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{{Short description|Head of government of Russia}}
{{For|a list of Russian prime ministers|List of heads of government of Russia}}
{{Infobox official post
| post = Prime Minister
| body = the Russian Federation
| native_name = {{native name|ru|Председатель Правительства Российской Федерации}}
| insignia = Government.ru logo (English).svg{{!}}class=skin-invert
| insigniasize = 
| insigniacaption = Logo of the Government of Russia
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| flag = Flag of Russia.svg
| flagsize = 
| flagalt = 
| flagborder = yes
| flagcaption = [[Flag of Russia]]
| image = Михаил Мишустин (18-11-2025).jpg
| imagesize = 
| alt = 
| imagecaption = 
| incumbent = [[Mikhail Mishustin]]
| acting = 
| incumbentsince = 16 January 2020
| department = [[Government of Russia|Executive branch of the Russian Government]]<br />[[Council of Ministers of Russia]]
| style = {{ubl|[[Excellency|His Excellency]]<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120927014351/http://www.un.int/protocol/documents/Hspmfm.pdf United Nations Heads of State Heads of Government Ministers for Foreign Affairs Protocol and Liaison Service]</ref> (diplomatic)|[[Chair (officer)|Mr. Chairman]] (informal)}}
| type = [[Head of government]]
| status = 
| abbreviation = PMOR, PMORF
| member_of = {{ubl|[[Government of Russia|Government]]|[[Security Council of Russia|Security Council]]|[[State Council (Russia)|State Council]]}}
| reports_to = {{ubl|[[President of Russia|President]]|[[State Duma]]}}
| residence = 
| seat = [[White House, Moscow|White House]], [[Moscow]]
| nominator = [[President of Russia|President]]
| appointer = President
| appointer_qualified = (with the approval of the State Duma)
| termlength = No fixed term
| termlength_qualified = 
| constituting_instrument = [[Constitution of Russia]]
| precursor = [[Premier of the Soviet Union|Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union]] (1923–1991)
| formation = {{ubl|{{start date and age|df=yes|1905|11|6}} (original)|{{start date and age|df=yes|1993|12|12}} (current form)}}
| first = [[Sergei Witte]]
| last = 
| abolished = 
| superseded_by = 
| succession = 
| unofficial_names = Prime Minister
| deputy = {{ubl|[[First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia|First Deputy Prime Minister]]|[[Deputy Prime Minister of Russia|Deputy Prime Minister]]}}
| salary = US$105,000 annually<ref name="news.tj">{{cite web|url=https://news.tj/ru/node/187868|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190603224150/https://news.tj/ru/node/187868|url-status=dead|archive-date=2019-06-03|title=Зарплаты президентов - Новости Таджикистана ASIA-Plus|website=news.tj}}</ref>
| website = {{Official URL}} (geo blocked)
| footnotes = 
}}
{{Politics of Russia|expanded=Executive}}

The '''prime minister of the Russian Federation''',<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mikhail Mishustin - The Russian Government |url=http://premier.gov.ru/en/events/ |access-date=2025-01-19 |website=premier.gov.ru}}</ref> also domestically stylized as the '''chairman of the government of the Russian Federation'''{{efn|{{langx|ru|Председатель Правительства Российской Федерации|Predsedatel Pravitelstva Rossiyskoy Federatsii}}}} and widely recognized as the '''prime minister''',{{efn|{{langx|ru|Премьер-министр|Premyer-ministr}}}} is the [[head of government]] of [[Russia]] and the second highest ranking political office in Russia. Although the post dates back to 1905, its current form was established on 12 December 1993 following the introduction of a new [[Constitution of Russia|constitution]].

Due to the central role of the [[president of Russia]] in the political system, the activities of the executive branch (including the prime minister) are significantly influenced by the head of state (for example, it is the president who appoints and dismisses the prime minister and other members of the government; the president may chair the meetings of the cabinet and give obligatory orders to the prime minister and other members of the government; the president may also revoke any act of the government). The use of the term ''prime minister'' is strictly informal and is never used in the Russian constitution, however it exists as the official English translation for the office.

[[Mikhail Mishustin]] is the current prime minister. He was appointed on 16 January 2020 after [[Dmitry Medvedev]] and the rest of the government [[Dmitry Medvedev's Second Cabinet#Resignation|resigned the previous day]].

== Historical background ==
{{further|Premier of the Soviet Union|List of leaders of the Russian SFSR}}

== Imperial period ==
=== Early Russian prime ministers ===
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Until 1905, the head of government was the [[Emperor of Russia|emperor]]. In the absence of the emperor, the ministers one by one, starting with the oldest in the rank, each acted as head of government for four sessions.

In 1810, the chairmanship was granted to the state chancellor, [[Count]] [[Nikolay Rumyantsev]], the former then chairman of the [[State Council of Imperial Russia|State Council]]. Since 1812, as chairman of the committee has evolved into an independent position, which until 1865 necessarily coincide with the presidency of the Council of State.

Traditionally, the chairmanship of the committee was last in the public service honorary position appointed by the dignitaries that have become too old to execution of the duties of the minister. A number of committee chairmen (especially duke [[Alexander Chernyshyov]], count [[Alexey Fyodorovich Orlov|Alexey F. Orlov]], count [[Dmitry Bludov]]) was characterized by contemporaries as "barely alive", "miserable". Count Modest Korf jokingly wrote about count Chernyshov: "Look, just live!" Duke [[Pavel Gagarin]] died in office at the age of 83 years.

