Vladimir Putin's First Cabinet

First cabinet of Vladimir Putin
First cabinet of Vladimir Putin
; 48th Cabinet of Russia
Date formed	16 August 1999
Date dissolved	7 May 2000
People and organisations
Head of state	Boris Yeltsin; Vladimir Putin (Acting)
Head of government	Vladimir Putin; Mikhail Kasyanov (Acting)
Head of government's history	1999–present
Deputy head of government	Mikhail Kasyanov; Nikolay Aksyonenko; Viktor Khristenko
No. of ministers	16
Member party	Unity; Our Home - Russia; Democratic Choice of Russia
Status in legislature	Coalition
Opposition party	Communist Party
Opposition leader	Gennady Zyuganov
History
Predecessor	Stepashin
Successor	Kasyanov

Date formed16 August 1999

Date dissolved7 May 2000

Head of stateBoris Yeltsin
Vladimir Putin (Acting)

Head of governmentVladimir Putin
Mikhail Kasyanov (Acting)

This article contains information about the First Cabinet of Vladimir Putin, in effect from 16 August 1999^[2] to 7 May 2000.^[3] It was followed by Mikhail Kasyanov's Cabinet.

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Office	Minister	Period of office
Prime Minister	Vladimir Putin	August 16, 1999 – May 7, 2000
First Deputy Prime Minister	Mikhail Kasyanov	January 10, 2000 – May 7, 2000
First Deputy Prime Minister	Nikolay Aksyonenko	August 19, 1999 – January 10, 2000
First Deputy Prime Minister	Viktor Khristenko	August 19, 1999 – January 10, 2000
Deputy Prime Minister	Ilya Klebanov	August 16, 1999 – May 7, 2000
Deputy Prime Minister	Valentina Matvienko	August 16, 1999 – May 7, 2000
Deputy Prime Minister	Vladimir Sherback	August 19, 1999 – May 7, 2000
Deputy Prime Minister	Nikolai Koshman [ru]	October 15, 1999 – May 7, 2000
Deputy Prime Minister	Sergey Shoygu	January 10, 2000 – May 7, 2000
Deputy Prime Minister	Viktor Khristenko	January 10, 2000 – May 7, 2000
Minister of Finance	Mikhail Kasyanov	August 16, 1999 – May 7, 2000
Minister of Atomic Energy	Yevgeny Adamov	August 16, 1999 – May 7, 2000
Minister of Agriculture	Alexey Gordeyev	August 16, 1999 – May 7, 2000
Minister for Antimonopoly Policy and Support of Entrepreneurship	Ilya Yuzhanov [ru]	August 16, 1999 – May 7, 2000
Minister of Fuel and Energy	Viktor Kalyuzhny [ru]	August 19, 1999 – May 7, 2000
Minister of the Interior	Vladimir Rushaylo	August 16, 1999 – May 7, 2000
Minister of Emergencies	Sergey Shoygu	August 16, 1999 – May 7, 2000
Minister of Mass Media	Mikhail Lesin	August 16, 1999 – May 7, 2000
Minister of Federal, Ethnic and Migration Policy	Vyacheslav Mikhailov [ru]	August 19, 1999 – January 6, 2000
Minister of Federal, Ethnic and Migration Policy	Alexander Blokhin	January 6, 2000 – May 7, 2000
Minister of Health	Yuri Shevchenko [ru]	August 16, 1999 – May 7, 2000
Minister of Property Relations	Farit Gazizullin [ru]	August 16, 1999 – May 7, 2000
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Igor Ivanov	August 16, 1999 – May 7, 2000
Minister of Culture	Vladimir Yegorov [ru]	August 19, 1999 – February 8, 2000
Minister of Culture	Mikhail Shvydkoy	February 8, 2000 – May 7, 2000
Minister of Taxes	Alexander Pochinok	August 16, 1999 – May 7, 2000
Minister of Defence	Igor Sergeev	August 16, 1999 – May 7, 2000
Minister of Education	Vladimir Filippov	August 16, 1999 – May 7, 2000
Minister of Natural Resources	Boris Yatskevich [ru]	August 16, 1999 – May 7, 2000
Minister of Industry, Science and Technologies	Mikhail Kirpichnikov [ru]	August 19, 1999 – May 7, 2000
Minister of Railways	Vladimir Starostenko	August 19, 1999 – September 16, 1999
Minister of Railways	Nikolay Aksyonenko	September 16, 1999 – May 7, 2000
Minister of Telecommunications and Informatization	Leonid Reiman	November 12, 1999 – May 7, 2000
Minister of Transport	Sergey Frank	August 16, 1999 – May 7, 2000
Minister of Labor and Welfare Development	Sergei Kalashnikov [ru]	August 19, 1999 – May 7, 2000
Minister of Economy	Andrei Shapovalyants [ru]	August 19, 1999 – May 7, 2000
Minister of Trade	Mikhail Fradkov	August 19, 1999 – May 7, 2000
Minister of Justice	Yury Chaika	August 16, 1999 – May 7, 2000
Minister – Chief of Staff of the Government	Dmitry Kozak	August 19, 1999 – May 7, 2000
Minister of Sports, Physical Culture and Tourism	Boris Ivanyuzhenkov	August 19, 1999 – May 7, 2000
Minister for Commonwealth of Independent States	Leonid Drachevsky	August 19, 1999 – May 7, 2000

