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• Взрослым: Skillbox, Хекслет, Eduson, XYZ, GB, Яндекс, Otus, SkillFactory.
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Как пишется слово правильно: «премьер-министр» или «премьерминистр»?

премьер-министр

премьерминистр

премьермeнистр

Правила

В слове «премьер-министр» употребляют дефис. Политические термины, состоящие из нескольких основ без соединительной гласной, пишут через дефис.

Значение слова

«Премьер-министр» — глава правления.

Примеры слова в предложениях

• Премьер-министр отправился в деловую поездку по европейским странам, он будет отсутствовать несколько дней.
• Вчера выступал премьер-министр страны, который заявил о том, что в регионе ведутся работы по ликвидации последствий стихийного бедствия.

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Добрый день. Если в Уставе должность Генерального директора написана с заглавной буквы, как эта должность должна быть написана во всех остальных документах? Также с заглавной буквы или со строчной?

Ответ справочной службы русского языка

По правилам русской орфографии названия должностей, званий, титулов пишутся со строчной буквы, напр.: президент, канцлер, председатель, министр, премьер-министр, заместитель министра, мэр, император, королева, хан, шейх, генеральный секретарь, заслуженный деятель культуры, лауреат Нобелевской премии, посол, атташе, директор, генеральный директор, академик, доктор наук, профессор, член-корреспондент, генерал-майор, командующий войсками, руководитель департамента, заведующий отделом, управляющий делами. Исключение делается только для названий высших государственных должностей и титулов в официальных текстах, напр.: Президент Российской Федерации, Председатель Правительства РФ, Председатель Государственной думы, Премьер-министр Индии, Её Величество Королева Англии.

Со строчной или прописной писать «пекинское озеро»: «Южно-Китайское море все больше становится похожим на «пекинское / Пекинское озеро», – заявил японский премьер-министр. Я думаю, что со строчной, поскольку прилагательное пекинский не является частью составного наименования.

Ответ справочной службы русского языка

Вы правы, здесь нет оснований писать пекинский с большой буквы.

Добрый день! Обоснуйте, пожалуйста, почему «генеральный директор» должен писаться с маленькой буквы. Я это понимаю, но не знаю чем подкрепить.

Ответ справочной службы русского языка

Названия должностей, званий, титулов пишутся со строчной буквы, напр.: президент, канцлер, председатель, министр, премьер-министр, заместитель министра, мэр, император, королева, хан, шейх, генеральный секретарь, заслуженный деятель культуры, лауреат Нобелевской премии, посол, атташе, директор, генеральный директор, академик, доктор наук, профессор, член-корреспондент, генерал-майор, командующий войсками, руководитель департамента, заведующий отделом, управляющий делами. В официальных текстах названия высших государственных должностей и титулов пишутся с прописной буквы, напр.: Президент Российской Федерации, Председатель Правительства РФ.

Правило процитировано из справочника «Правила русской орфографии и пунктуации» под ред. В. В. Лопатина.

Добрый день! Как по правилам русского языка образуются феминитивы? Существует распространенное мнение, что суффиксы -ш, -ис при образовании феминитивов имеют уничжительный тон, и следует использовать суффиксы -ка и -ца, чтобы полученные слова имели нейтральный оттенок. Также существует мнение, что суффикс -ш обозначает, что женщина замужем за представителем определенной профессии (например, офицерша — жена офицера). В частности, какие из следующих вариантов соответствуют литературной норме: автор: авторка, авторша доктор: докторка, докторша директор: директорка, директорша, директриса генерал: генералка, генеральша мерчендайзер: мерчендайзерка, мерчендайзерша?

Ответ справочной службы русского языка

В деловой речи существует ряд наименований лиц мужского пола, к которым нет параллельных соответствий женского рода. К ним относятся:

• административные и должностные названия: адвокат, делегат, депутат, консультант, корреспондент, министр, мэр, премьер-министр, помощник (депутата), посол, президент, референт, руководитель, советник, эксперт; 
• обозначения ученых степеней: академик, доктор наук, доцент, кандидат наук, профессор, член-корреспондент; 
• названия лиц по военным специальностям: боец, воин, генерал, капитан, майор, офицер, пилот, полковник, сержант;
• слова на -ор, -тор, -ер, -вед, -лог, -граф, -фил: автор, библиограф, библиофил, губернатор, директор, лектор, литературовед, оратор, прокурор, редактор, спринтер, филолог, языковед.

Параллельные названия для обозначения лиц женского пола закрепились в тех случаях, когда данная специальность (профессия, род занятий и т. д.) в равной мере связана и с женским и с мужским трудом, например: акушер – акушерка, лаборант – лаборантка, летчик – летчица, преподаватель – преподавательница, продавец – продавщица, студент – студентка, учитель – учительница и мн. др. То же в области искусства, спорта, при обозначении лиц по их отношению к общественной организации и т. д.: артист – артистка, комсомолец – комсомолка, писатель – писательница, спортсмен – спортсменка.