=== 1905–1917 ===
[[File:SergeiWitte01548v.jpg|thumb|left|150px|[[Count]] [[Sergei Witte]], the first prime minister of Russia]]
The modern post of prime minister appeared in 1905. A decree of Emperor [[Nicholas II of Russia|Nicholas II]] on 19 October 1905 established the [[Council of Ministers of the Russian Empire]], bringing together the Ministers in one Cabinet (previously each Minister had reported directly to the Emperor on the affairs of his department). The Chairman of the Council of Ministers officially became a fully-fledged head of government. Nicholas appointed [[Count|Graf]] [[Sergei Witte]] as his first "prime minister".<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://rusplt.ru/sub/ratings/vitte.html |title=7 царских председателей Совета министров |access-date=2017-08-28 |archive-date=2018-04-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180410164834/http://rusplt.ru/sub/ratings/vitte.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

From 1905 the prime minister received extensive powers, with the opportunity to pursue his own policies and reforms. [[Pyotr Stolypin]] (in office: 1906–1911) gained a reputation as one of the strongest prime ministers—during his premiership he made several major (though controversial) reforms.

Though the [[Russian Constitution of 1906]] established the [[State Duma (Russian Empire)|State Duma]] (a representative house of parliament), the Government was not responsible to it. Although Sergei Witte and Pyotr Stolypin (at the beginning of his Premiership) each tried to form a [[coalition government]] of the largest political organizations, they did not succeed. The State Duma nevertheless tried to gain influence over the government. Conflict between the State Duma and the government became particularly evident during the first Premiership of [[Ivan Goremykin]] in 1906.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.historichka.ru/istoshniki/gurko/4_3.html |title=Первое министерство И.Л. Горемыкина и Государственная дума первого созыва |access-date=2017-08-28 |archive-date=2021-10-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211027023007/http://www.historichka.ru/istoshniki/gurko/4_3.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

The position of Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Russian Empire lasted 12 years; during this time seven people took this post (one twice). The position lapsed after the [[February Revolution]] of March 1917, following the [[Abdication of Nicholas II|abdication]] of Nicholas II from the throne on {{OldStyleDate|15 March|1917|2 March}} and the formation that same day of the [[Russian Provisional Government|Provisional Government]].

== Provisional Government ==
[[File:Georgy Lvov 1917.jpg|thumb|150px|[[Georgy Lvov]], the 8th prime minister of Russia (1st Minister-Chairman of the Russian Provisional Government)]]

During the [[Russian Provisional Government]], the prime minister de facto headed the Russian state and was officially called the “Minister-Chairman of the Russian Provisional Government". This position was held by only two people, [[Georgy Lvov]] and [[Alexander Kerensky]].

The position lasted about six months, and after the [[October Revolution]], was replaced by Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the [[Russian SFSR]].

== Soviet period ==
During the reign of [[Vladimir Lenin]], the Chairman of the [[Council of People's Commissars]] was the de facto leader of the [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic|RSFSR]] (from 1922 to 1991).

In 1946, the post of head of government was renamed Chairman of the [[Government of the Soviet Union|Council of Ministers]]. People who held those positions are sometimes referred to as the prime ministers. They may have also been referred to as premier of ministers, or simply [[premier]].

== Post-Soviet period ==
[[File:Viktor Chernomyrdin meeting to sign credit agreement 1994 (cropped) 1.jpg|thumb|150px|[[Viktor Chernomyrdin]], the 29th prime minister of Russia (1st chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation)]]

Currently, the formal title of the prime minister is "Chairman of the [[Government of the Russian Federation]]".

In modern Russia, the prime minister is appointed by the [[President of Russia|president]], with the consent of the [[State Duma]]. The prime minister is responsible to the president and regularly reports to him, however, he only reports to the State Duma once a year.

After the election of [[Boris Yeltsin]], [[President of Russia]], the head of the government was Yeltsin himself. He headed the Russian SFSR Government (16 May 1992, the Government of the Russian Federation) for about six months. In fact, Yeltsin was the first Head of Government of Russia after the [[dissolution of the Soviet Union]]; however, he was not the prime minister. After Yeltsin, [[Yegor Gaidar]] became acting prime minister, but the Russian Supreme Soviet refused to approve him as prime minister. On 14 December 1992, the prime minister appointed was [[Viktor Chernomyrdin]].

The Russian political system is similar to the modern French system. For the appointment of the prime minister the president needs a majority in the state Duma. If the party president does not have the majority and fails to form a coalition, the president may need to appoint a loyalist to the position of prime minister. For example, this occurred in 1998 when the state Duma (which had most of the opposition to the president of the party) twice refused to appoint Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin, and Boris Yeltsin appointed Prime Minister [[Yevgeny Primakov]], who supported the left opposition.

In the mid-1990s in Russia there was a term "technical prime minister". This term refers to the prime minister, who is not an independent political figure, is only the nominal head of government, and in fact the activities of the government are headed by the president.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://politike.ru/termin/tehnicheskii-premer.html |title=НАЦИОНАЛЬНАЯ ПОЛИТИЧЕСКАЯ ЭНЦИКЛОПЕДИЯ. ТЕХНИЧЕСКИЙ ПРЕМЬЕР |access-date=2017-08-28 |archive-date=2022-03-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327102054/https://politike.ru/termin/tehnicheskii-premer.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Duties and competences==
[[File:Count Kokovtsov's speech in Duma.jpeg|thumb|300px|Prime Minister [[Vladimir Kokovtsov]] reading a government report in the [[State Duma (Russian Empire)|State Duma]]. 5 December 1912]]

In general, the prime minister serves more of an administrative role, nominating members of the Cabinet and taking the lead in fully implementing domestic and foreign policy as formulated by the president. In accordance with the federal constitutional law "On the Government of the Russian Federation" the prime minister exercises the following duties:

