First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia

A First Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation, commonly referred to as the First Deputy Prime Minister, is a member of the Russian Government.^[1] The First Deputy is to be proposed by the Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation (commonly known as the Prime Minister), and approved by the nation's President.^[2]

The office is the successor to the posts of First Deputy Premier of the Soviet Union and the First Deputy Premier of the Russian SFSR

Compare: Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation, Vice Premier of Russia.

List of first deputies

Name		Tenure	Prime Minister
Gennady Burbulis		26 December 1991 – 14 April 1992	Boris Yeltsin
Yegor Gaidar		2 March 1992 – 15 December 1992	Boris Yeltsin
Vladimir Shumeyko	—	2 June 1992 – 20 January 1994	Viktor Chernomyrdin
Yegor Gaydar		17 March 1993 – 20 January 1994	Viktor Chernomyrdin
Oleg Lobov	—	15 April 1993 – 18 September 1993	Viktor Chernomyrdin
Oleg Soskovets	—	30 April 1993 – 20 June 1994	Viktor Chernomyrdin
Anatoly Chubais		5 November 1994 – 16 January 1996	Viktor Chernomyrdin
Vladimir Kadannikov	—	25 January 1996 – 9 August 1996	Viktor Chernomyrdin
Oleg Lobov	—	18 June 1996 – 14 August 1996	Viktor Chernomyrdin
Alexey Bolshakov	—	14 August 1996 – 17 March 1997	Viktor Chernomyrdin
Viktor Ilyushin	—	14 August 1996 – 17 March 1997	Viktor Chernomyrdin
Vladimir Potanin		14 August 1996 – 17 March 1997	Viktor Chernomyrdin
Anatoly Chubais		17 March 1997 – 23 March 1998	Viktor Chernomyrdin
Boris Nemtsov		17 March 1997 – 18 April 1998	Viktor Chernomyrdin
			Sergei Kiriyenko
Sergey Kiriyenko		23 March 1998 – 24 April 1998	Himself
Yuri Maslyukov	—	11 September 1998 – 25 May 1999	Viktor Chernomyrdin
			Yevgeny Primakov
			Sergei Stepashin
Vadim Gustov	—	18 September 1998 – 27 April 1999	Yevgeny Primakov
Sergei Stepashin		27 April 1999 – 19 May 1999	Yevgeny Primakov
			Himself
Nikolai Aksyonenko		21 May 1999 – 10 January 2000	Sergei Stepashin
			Vladimir Putin
Mikhail Zadornov[3]	—	25 May 1999 – 28 May 1999	Sergei Stepashin
Viktor Khristenko		31 May 1999 – 10 January 2000	Sergei Stepashin
			Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Putin		9 August 1999 – 16 August 1999	Himself
Mikhail Kasyanov		10 January 2000 – 17 May 2000	Vladimir Putin
			Himself
Dmitry Medvedev		14 November 2005 – 12 May 2008	Mikhail Fradkov
Sergei Ivanov		15 February 2007 – 12 May 2008	Mikhail Fradkov
			Viktor Zubkov
			Vladimir Putin
Viktor Zubkov		12 May 2008– 21 May 2012	Vladimir Putin
			Himself (acting)
			Dmitry Medvedev
Igor Shuvalov		12 May 2008–Incumbent	Vladimir Putin
			Viktor Zubkov (acting)
			Dmitry Medvedev
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Footnotes

1. Статья №110 от 12 декабря 1993 «Глава 6. Правительство Русской Федерации». (Article #110 of 12 December 1993 Chapter 6. The Government of the Russian Federation. ).
2. Статья №112 от 12 декабря 1993 «Глава 6. Правительство Русской Федерации». (Article #112 of 12 December 1993 Chapter 6. The Government of the Russian Federation. ).
3. Zadornov refused the position

Sources

• Rulers.org