Однако, несмотря на свободное образование подобных названий в форме женского рода, они используются не во всех стилях речи. Так, в официально-деловом стиле предпочтительно сохранять форму мужского рода, когда речь идет о номенклатурном наименовании должности; ср. в документе-справке: «А. В. Петрова работает лаборантом на кафедре физики» (в обиходной речи – лаборантка Петрова); «Л. И. Николаева является преподавателем английского языка» (в обиходной речи – преподавательница Николаева). Ср. бытовое: заведующая отделом Никитина и официальное: управляющий трестом Никитина.

Проверить интересующие Вас слова Вы можете в электронных словарях на нашем портале. Помета «разговорное» или отсутствие слова в словаре указывают на ограничения в словоупотреблении.

Здравствуйте. Нужна ли запятая перед «вспоминать»? Неясно, здесь уточнение или перечисление: Хотелось бы рассказать историю, которую бывший премьер-министр Норвегии, а ныне генсек НАТО(,) вспоминать не хочет.

Ответ справочной службы русского языка

Указанная запятая не нужна.

С приставкой экс- вроде всё ясно: экс-министр, экс заместитель министра и т. д. А если слово на дефисе? Скажем, _премьер-министр_? Как работает в этом случае экс-?

Ответ справочной службы русского языка

В этом случае приставка экс- по основному правилу присоединяется дефисом: экс-премьер-министр.

Здравствуйте, уважаемые консультанты Грамоты! У меня вопрос о написание слова «консул» в отдельности и в предложении: «Уважаемая (Г)госпожа (К)консул!» Заранее спасибо за ответ! С уважением, Татьяна Фомина.

Ответ справочной службы русского языка

Названия должностей, званий, титулов пишутся со строчной буквы, напр.: президент, канцлер, председатель, министр, премьер-министр, заместитель министра, мэр, император, королева, хан, шейх, генеральный секретарь, заслуженный деятель культуры, лауреат Нобелевской премии, посол, атташе, директор, генеральный директор, академик, доктор наук, профессор, член-корреспондент, генерал-майор, командующий войсками, руководитель департамента, заведующий отделом, управляющий делами.

В официальных текстах названия высших государственных должностей и титулов пишутся с прописной буквы, напр.: Президент Российской Федерации, Председатель Правительства РФ, Председатель Государственной думы, Премьер-министр Индии, Её Величество Королева Англии. Однако в неофициальных текстах эти названия пишутся со строчной буквы, напр.: выборы президента, выступление председателя Госдумы, распоряжение премьер-министра, приём у королевы.

(Правила русской орфографии и пунктуации. Полный академический справочник / Под ред. В. В. Лопатина. М., 2006.)

Добрый день! Редко получаю от вас ответы, но сейчас очень хотелось бы. Подскажите, корректно ли будет писать нумерацию туров РФПЛ до десяти не арабскими цифрами с окончанием, а целым словом? Например, в третьем туре Российской футбольной премьер-лиги? Или принципиальное написание таково — в 3-ем туре РФПЛ ?

Ответ справочной службы русского языка

Порядковые числительные можно записывать словами (в третьем туре) и словесно-цифровым способом (в 3-м туре). О наращениях падежных окончаний см. в «Письмовнике».

ОЧЕНЬ ВАЖНО!!!!
Уважаемая «Грамота»!
Объясните, почему экс главный редактор и экс министр обороны пишется без дефиса.
Прошу не оставлять мое письмо (в который раз уже) без внимания.

Ответ справочной службы русского языка

Правильно: экс главный редактор, но экс-министр обороны.

Подробные правила находим в информационно-поисковой системе «Орфографическое комментирование русского словаря», разработанной в Институте русского языка им. В. В. Виноградова РАН.

Приставка экс… со значением ‘бывший’ присоединяется дефисом, например: экс-губернатор (экс-губернатор области), экс-депутат (экс-депутат областного собрания), экс-чемпион (экс-чемпион мира), экс-советский, экс-чемпионский. Дефис сохраняется и в том случае, когда приставка присоединяется к слову, имеющему собственное дефисное написание, напр.: экс-вице-мэр, экс-вице-президент, экс-премьер-министр.

Приставка пишется раздельно со вторым компонентом, представляющем собой атрибутивное сочетание, напр.: экс первый вице-премьер, экс первая леди, экс первая ракетка мира (в теннисе).

А что делать, если экс присоединяется к сочетанию слов, первое из которых – не прилагательное, а существительное? Если это устойчивое сочетание слов, то экс пишется раздельно, напр.: экс доктор наук, экс кандидат наук. Если сочетание слов более свободное, то пишется дефис по общему правилу, напр.: экс-глава компании, экс-заместитель директора, экс-муж Петровой.

Футбольная премьер-лига или Премьер-лига? Или это зависит от официального наименования турнира?

Ответ справочной службы русского языка

Словарные рекомендации разнятся: футбольная премьер-лига и футбольная Премьер-лига.