* determines the operating priorities of the government and organizes its work in accordance with the Constitution, federal constitutional laws, federal laws and [[Decree of the President of Russia|presidential decrees]], aside from running the day-to-day affairs of the government, in general.
* submits to the president proposals on the structure and functions of the central institutions of the executive branch (e.g. ministries and federal agencies);<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/russian/const/ch6.html|title=The Constitution of the Russian Federation: Section One, Chapter 6. – The Government of the Russian Federation|publisher=Bucknell University|access-date=2014-07-14|archive-date=2010-01-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100113211049/http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/russian/const/ch6.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* nominates the vice prime ministers, federal ministers and other officers and presents them to the president;
* submits to the president proposals on punishment and rewards of the government members;
* represents the government as an institution in foreign relations and inside the country;
* heads the sessions of the government and its Presidium where he has the decisive vote;
* signs the [[Order of the Government of Russia|acts of the government]];
* report annually to the State Duma about the government activities;
* distributes duties among members of the government;
* systematically informs the president about the government activities;

The prime minister is ''[[ex officio]]'' a member of:

* The [[Security Council of Russia|Security Council of the Russian Federation]];
* The Council of the Heads of Government of the [[Commonwealth of Independent States]];
* The Supreme State Council of the [[Union of Russia and Belarus|Union State of Russia and Belarus]];
* The Council of the Heads of Government of the [[Shanghai Cooperation Organisation|Shanghai Cooperation Organization]];
* The Interstate Council of the [[Eurasian Economic Community]] (EurAsEC);

==Appointment==
[[File:Dmitry Medvedev in the State Duma 2018-05-08.jpg|thumb|300px|Dmitry Medvedev at his confirmation hearing on 8 May 2018]]

Initially, the prime minister was appointed by the [[Emperor of Russia]], without the consent of the candidate to the [[State Duma of the Russian Empire|State Duma]].

In Soviet times, the prime minister of the [[Russian SFSR]] was appointed by the [[Supreme Council of Russia|Supreme Council]] after each election.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://constitution.garant.ru/history/ussr-rsfsr/1937/red_1937/3959896/chapter/3/#block_300 |title=Конституция (Основной Закон) Российской Советской Федеративной Социалистической Республики (утверждена постановлением Чрезвычайного XVII Всероссийского Съезда Советов от 21 января 1937 г.) Глава III. Высшие органы государственной власти Российской Советской Федеративной Социалистической Республики |access-date=2017-08-28 |archive-date=2017-08-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170828230532/http://constitution.garant.ru/history/ussr-rsfsr/1937/red_1937/3959896/chapter/3/#block_300 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://constitution.garant.ru/history/ussr-rsfsr/1978/red_1978/5478721/chapter/14/#block_5400 |title=Конституция (Основной закон) Российской Советской Федеративной Социалистической Республики от 12 апреля 1978 г. Глава 14. Совет Министров РСФСР |access-date=2017-08-28 |archive-date=2018-01-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180108044000/http://constitution.garant.ru/history/ussr-rsfsr/1978/red_1978/5478721/chapter/14/#block_5400 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Currently the prime minister is appointed by the [[president of Russia]], subject to the consent of the [[State Duma]] (before 1993 the [[Supreme Soviet of Russia|Supreme Soviet]]). Unlike most other "prime ministers", who are also elected members of the legislative body or parliament, the Chairman of the Government of Russia can be any Russian citizen, as long as they do not also hold citizenship of another country.

Under law, the president shall nominate a new Chairman of the Government within two weeks of the resignation of a previous government or [[Russian presidential inauguration|inauguration ceremony of president]]. The State Duma is to discuss the matter within two weeks of the nomination and make a decision. The procedure of granting consent by the parliament is usually preceded by several days of comprehensive consultations and interviews of the candidate by the parliamentary factions. Should the State Duma decide to give the president its approval, the president may immediately sign the respective appointment decree. Should the State Duma refuse to give its approval, the president will have to nominate another (or the same) candidate within one week of the rejection of the previous candidate. However, in the event that the Duma rejects the president's appointment to prime minister three times, he may dissolve the Duma, call for new elections and appoint a candidate for prime minister without its consent.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.constitution.ru/en/10003000-07.htm |title=CONSTITUTION of the RUSSIAN FEDERATION Chapter 6. The Government of the Russian Federation |access-date=2016-09-10 |archive-date=2019-11-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191122040552/http://constitution.ru/en/10003000-07.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>

Should the State Duma reject candidates nominated by the president for three times consecutively, the president shall dissolve it and call a new election, while the prime minister shall be appointed by the president without participation of the Duma. The State Duma may not be dissolved on these grounds during the first year after parliamentary elections, the last six months of the incumbent president's term, as well as in time of emergency, or war and in the event that the State Duma has initiated the impeachment of the incumbent president.