v t e Cabinets of the Government of Russia
Council of Ministers of the Russian Empire (1905–17)	Witte (1905–06) Goremykin I (May–Jul 1906) Stolypin (1906–11) Kokovtsov (1911–14) Goremykin II (1914–16) Stürmer (Feb–Nov 1916) Trepov (1916–17) Golitsyn (Jan–Mar 1917)
Russian Provisional Government (1917)	Lvov I (Mar–Apr 1917) Lvov II (Apr–Jul 1917) Kerensky I (Jul–Sep 1917) Kerensky II (Sep–Oct 1917) Kerensky III (Oct–Nov 1917)
Governments of the Whites (1918–20)	East: Vologodsky (Nov 1918) Vologodsky–Pepelyayev (1918–20) South: Dragomirov–Lukomsky (1918–19) Lukomsky II (1919–20) Melnikov (Mar 1920) Krivoshein (Apr–Nov 1920)
Council of People's Commissars of the Russian SFSR (1917–46)	Lenin (1917–24) Rykov (1924–29) Syrtsov (1929–30) Sulimov (1930–37) Bulganin I (1937–38) Bulganin II (1938–39) Vakhrushev (1939–40) Khokhlov (1940–43) Kosygin (1943–46)
Council of Ministers of the Russian SFSR (1946–91)	Rodionov I (1946–47) Rodionov II (1947–49) Chernousov I (1949–51) Chernousov II (1951–52) Puzanov I (1952–55) Puzanov II (1955–56) Yasnov (1956–57) Kozlov (1957–58) Polyansky I (1958–59) Polyansky II (1959–62) Voronov I (1962–63) Voronov II (1963–67) Voronov III (1967–71) Solomentsev I (1971–75) Solomentsev II (1975–80) Solomentsev III (1980–83) Vorotnikov I (1983–85) Vorotnikov II (1985–88) Vlasov (1988–90) Silayev I (1990–91) Silayev II (Jul–Nov 1991)
Council of Ministers (1991–93) and Government of the Russian Federation (since 1993)	Yeltsin–Gaidar (1991–92) Chernomyrdin I (1992–96) Chernomyrdin II (1996–98) Kiriyenko (Apr–Aug 1998) Primakov (1998–99) Stepashin (May–Aug 1999) Putin I (1999–2000) Kasyanov (2000–04) Fradkov I (Mar–May 2004) Fradkov II (2004–07) Zubkov (2007–08) Putin II (2008–12) Medvedev I (2012–18) Medvedev II (2018–20) Mishustin I (2020–2024) Mishustin II (since 2024)
See also: Soviet Government Cabinets (1922–1991)

