Yevgeny Primakov's Cabinet
Cabinet of Yevgeny Primakov | |
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Status in legislature | Coalition |
Opposition party | Yabloko |
Opposition leader | Grigory Yavlinsky |
History | |
Predecessor | Kirienko |
Successor | Stepashin |
Yevgeny Primakov's Cabinet (September 11, 1998, - May 12, 1999) was the seventh cabinet of government of the
Sergei Kiriyenko's Cabinet fallen as a result of the 1998 Russian financial crisis and followed by Sergei Stepashin's Cabinet. It was led by Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov, proposed by President Boris Yeltsin on September 10, 1998, as Viktor Chernomyrdin had failed to be approved by the State Duma twice by September 7 (August 31: 94 in favor, 252 against, nobody abstained, September 7: 138 in favor, 273 against, 1 abstained) [1]; According to the Constitution of Russia, if parliament rejects the president's nomination three times, then parliament must be dissolved and a general election held. On September 11 Primakov was approved by the Duma as Prime Minister (317 in favor, 63 against, 15 abstained) and appointed Prime Minister by the President. In the State Duma only Vladimir Zhirinovsky's Liberal Democratic Party of Russia
was both in favor of Chernomyrdin and against Primakov.
Fourteen ministers of the government out of thirty-one held positions in the
Zadornov, Krasheninnikov
(the same positions).
According to the Russian legislation, the ministers were appointed by the President.
On May 12, 1999 Yeltsin sacked the government and Prime Minister and claimed that Primakov had failed to improve the economy after the 1998 Russian financial crisis. By then Primakov had become the most popular Russian politician. The real reason of the government reshuffle was considered linked to the upcoming start of impeachment hearings against Yeltsin in the State Duma (Primakov refused to fire ministers belonging to the Communist Party).[2]
Ministers
Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office | Party | |
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Chairman of the Government | 11 September 1998 | 12 May 1999 | Independent | ||
12 May 1999 | 19 May 1999 | Independent | |||
First Deputy Chairman of the Government for Economy and Finance | 11 September 1998 | 19 May 1999 | Communist | ||
First Deputy Chairman of the Government for Regions, Youth and Nationalities | 18 September 1998 | 27 April 1999 | Independent | ||
27 April 1999 | 19 May 1999 | Independent | |||
First Deputy Chairman of the Government | 12 May 1999 | 19 May 1999 | Independent | ||
Deputy Chairman of the Government | 16 September 1998 | 19 May 1999 | NDR | ||
21 September 1998 | 19 May 1999 | APR | |||
24 September 1998 | 19 May 1999 | Independent | |||
11 September 1998 | 28 September 1998 | Independent | |||
16 September 1998 | 30 September 1998 | Independent | |||
Deputy Chairman of the Government | 11 September 1998 | 28 September 1998 | FR | ||
Ministry of Foreign Affairs | 11 September 1998 | 19 May 1999 | Independent | ||
Ministry of Defence | 11 September 1998 | 19 May 1999 | Independent | ||
Ministry of Internal Affairs | 11 September 1998 | 19 May 1999 | Independent | ||
Mikhail Zadornov | 11 September 1998 | 19 May 1999 | Independent | ||
Ministry of Railways | 11 September 1998 | 19 May 1999 | Independent | ||
Ministry of General and Professional Education | 30 September 1998 | 19 May 1999 | Independent | ||
Ministry of Emergency Situations | 11 September 1998 | 19 May 1999 | Independent | ||
Ministry for Antimonopoly Policy and Entrepreneurship Support | 28 October 1998 | 19 May 1999 | Communist | ||
Ministry of Economics | 25 September 1998 | 19 May 1999 | Independent | ||
Ministry of Justice | 25 September 1998 | 19 May 1999 | Independent | ||
Ministry of Commonwealth of Independent States Affairs | 25 September 1998 | 19 May 1999 | Independent | ||
Ministry of Science and Technology | 25 September 1998 | 19 May 1999 | NDR | ||
Ministry of Transport | 11 September 1998 | 19 May 1999 | Independent | ||
Ministry of Fuel and Energy | 11 September 1998 | 19 May 1999 | Independent | ||
Ministry of Agriculture and Food | 11 September 1998 | 19 May 1999 | APR | ||
Ministry of State Property | 11 September 1998 | 19 May 1999 | Independent | ||
Ministry of Culture | 30 September 1998 | 19 May 1999 | Independent | ||
Ministry of Labour and Social Development | 30 September 1998 | 19 May 1999 | LDPR | ||
Ministry of Natural Resources | 6 October 1998 | 19 May 1999 | Independent | ||
Ministry of Atomic Energy | 30 September 1998 | 19 May 1999 | Independent | ||
Ministry of Health | 30 September 1998 | 19 May 1999 | Independent | ||
Ministry of National Policy | 25 September 1998 | 19 May 1999 | PRES | ||
Ministry of Regional Policy | 30 September 1998 | 19 May 1999 | Independent | ||
Ministry of Trade | 25 September 1998 | 19 May 1999 | Independent | ||
Ministry of Taxes and Duties | 23 December 1998 | 19 May 1999 | NDR | ||
Head of the Apparatus of the Government of Russia | 14 September 1998 | 19 May 1999 | Independent |
References
- ^ Политическая принадлежность членов Правительства РФ
- ^ "Europe Russia gripped by power struggle". BBC. 12 May 1999. Retrieved 26 August 2013.