===Results of confirmations voting===

{| class="wikitable"
!Candidate
!Date
!Total deputies
!colspan=2|Yes
!No
!Abstaining
!No vote
!Result
|-
!colspan=9|Supreme Soviet confirmations
|-
|'''[[Yegor Gaidar]]'''
|9 December 1992
|1040
|467
|44.9%
|'''486'''
|26
|61
|bgcolor = #EB4C42|'''Not approved'''
|-
|'''[[Viktor Chernomyrdin]]'''
|14 December 1992
|1040
|'''721'''
|69.3%
|172
|48
|1
|bgcolor = #32CD32|'''Approved'''
|-
!colspan=9|State Duma confirmations
|-
|'''[[Viktor Chernomyrdin]]'''
|10 August 1996
|443
|'''314'''
|70.9%
|85
|3
|48
|bgcolor = #32CD32|'''Approved'''<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://transcript.duma.gov.ru/api_search/?kodz=185&kodvopr=2 |title=Transcript of the meeting |access-date=2016-04-14 |archive-date=2020-10-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030214212/http://transcript.duma.gov.ru/api_search/?kodz=185&kodvopr=2 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
|rowspan=3|'''[[Sergey Kirienko]]'''
|10 April 1998
|443
|143
|32.3%
|'''186'''
|5
|116
|bgcolor = #EB4C42|'''Not approved'''<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://transcript.duma.gov.ru/api_search/?kodz=310&kodvopr=2 |title=Transcript of the meeting |access-date=2016-04-14 |archive-date=2020-10-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031025817/http://transcript.duma.gov.ru/api_search/?kodz=310&kodvopr=2 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
|17 April 1998
|443
|115
|25.9%
|'''271'''
|11
|153
|bgcolor = #EB4C42|'''Not approved'''<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://transcript.duma.gov.ru/api_search/?kodz=313&kodvopr=3 |title=Transcript of the meeting |access-date=2016-04-14 |archive-date=2020-10-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031012819/http://transcript.duma.gov.ru/api_search/?kodz=313&kodvopr=3 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
|24 April 1998
|443
|'''251'''
|56.7%
|25
|39
|135
|bgcolor = #32CD32|'''Approved'''<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://transcript.duma.gov.ru/api_search/?kodz=315&kodvopr=17 |title=Transcript of the meeting |access-date=2016-04-14 |archive-date=2020-10-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031012804/http://transcript.duma.gov.ru/api_search/?kodz=315&kodvopr=17 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
|rowspan=2|'''[[Viktor Chernomyrdin]]'''
|31 August 1998
|443
|94
|21.2%
|'''253'''
|0
|98
|bgcolor = #EB4C42|'''Not approved'''
|-
|7 September 1998
|443
|138
|31.2%
|'''273'''
|1
|32
|bgcolor = #EB4C42|'''Not approved'''
|-
|'''[[Yevgeny Primakov]]'''
|11 September 1998
|443
|'''317'''
|71.6%
|63
|15
|49
|bgcolor = #32CD32|'''Approved'''
|-
|'''[[Sergei Stepashin]]'''
|19 May 1999
|443
|'''301'''
|67.9%
|55
|14
|70
|bgcolor = #32CD32|'''Approved'''
|-
|'''[[Vladimir Putin]]'''
|16 August 1999
|443
|'''233'''
|52.6%
|84
|17
|105
|bgcolor = #32CD32|'''Approved'''
|-
|'''[[Mikhail Kasyanov]]'''
|17 May 2000
|441
|'''325'''
|72.7%
|55
|15
|52
|bgcolor = #32CD32|'''Approved'''
|-
|rowspan=2|'''[[Mikhail Fradkov]]'''
|5 March 2004
|445
|'''352'''
|79.1%
|58
|24
|13
|bgcolor = #32CD32|'''Approved'''
|-
|12 May 2004
|445
|'''356'''
|80%
|72
|8
|11
|bgcolor = #32CD32|'''Approved'''
|-
|'''[[Viktor Zubkov]]'''
|14 September 2007
|445
|'''381'''
|85.6%
|47
|8
|9
|bgcolor = #32CD32|'''Approved'''
|-
|'''[[Vladimir Putin]]'''
|8 May 2008
|450
|'''392'''
|87.1%
|56
|0
|0
|bgcolor = #32CD32|'''Approved'''
|-
|rowspan=2|'''[[Dmitry Medvedev]]'''
|8 May 2012
|450
|'''299'''
|66.4%
|144
|0
|0
|bgcolor = #32CD32|'''Approved'''
|-
|8 May 2018
|446
|'''374'''
|83.9%
|56
|0
|14
|bgcolor = #32CD32|'''Approved'''<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.interfax.ru/russia/611832 |title=Госдума согласилась на назначение Медведева главой правительства РФ |access-date=2018-05-08 |archive-date=2018-05-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180509110017/http://www.interfax.ru/russia/611832 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|rowspan=2|'''[[Mikhail Mishustin]]'''
|16 January 2020
|449
|'''383'''
|{{percentage|383|450|1|pad=yes}}
|0
|41
|25
|bgcolor = #32CD32|'''Approved'''<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://iz.ru/964983/2020-01-16/gosduma-odobrila-mishustina-na-post-premera |title=Госдума одобрила Мишустина на пост премьера |access-date=2020-01-16 |archive-date=2020-04-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200429024548/https://iz.ru/964983/2020-01-16/gosduma-odobrila-mishustina-na-post-premera |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|10 May 2024
|449
|'''375'''
|{{percentage|375|450|1|pad=yes}}
|0
|57
|18
|bgcolor = #32CD32|'''Approved'''<ref>{{cite web | title=О проекте постановления Государственной Думы № 622328-8 "Об утверждении Мишустина Михаила Владимировича Председателем Правительства Российской Федерации" – Система анализа результатов голосований на заседаниях Государственной Думы | website=Результаты голосования по вопросам, вынесенным для открытого голосования за период с 12.10.2021 по текущую дату. – Система анализа результатов голосований на заседаниях Государственной Думы | url=http://vote.duma.gov.ru/vote/126673 | language=ru | ref={{sfnref | Результаты голосования по вопросам, вынесенным для открытого голосования за период с 12.10.2021 по текущую дату. – Система анализа результатов голосований на заседаниях Государственной Думы}} | access-date=2024-05-11}}</ref>
|}

==Removal from office==
The prime minister may be dismissed by the president at any time at the president's discretion. The prime minister may also tender his resignation to the president on his own initiative. The president may reject such resignation and oblige him to continue his work. The prime minister and the whole government are constitutionally obliged to resign after the inauguration of a newly elected president. At the same time, the president has the right to dismiss both the entire government together with the prime minister, and only prime minister, retaining the government.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.consultant.ru/document/cons_doc_LAW_28399/863184db4f609c547d33cad5346107a505f5ee32/ |title="Конституция Российской Федерации" (принята всенародным голосованием 12.12.1993 с изменениями, одобренными в ходе общероссийского голосования 01.07.2020). Статья 117 |access-date=2020-12-05 |archive-date=2021-10-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211027014654/https://www.consultant.ru/document/cons_doc_LAW_28399/863184db4f609c547d33cad5346107a505f5ee32/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Under certain circumstances, the president may also theoretically be forced to dismiss the chairman and the whole government under the pressure of the State Duma. For that to happen, the State Duma has to pass a censure motion against the government ''twice'' within three months. Normally, in this case the president has the right to choose whether to sack the government or to dissolve the Duma (and if the Duma passes the censure motion just once, the president may also choose "not to agree" with the decision of the Duma, which technically means that neither the cabinet nor the Duma are dismissed).

