Vladimir Putin's First Cabinet

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[1]
Status in legislature	Coalition
Opposition party	Communist Party
Opposition leader	Gennady Zyuganov
History
Predecessor	Stepashin
Successor	Kasyanov

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.

Ministers

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	Nikolay Koshman	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	August 16, 1999 – May 7, 2000
Minister of Fuel and Energy	Viktor Kalyuzhny	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	August 19, 1999 – January 6, 2000
	Alexander Blokhin	January 6, 2000 – May 7, 2000
Minister of Health	Yury Shevchenko	August 16, 1999 – May 7, 2000
Minister of Property Relations	Farit Gazizullin	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
	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	August 16, 1999 – May 7, 2000
Minister of Industry, Science and Technologies	Mikhail Kirpichnikov	August 19, 1999 – May 7, 2000
Minister of Railways	Vladimir Starostenko	August 19, 1999 – September 16, 1999
	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	Sergey Kalashnikov	August 19, 1999 – May 7, 2000
Minister of Economy	Andrey Shapoval'yants	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

References

1. Политическая принадлежность членов Правительства РФ
2. Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of 16.08.1999 № 1052 «About the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation», approved the appointment of Resolution of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation dated 16.08.1999 № 4276-II ГД «About consent to the President of the Russian Federation for the appointment of Vladimir Putin to the post of Prime Minister».
3. Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation dated 05.07.2000 № 647-р The Russian government gave its functions to the newly elected President of the Russian Federation.