumeyko		Independent	23 December 1992 – 12 December 1993
First Deputy Prime Minister		Oleg Lobov		Independent	15 April 1993 – 18 September 1993 18 June 1996 – 14 August 1996
First Deputy Prime Minister		Oleg Soskovets		Independent	30 April 1993 – 20 June 1996
First Deputy Prime Minister		Yegor Gaidar		Independent (1993–94)	18 September 1993 – 12 December 1993
				Democratic Choice of Russia (1994)
First Deputy Prime Minister		Anatoly Chubais		Democratic Choice of Russia	5 November 1994 – 16 January 1996
First Deputy Prime Minister		Vladimir Kadannikov		Independent	25 January 1996 – 9 August 1996
Deputy Prime Minister		Alexander Shokhin			23 December 1992 – 20 January 1994
Deputy Prime Minister		Georgy Khizha			2 December 1992 – 11 May 1993
Deputy Prime Minister		Boris Saltykov			23 December 1992 – 25 March 1993
Deputy Prime Minister		Sergey Shakhray			23 December 1992 – 20 January 1994
Deputy Prime Minister		Yury Yarov			23 December 1992 – 24 July 1996
Deputy Prime Minister		Boris Fyodorov			23 December 1992 – 20 January 1994
Deputy Prime Minister		Alexander Zaveryukha			10 February 1993 – 9 August 1996
Federal Ministers
Minister of Agriculture
		Alexander Zaveryukha (acting)		Agrarian Party of Russia	12 January 1996 – 14 May 1996
Minister of Defence		Pavel Grachev			23 December 1992 – 18 June 1996
		Igor Rodionov			17 July 1996 – 9 August 1996
Minister of Economy		Andrey Nechaev			23 December 1992 – 25 March 1993
		Oleg Lobov			15 April 1993 — 18 September 1993
		Alexander Shokhin			20 January 1994 — 6 November 1994
		Yevgeny Yasin			8 November 1994 — 9 August 1996
Minister of Education
Minister of Emergency Situations		Sergey Shoygu		Independent (1992–95)	23 December 1992 — 9 August 1996
				Our Home – Russia (1995–96)
Minister of Foreign Affairs		Andrey Kozyrev		Independent	23 December 1992 — 5 January 1996
		Yevgeny Primakov		Independent	10 January 1996 — 9 August 1996
Minister of Health and Social Development
Minister of Industry, Science and Technologies
Minister of Internal Affairs		Viktor Yerin		Independent	23 December 1992 — 30 June 1995
		Anatoly Kulikov		Independent	6 July 1995 — 9 August 1996
Minister of Justice		Nikolay Fyodorov			23 December 1992 — 24 March 1993
		Yuri Khamzatovich Kalmykov			13 April 1993 — 7 December 1994
		Valentin Alekseevich Kovalyov			5 January 1995 — 9 August 1996
Minister of Railways		Gennady Fadeyev			23 December 1996 – 9 August 1996
Minister of Transport		Vitaly Yefimov			23 December 1992 – 10 January 1996
		Nikolai Tsakh			12 January 1996 – 9 August 1996
Minister of Security		Viktor Barannikov			23 December 1992 – 27 July 1993
		Nikolai Golushko (acting)			28 July 1993 – 21 December 1993

References

1. Первое Правительство Черномырдина. 1992-1996
2. Политическая принадлежность членов Правительства РФ
3. Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 23 декабря 1993 г. № 2277 «О преобразовании и реорганизации Совета Министров — Правительства Российской Федерации»
4. Bohlen, Celestine (December 12, 1992). "Some Continuity in Reshaped Russia Cabinet". www.nytimes.com. New York Times. Retrieved October 2, 2018.