However, within one year after parliamentary elections the dissolution of the State Duma is impossible on these grounds. That is why in this case the president does not have any other option but to dismiss the government (even if he totally supports it).

==Term of office==
Initially, the term of office of the prime minister was not formally established. The head of the government served in his post for as long as the Emperor thought necessary.

In Soviet times, the term of the prime minister was also unlimited. The Chairman [[Council of Ministers of the Russian SFSR]] served in the position until he was dismissed by the [[General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union]].

A term limit was introduced after the creation of the post of the [[president of Russia]]. Government became subordinate to the president, so the prime minister must resign along with the president, but may be appointed again. From 1991 to 1996, the maximum term of office of the prime minister was 5 years. After the new [[Constitution of Russia]] was created, the term of office of the president, and therefore the term of office of the prime minister, was shortened to 4 years. In 2012, after amendments to the Constitution the term of the president and prime minister was increased to 6 years.

==Acting prime minister==
{{main article|First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia|Deputy Prime Minister of Russia}}

===Temporary absence===
The Federal constitutional law "On the Government of the Russian Federation" says "in the case of ''temporary'' absence of the Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation, his duties are performed by one of the deputy chairmen of the Government of the Russian Federation in accordance with a written distribution of responsibilities". It's automatically and [[Decree of the President of Russia|President's Executive Order]] is not required in that moment. The Federal constitutional law "On the Government of the Russian Federation" does not limit the term of "temporary absence" of the prime minister and the term of work of the acting prime minister.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|url = https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/4335704|title = Беспремьерная ситуация|journal = Коммерсантъ|date = May 2020|access-date = 2020-05-03|archive-date = 2020-05-03|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200503185840/https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/4335704|url-status = live}}</ref>

There can be more than one [[First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia]], therefore written distribution of responsibilities is the most important document. The office of First Vice-Premier is not provisioned by Constitution and it is not separate office. The Chapter 6 of the Constitution of Russia says, that "The Government of the Russian Federation consists of the Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation, ''Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation'' and federal ministries".

===When the whole of government resigned===
The prime minister can leave his post at his own request or if it is impossible for him to exercise his powers. The Federal constitutional law "On the Government of the Russian Federation" says that the dismissal of the prime minister entails the resignation of the entire government. If the prime minister resigns, the president has the right to delegate his duties to one of his Vice-premiers. This situation cannot continue for more than two months – this period is reserved for the head of state to select a candidate for a new prime minister and submit it to The state Duma.<ref name=":0" />

<!-- Russian law does not specify who should become acting Prime Minister in case of his incapacity. Despite the presence of several Vice Prime Ministers, the President appoints the acting Prime Minister, and not always the acting Head of Government is his Deputy. -->Very often, the acting prime minister later proposed the [[State Duma]] as the new prime minister.

==Succession of the presidency==
{{main article|Acting President of Russia}}
[[File:Vladimir_Putin_official_portrait_(1)_(cropped).jpg|thumb|140px|Prime Minister [[Vladimir Putin]] became acting president after the resignation of [[Boris Yeltsin]].]]

In case of the president's death, resignation or [[impeachment in Russia|impeachment]], the prime minister becomes a [[Acting President of the Russian Federation|temporary president]] until new presidential elections which must take place within three months. The prime minister as acting president may not dissolve the State Duma, announce a referendum or propose amendments to the Constitution.

The Russian Constitution does not explicitly specify who should become acting president if the prime minister is not appointed or is unable to perform his or her duties. Some believe that in the case of incapacity of the president and prime minister, the [[chairman of the Federation Council]] should become acting head of state.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ria.ru/analytics/20110518/376470939.html |title="Пост Председателя Совета Федерации РФ – это третий пост в стране. В случае недееспособности президента и премьера именно председатель верхней палаты парламента должен возглавить государство." |access-date=2014-01-11 |archive-date=2014-01-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140111202039/http://ria.ru/analytics/20110518/376470939.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.newstube.ru/media/sergej-shaxraj-konstituciya-nachalas-s-tryox-listov-bumagi |title="Почему у нас третье лицо в государстве Председатель Совета Федерации? Потому что это федерация, он не распускается, он действует постоянно." - Сергей Шахрай |access-date=2014-01-11 |archive-date=2014-01-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140111203938/http://www.newstube.ru/media/sergej-shaxraj-konstituciya-nachalas-s-tryox-listov-bumagi |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://ria.ru/20110518/376470939.html |title=Миронов третьим не будет |access-date=2022-10-04 |archive-date=2022-10-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221007013825/https://ria.ru/20110518/376470939.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.newstube.ru/media/sergej-shahraj-konstituciya-nachalas-s-tryoh-listov-bumagi |title=Сергей Шахрай: Конституция началась с трёх листов бумаги |access-date=15 February 2019 |archive-date=26 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140726064830/http://www.newstube.ru/media/sergej-shaxraj-konstituciya-nachalas-s-tryox-listov-bumagi |url-status=dead }}</ref> However, nowhere in the legislation is this fixed.