v t e Vladimir Putin
2nd and 4th President of Russia (2000–2008; 2012–present) 33rd Prime Minister of Russia (1999–2000; 2008–2012)
Presidency	Inaugurations first second third fourth fifth Legislation and programs National champions priority projects stabilization fund Putin's Plan Foreign policy International trips United States summits Slovenia 2001 Slovakia 2005 Helsinki 2018 Geneva 2021 Alaska 2025 Budapest 2025 North Korea summits 2019 2023 2024 NTV affair Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty European energy sector Russia–Ukraine gas disputes 2014–2016 financial crisis Syrian civil war military intervention Russo-Ukrainian War 2014 annexation of Crimea Crimean consensus War in Donbas Prelude to the Russian invasion of Ukraine December 2021 ultimatum Donetsk and Luhansk 2022 Ukraine 2022 2022 invasion 2022 mobilization 2022 annexations in Ukraine 2023 Xi Jinping visit to Russia 2024 Vladimir Putin visit to China Arrest warrant Wagner Group rebellion 2024 Ankara prisoner exchange Speeches Munich 2007 Crimea 2014 Valdai 2014 Federal Assembly 2020 Invasion of Ukraine speech Annexation speech Moscow rally, 2022 Moscow rally, 2023 Opposition 2011–2013 protests 2014 anti-war protests 2017–2018 protests 2019 Moscow election protests 2020–2021 Khabarovsk Krai protests 2021 protests 2021 election protests 2022 anti-war protests Grandpa in his bunker Putin khuylo! Putin. Corruption Putin. War Putinversteher Putler Political groups under Vladimir Putin's presidency
Premiership	Cabinets first second International visits Great Recession in Russia Russo-Georgian War Medvedev–Putin tandemocracy Putin Must Go
Electoral history	Presidential elections 2000 campaign 2004 campaign 2012 campaign 2018 campaign 2024 campaign
Family	Lyudmila Putina (former wife) Maria Vorontsova (daughter) Katerina Tikhonova (daughter) Pets Konni (family dog) Spiridon Putin (paternal grandfather) Igor Putin (first cousin) Roman Putin (son of first cousin) Jorrit Faassen (former son-in-law) Kirill Shamalov (former son-in-law) Svetlana Krivonogikh (alleged mother of another daughter) Alina Kabaeva (alleged mother of more Putin children) Vera Putina (alleged mother)
Public image	Direct Line with Vladimir Putin Chapel of Russia's Resurrection Nashi PutinTeam Walking Together Songs about Vladimir Putin "A man like Putin" Happy Birthday, Mr. Putin! Interviews Oliver Stone Tucker Carlson Putin: The New Tsar (2018 documentary) Spitting Image (2020 series) Putin's Palace (film) (2021 documentary)
Related	Putinism Putinland Sovereign democracy Managed nationalism Russian world United Russia All-Russia People's Front KGB Career Claims of body doubles Claims of incapacity and death Meeting table Language Putin's Palace Vladimir Putin Peak
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48th Cabinet of Russia

Date formed	16 August 1999
Date dissolved	7 May 2000
People and organisations
Head of state	Boris Yeltsin Vladimir Putin (Acting)
Head of government	Vladimir Putin Mikhail Kasyanov (Acting)
Head of government's history	1999–present
Deputy head of government	Mikhail Kasyanov Nikolay Aksyonenko Viktor Khristenko
No. of ministers	16
Member party	Unity Our Home - Russia Democratic Choice of Russia^[1]
Status in legislature	Coalition
Opposition party	Communist Party
Opposition leader	Gennady Zyuganov
History
Predecessor	Stepashin
Successor	Kasyanov