Prime Minister of Russia

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The Prime Minister of Russia (Russian: Председатель Правительства, Chairman of the Government) is the current Head of Government of the Russian Federation. Executive power is split between the Prime Minister and the President of Russia, who is Russia's Head of State.

During the Imperial era, the Chairman of the Russian Council of Ministers, referred to as the prime minister, was appointed by the Czar (the Emperor); his precursor, the Chairman of the Committee of Ministers, had no separate power.

In the era of the Soviet Union, the head of government was the Chairman of Council of People's Commissars (until 1946) and the Chairman of the Council of Ministers (after 1946). People who held those positions are sometimes referred to as the prime ministers.

Today the Prime Minister is appointed by the President of Russia and is first-in-line to the presidency in the case of the President's death or resignation.

The prime minister serves more of an administrative role, nominating members of the Cabinet and implement domestic policy.

Prime Ministers of Russian Empire, 1905-1917

	Name	Took Office	Left Office
1	Graf (Count) Sergei Witte	6 November, 1905	5 May, 1906
2	Ivan Goremykin	5 May, 1906	21 July, 1906
3	Pyotr Stolypin	21 July, 1906	18 September, 1911
4	Vladimir Kokovtsov	18 September, 1911	12 February, 1914
5	Ivan Goremykin	12 February, 1914	2 February, 1916
6	Boris Stürmer	2 February, 1916	23 November, 1916
7	Alexander Trepov	23 November, 1916	9 January, 1917
8	Knyaz (Prince) Nikolai Golitsyn	9 January, 1917	12 March, 1917

Minister-Chairmen of the Provisional Government, 1917

		Name	Took Office	Left Office	Party
9	1	Knyaz (Prince) Georgy Evgenyevich Lvov	23 March 1917	21 July 1917	Constitutional Democratic Party
10	2	Alexander Kerensky	21 July 1917	8 November 1917	Socialist-Revolutionary Party

Premiers of Russian SFSR, 1917-1990

Index Key
No party / Independent
United Russia
Communist Russia
Liberal Democratic
Fair Russia
Democratic Russia †
Our Home is Russia †
Communist Soviet Union †
* - Planned, but no legally guaranteed yet † - Former existing major parties

		Name	Took Office	Left Office	Party
11	1	Vladimir Lenin	9 November 1917	21 January 1924	Russian Social Democratic Worker's Party (Bolsheviks) Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks)
12	2	Alexei Rykov	2 February 1924	18 May 1929	Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks) All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)
13	3	Sergei Syrtsov	18 May 1929	3 November 1930	All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)
14	4	Daniil Sulimov	3 November 1930	22 July 1937	All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)
15	5	Nikolai Bulganin	22 July 1937	17 September 1938	All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)
16	6	Vasiliy Vakhrushev	29 July 1939	2 June 1940	All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)
17	7	Ivan Khokhlov	2 June 1940	23 June 1943	All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)
		Konstantin Pamfilov (acting)	5 May 1942	23 June 1943	All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)
18	8	Alexey Kosygin	23 June 1943	23 March 1946	All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)
19	9	Mikhail Rodionov	23 March 1946	9 March 1949	All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)
20	10	Boris Chernousov	9 March 1949	20 October 1952	All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)
21	11	Alexander Puzanov	20 October 1952	24 January 1956	Communist Party of the Soviet Union
22	12	Mikhail Yasnov	24 January 1956	19 December 1957	Communist Party of the Soviet Union
23	13	Frol Kozlov	19 December 1957	31 March 1958	Communist Party of the Soviet Union
24	14	Dmitry Polyansky	31 March 1958	23 November 1962	Communist Party of the Soviet Union
25	15	Gennady Voronov	23 November 1962	23 July 1971	Communist Party of the Soviet Union
26	16	Mikhail Solomentsev	28 July 1971	24 June 1983	Communist Party of the Soviet Union
27	17	Vitaly Vorotnikov	24 June 1983	3 October 1988	Communist Party of the Soviet Union
28	18	Alexander Vlasov	3 October 1988	15 June 1990	Communist Party of the Soviet Union

Prime Ministers of Russian SFSR, 1990-1991

#		President		Took office	Left office	Political Party
29	01	Ivan Silayev	No Image	June 15 1990	September 26 1991	Communist Soviet Union
—	—	Oleg Lobov (Acting)	No Image	September 26 1991	November 6 1991	Communist Russia
30	02	Boris Yeltsin		November 6 1991	December 25 1991	No party / Independent

List of Prime Ministers of Russian Federation (1991-present)