== List of prime ministers of Russia ==
{{Main|List of heads of government of Russia}}
Approximately 99 people have been head of the [[Russian government]] since its establishment in 1726. The chairman of government was a member of the [[Supreme Privy Council]], which was created on 8 (19) February 1726 by Empress [[Catherine I of Russia|Catherine]], and from 8 (20) September 1802 ministerial duties were allocated by the [[Committee of Ministers (Russia)|Committee of Ministers]], which was established on in accordance with the proclamation of Emperor [[Alexander II of Russia|Alexander II]]. Beginning with [[Count]] [[Aleksandr Romanovich Vorontsov]], the eldest of the officers was ''[[de facto]]'' chairman of the committee. Eight years after the inauguration of the manifest, the first ''[[de jure]]'' office holder was Count [[Nikolay Rumyantsev]]. The [[Council of Ministers of Russia|Council of Ministers]] was unofficially formed in October 1857, as a result of Emperor Alexander II's reforms; its first session began on 19 (31) December 1857. Before the actual formation of that body on 12 (24) November 1861, the Emperor himself was in charge. The Council of Ministers consisted of chairman of the [[State Council (Russian Empire)|State Council]] and the Committee of Ministers, as well as high-ranking officers appointed by the Emperor. The first session ended on 11 (23) December 1882, after the number of files to the Council greatly decreased.

The Committee of Ministers functioned simultaneously with the second session of the Council of Ministers for six more months; Count [[Sergei Witte]] participated on both entities until the abolition of the committee on 23 April (5 May) 1906. Following that event, the duties of the committee were left to the Council of Ministers, until the formation of the Small Council in 1909, which also included deputy ministers. By the order of Emperor [[Nicholas II of Russia|Nicholas II]], the second session of the Council of Ministers began on 19 October (1 November) 1905, following the formation of the [[State Duma (Russian Empire)|State Duma]]. Shortly after the [[February Revolution]] and the inception of the [[Russian Provisional Government]] on 2 (15) March 1917, [[Georgy Lvov]] from the [[Constitutional Democratic Party]] and [[Alexander Kerensky]] from the [[Socialist Revolutionary Party]] became joint Minister-Chairmen. The provisional Russian Republic was eventually replaced by the [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic]] (RSFSR) and the governmental body by the [[Council of People's Commissars]], which was chaired from 1917 to 1924 by [[Vladimir Lenin]]. That body was renamed [[Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union|Council of Ministers]] following a decree of the [[Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union|Supreme Council]] on 23 March 1946.

After the fall of the Soviet Union, [[Boris Yeltsin]], as the [[President of the Russian Federation]], was automatically appointed as the Head of Government of the [[Russian Federation]] in the first two years of his mandate. The latter body took the previous name "Council of Ministers", the chairman of which became [[Viktor Chernomyrdin]], replacing [[Acting (law)|acting]] chairman [[Yegor Gaidar]]. According to the new [[Constitution of the Russian Federation|constitution]] ratified on 25 December 1993, those two entities were separated. Since then, the head of that office takes the formal title "Chairman of the Government" or colloquially "Prime Minister" (the only actual prime minister was [[Valentin Pavlov]]). Chernomyrdin resumed chairing the government, followed up by non-partisans and acting office holders. On 8 May 2008, [[Vladimir Putin]] took the office for a second term, now as a member of [[United Russia]]. Current Prime Minister [[Mikhail Mishustin]] took the office on 16 January 2020.

The youngest head of government by his accession to office was Count [[Charles Frederick, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp|Karl-Fridrikh Golshteyn-Gottorpsky]], at age 26, and the oldest Count [[Pyotr Andreyevich Tolstoy]], at age 81.

The list below includes Prime Ministers since 1991.

{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! colspan=8 | List of Heads of Government of Russia since 1991
|-
! {{Abbr|No.|Number}}
! width=15% | Name<br />{{small|(Lifespan)}}
! Portrait
! Political party
! width=25% colspan=2|Term of office
! State Duma
! Government<br />{{small|Party affiliation of ministers}}
|-
| rowspan=1 style="background:{{party color|Independent}}; color:black;" |'''1'''
| rowspan=1|'''[[Boris Yeltsin]]'''<br><small>(1931–2007)</small>
| rowspan=1|[[File:Борис Николаевич Ельцин-1 (cropped) (cropped).jpg|90px]]
| rowspan=1|[[Independent politician|Independent]]
| 26 December 1991 || 15 June 1992
| rowspan=3|[[1990 Russian Supreme Soviet election|12th<br>Supreme<br>Soviet]]
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/None}}|[[Cabinet of Boris Yeltsin and Yegor Gaidar|Yeltsin–Gaidar]]<br>{{small|[[Independent politician|Independents]]{{efn|A large number of ministers are former members of the [[CPSU]], like Yeltsin}}}}
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Independent}}; color:black;" | '''—'''
| ''[[Yegor Gaidar]]''<br />{{small|(1956–2009)}}
| [[File:Ba-gaidar-e-t-1999-square (cropped).jpg|90px]]
| [[Independent politician|Independent]]{{efn|Later became the founder and leader of [[Democratic Choice of Russia]]}}
| ''15 June 1992'' || ''14 December 1992''
|-
| rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}; color:black; border-bottom:solid 0 gray;" |<br />'''2'''
| rowspan=4|'''[[Viktor Chernomyrdin]]'''<br><small>(1938–2010)</small>
| rowspan=4|[[File:Viktor Chernomyrdin meeting to sign credit agreement 1994 (cropped) 1.jpg|90px]]
| rowspan=2|[[Independent politician|Independent]]
| rowspan=3| 14 December 1992 || rowspan=3| 9 August 1996{{efn|On 2 October 1993, by decree of [[Vice President of Russia|Vice President]] [[Alexander Rutskoy]], who was considered by the Russian Parliament as the acting [[President of Russia]], Chernomyrdin was dismissed from the post of prime minister. However, the decree was not implemented due to the [[1993 Russian constitutional crisis|events of 3-4 October 1993]]}}
| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Our Home – Russia}}|[[Viktor Chernomyrdin's First Cabinet|Chernomyrdin I]]<br>{{small|[[Our Home – Russia|NDR]] • [[Democratic Choice of Russia|DVR]] • [[Agrarian Party of Russia|APR]] • [[Party of Russian Unity and Accord|PRES]] • [[Democratic Party of Russia|DPR]] • [[Russian Ecological Party "The Greens"|KEDR]]}}
|-
|[[1993 Russian legislative election|1993]] ([[1st State Duma|1st]])
|-
| rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{party color|Our Home – Russia}}; color:white; border-top:solid 0 gray;"|
| rowspan=2|[[Our Home – Russia]]{{efn|since 1995}}
| rowspan=10| [[1995 Russian legislative election|1995]] ([[2nd State Duma|2nd]])
|-
| rowspan=1| 10 August 1996 || rowspan=1| 23 March 1998
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Our Home – Russia}}|[[Viktor Chernomyrdin's Second Cabinet|Chernomyrdin II]]<br>{{small|[[Our Home – Russia|NDR]] • [[Democratic Choice of Russia|DVR]] • [[Party of Russian Unity and Accord|PRES]]}}
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}; color:black;" |'''—'''
| rowspan=2|'''[[Sergey Kiriyenko]]'''<br />{{small|(born 1962)}}
| rowspan=2|[[File:Sergei Kirienko - World Economic Forum Annual Meeting Davos 2000 (cropped).jpg|90px]]
| rowspan=2| [[Independent politician|Independent]]{{efn|Later became the leader of the [[Union of Right Forces]]}}
| ''23 March 1998'' || ''24 April 1998''
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}; color:black;" |'''3'''
| 24 April 1998 || 23 August 1998
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Our Home – Russia}}| [[Sergey Kiriyenko's Cabinet|Kiriyenko]]<br>{{small|[[Our Home – Russia|NDR]] • [[Democratic Choice of Russia|DVR]] • [[Forward, Russia!|VR!]]}}
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Our Home – Russia}}; color:white;" | '''—'''
| ''[[Viktor Chernomyrdin]]''<br />{{small|(1938–2010)}}
| [[File:Viktor Chernomyrdin in EC July 1997 (cropped).jpg|90px]]
| [[Our Home – Russia]]
| ''23 August 1998'' || ''11 September 1998''
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}; color:black;" |'''4'''
| rowspan=1|'''[[Yevgeny Primakov]]'''<br><small>(1929–2015)</small>
| rowspan=1|[[File:Евгений Примаков (27-10-1998) (cropped).png|90px]]
| rowspan=1| [[Independent politician|Independent]]{{efn|Later became the leader of the [[Fatherland – All Russia]]}}
| 11 September 1998 || 12 May 1999
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Fatherland – All Russia}}| [[Yevgeny Primakov's Cabinet|Primakov]]<br>{{small|[[Fatherland – All Russia|OVR]] • [[Our Home – Russia|NDR]] • [[Communist Party of the Russian Federation|CPRF]] • [[Party of Russian Unity and Accord|PRES]] • [[Forward, Russia!|VR!]]}}
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}; color:black;" |'''—'''
| rowspan=2|'''[[Sergei Stepashin]]'''<br />{{small|(born 1952)}}
| rowspan=2|[[File:SStepashin.jpg|90px]]
| rowspan=2| [[Independent politician|Independent]]{{efn|Later became the member of the [[Yabloko]], but left shortly after the [[1999 Russian legislative election|1999 legislative election]]}}
| ''12 May 1999'' || ''19 May 1999''
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}; color:black;" |'''5'''
| 19 May 1999 || 9 August 1999
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Our Home – Russia}}| [[Sergei Stepashin's Cabinet|Stepashin]]<br>{{small|[[Our Home – Russia|NDR]] • [[Democratic Choice of Russia|DVR]] • [[Liberal Democratic Party of Russia|LDPR]] • [[Party of Russian Unity and Accord|PRES]]}}
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}; color:black; border-bottom:solid 0 gray;"  |'''—'''
| rowspan=3|'''[[Vladimir Putin]]'''<br />{{small|(born 1952)}}
| rowspan=3|[[File:Vladimir Putin official portrait (cropped 3).jpg|90px]]
| rowspan=2| [[Independent politician|Independent]]
| ''9 August 1999'' || ''19 August 1999''
|-
| rowspan=1 style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}; color:black;" |'''6'''
| rowspan=2| 19 August 1999 ||rowspan=2|  7 May 2000
| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Unity (Russian political party)}}| [[Vladimir Putin's First Cabinet|Putin I]]<br>{{small|[[Unity (Russian political party)|Unity]] • [[Our Home – Russia|NDR]] • [[Union of Right Forces|SPS]] • [[Agrarian Party of Russia|APR]]}}
|-
| rowspan=1 style="background-color:{{party color|Unity (Russian political party)}}; color:white; border-top:solid 0 gray;"|
| rowspan=1| [[Unity (Russian political party)|Unity]]
| rowspan=3| [[1999 Russian legislative election|1999]] ([[3rd State Duma|3rd]])
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}; color:black;" |'''—'''
| rowspan=3|'''[[Mikhail Kasyanov]]'''<br />{{small|(born 1957)}}
| rowspan=3|[[File:Mikhail Kasyanov (2007) (cropped).jpg|90px]]
| rowspan=3| [[Independent politician|Independent]]{{efn|Later became the leader of the [[Russian People's Democratic Union]]}}
| ''7 May 2000'' || ''17 May 2000''
|-
| rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}; color:black;" |'''7'''
| rowspan=2|17 May 2000 ||rowspan=2| 24 February 2004
| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Unity (Russian political party)}}| [[Mikhail Kasyanov's Cabinet|Kasyanov]]<br>{{small|[[Unity (Russian political party)|Unity]]/[[United Russia]] • [[Our Home – Russia|NDR]] • [[Fatherland – All Russia|OVR]] • [[Agrarian Party of Russia|APR]]}}
|-
| rowspan=7| [[2003 Russian legislative election|2003]] ([[4th State Duma|4th]])
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}; color:black;" | '''—'''
| ''[[Viktor Khristenko]]''<br />{{small|(born 1957)}}
| [[File:Khristenko (cropped).jpg|90px]]
| [[Independent politician|Independent]]
| ''24 February 2004'' || ''5 March 2004''
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}; color:black;" |'''8'''
| rowspan=4|'''[[Mikhail Fradkov]]'''<br />{{small|(born 1950)}}
| rowspan=4|[[File:Mikhail Fradkov (Brasília, 04 April 2006).jpeg|90px]]
| rowspan=4| [[Independent politician|Independent]]
| 5 March 2004 || 7 May 2004
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/United Russia}}| [[Mikhail Fradkov's First Cabinet|Fradkov I]]<br>{{small|[[United Russia]]}}
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}; color:black;" | '''—'''
| ''7 May 2004'' || ''12 May 2004''
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}; color:black;" |{{small|('''8''')}}
| 12 May 2004 || 12 September 2007
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/United Russia}}| [[Mikhail Fradkov's Second Cabinet|Fradkov II]]<br>{{small|[[United Russia]]}}
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}; color:black;" | '''—'''
| ''12 September 2007'' || ''14 September 2007''
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}; color:black;" |'''9'''
| rowspan=2|'''[[Viktor Zubkov]]'''<br />{{small|(born 1941)}}
| rowspan=2|[[File:The Prime Minister of Russia, Mr. Viktor A. Zubkov, in New Delhi on February 12, 2008 (cropped).jpg|90px]]
| rowspan=2| [[Independent politician|Independent]]{{efn|name=z|officially affiliated with [[United Russia]]}}
| 14 September 2007 || 7 May 2008
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/United Russia}}| [[Viktor Zubkov's Cabinet|Zubkov]]<br>{{small|[[United Russia]]}}
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}; color:black;" | '''—'''
| ''7 May 2008'' || ''8 May 2008''
| rowspan=2| [[2007 Russian legislative election|2007]] ([[5th State Duma|5th]])
|-
| style="background:{{party color|United Russia}}; color:white;" |{{small|('''6''')}}
| rowspan=1|'''[[Vladimir Putin]]'''<br />{{small|(born 1952)}}
| rowspan=1|[[File:Vladimir Putin - 2012.jpg|90px]]
| rowspan=1| [[United Russia]]
| 8 May 2008|| 7 May 2012
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/United Russia}}| [[Vladimir Putin's Second Cabinet|Putin II]]<br>{{small|[[United Russia]]}}
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}; color:black;" | '''—'''
| ''[[Viktor Zubkov]]''<br />{{small|(born 1941)}}
| [[File:Viktor Zubkov official portrait (cropped).jpg|90px]]
| [[Independent politician|Independent]]{{efn|name=z}}
| ''7 May 2012'' || ''8 May 2012''
| rowspan=2| [[2011 Russian legislative election|2011]] ([[6th State Duma|6th]])
|-
| rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color|United Russia}}; color:white;" |'''10'''
| rowspan=5|'''[[Dmitry Medvedev]]'''<br />{{small|(born 1965)}}
| rowspan=5|[[File:Dmitry Medvedev official portrait (05).jpg|135x135px]]
| rowspan=5| [[United Russia]]
| rowspan=2 |8 May 2012 ||rowspan=2| 7 May 2018
| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/United Russia}}| [[Dmitry Medvedev's First Cabinet|Medvedev I]]<br>{{small|[[United Russia]]}}
|-
| rowspan=7| [[2016 Russian legislative election|2016]] ([[7th State Duma|7th]])
|-
| style="background:{{party color|United Russia}}; color:white;" | '''—'''
| ''7 May 2018'' || ''8 May 2018''
|-
| style="background:{{party color|United Russia}}; color:white;" |{{small|('''10''')}}
| 8 May 2018 || 15 January 2020
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/United Russia}}| [[Dmitry Medvedev's Second Cabinet|Medvedev II]]<br>{{small|[[United Russia]]}}
|-
| style="background:{{party color|United Russia}}; color:white;" | '''—'''
| ''15 January 2020'' || ''16 January 2020''
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Independent}}; color:black;" |'''11'''
| rowspan=1|'''[[Mikhail Mishustin]]'''<br />{{small|(born 1966)}}
| rowspan=1|[[File:Mikhail Mishustin January 2020.jpg|90px]]
| rowspan=1| [[Independent politician|Independent]]
| 16 January 2020|| 30 April 2020{{efn|De facto termination of duties, de jure remained in office}}
| rowspan=5 {{Party shading/United Russia}}| [[Mikhail Mishustin's First Cabinet|Mishustin I]]<br>{{small|[[United Russia]]}}
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}; color:black;" | '''—'''
| ''[[Andrey Belousov]]''<br />{{small|(born 1959)}}
| [[File:Andrey Belousov govru - 2 (cropped).png|90px]]
| [[Independent politician|Independent]]
| ''30 April 2020{{efn|name=m|Temporarily Acting Prime Minister in connection with the diagnosed [[COVID-19]] of the current Prime Minister [[Mikhail Mishustin]]}}'' || ''19 May 2020{{efn|name=m}}''
|-
| rowspan=4 style="background:{{party color|Independent}}; color:black;" |{{small|('''11''')}}
| rowspan="4" |'''[[Mikhail Mishustin]]'''<br />{{small|(born 1966)}}
| rowspan="4" |[[File:Mikhail Mishustin (2024-01-11) cropped.jpg|90px]]
| rowspan="4" | [[Independent politician|Independent]]
| rowspan=2 |19 May 2020||rowspan=2| 7 May 2024
|-
| rowspan="5" | [[2021 Russian legislative election|2021]] ([[8th State Duma|8th]])
|-
|''7 May 2024''
|''10 May 2024''
|-
|10 May 2024
|''Incumbent''
| rowspan=6 {{Party shading/United Russia}}| [[Mikhail Mishustin's Second Cabinet|Mishustin II]]<br>{{small|[[United Russia]] • [[Liberal Democratic Party of Russia|LDPR]]}}
|}

== Notes ==
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==References==
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==External links==
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