Добрый день. Обязательна ли запятая в скобках?
Самым сложным из них оказался пункт об освобождении лидера оппозиционной партии «Батькивщина»( ) бывшего премьер-министра Юлии Тимошенко.

Ответ справочной службы русского языка

Требуется либо запятая, либо тире.

Какая форма глагола «порицать» будет правильной в качестве антонима к слову «одобрено»? И будет ли употребление этого глагола правильным в контексте действий парламента по отношению к кандидатурам на пост премьер-министра?

Ответ справочной службы русского языка

Такую форму привести затруднительно. Если говорить о грамматических аналогиях, то верно: предано порицанию. О кандидатурах на пост так сказать нельзя.

Как пишутся названия должностей?

Ответ справочной службы русского языка

Названия должностей, званий, титулов пишутся со строчной буквы, напр.: мэр, директор, руководитель департамента. В официальных текстах названия высших государственных должностей и титулов пишутся с прописной буквы, напр.: Президент Российской Федерации, Премьер-министр Индии. Однако в неофициальных текстах эти названия пишутся со строчной буквы, напр.: выборы президента.

Добрый день!
В служебной переписке как правильно: «Прошу вас» или «Прошу Вас» (вас — с большой или с маленькой?)
Это служебная записка. Не президенту. Не премьер-министру

Ответ справочной службы русского языка

При обращении к одному лицу верно: Прошу Вас...

Подскажите, пожалуйста, как правильно «премьеру-министру» или «премьер-министру»?

Ответ справочной службы русского языка

Первая часть этого слова не склоняется. Правильно: премьер-министру.

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Вопрос:
«Премьер-министр» — тут все ясно. С большой и через дефис…

А «вице(-)премьер(-)министр»?

А «(П)ервый вице(-)премьер(-)министр»?

Интересует строчность/заглавность букв и расстановка дефисов…

Толковый словарь русского языка. Поиск по слову, типу, синониму, антониму и описанию. Словарь ударений.

премьер-министр

Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation
Председатель Правительства Российской Федерации
Logo of the Government of Russia
Incumbent Mikhail Mishustin since 16 January 2020
Government of Russia Office of the Prime Minister of Russia
Style	Mr Chairman (informal) His Excellency[1] (diplomatic)
Type	Head of government
Abbreviation	PMOR, PMORF
Member of	Government of Russia Security Council State Council
Reports to	President State Duma
Seat	White House, Moscow
Nominator	President
Appointer	President (with the approval of the State Duma)
Term length	No fixed term
Constituting instrument	Constitution of Russia
Precursor	Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union (1923–1991)
Inaugural holder	Sergei Witte
Formation	6 November 1905; 117 years ago (original) 12 December 1993; 29 years ago (current form)
Deputy	First Deputy Prime Minister Deputy Prime Minister
Salary	US$105,000 annually[2]
Website	premier.gov.ru

The chairman of the government of the Russian Federation,^[a] also informally known as the prime minister,^[b] is the head of government of Russia. Although the post dates back to 1905, its current form was established on 12 December 1993 following the introduction of a new 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 constitution.

Mikhail Mishustin is the current prime minister. He was appointed on 16 January 2020 after Dmitry Medvedev and the rest of the government resigned the previous day.

Historical background[edit]

Imperial period[edit]

Early Russian prime ministers[edit]

Until 1905, the head of government was the 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 chairpersonship was granted to the state chancellor, Count Nikolay Rumyantsev, the former then chairperson of the State Council. Since 1812, as chairperson of the committee has evolved into an independent position, which until 1865 necessarily coincide with the presidency of the Council of State.

Traditionally, the chairpersonship 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 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[edit]

The modern post of prime minister appeared in 1905. A decree of Emperor 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 their department). The Chairperson of the Council of Ministers officially became a fully-fledged head of government. Nicholas appointed Graf Sergei Witte as his first «prime minister».^[3]

From 1905 the prime minister received extensive powers, with the opportunity to pursue their 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 (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.^[4]

The position of Chairperson 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 from the throne on 15 March [O.S. 2 March] 1917 and the formation that same day of the Provisional Government.

Provisional Government[edit]

During the Russian Provisional Government, the prime minister de facto headed the Russian state and was officially called the “Minister-Chairperson 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 Chairperson of the Council of People’s Commissars of the Russian SFSR.

Soviet period[edit]

During the reign of Vladimir Lenin, the Chairperson of the Council of People’s Commissars was the de facto leader of the RSFSR (from 1922 to 1991).

In 1946, the post of head of government was renamed Chairperson of the 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[edit]

Currently, the formal title of the prime minister is «Chairperson of the Government of the Russian Federation».

In modern Russia, the prime minister is appointed by the president, with the consent of the State Duma. The prime minister is responsible to the president and regularly reports to them, however, they only report 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.^[5]

Duties and competences[edit]

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 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);^[6]
• 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 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 the Russian Federation;
• The Council of the Heads of Government of the Commonwealth of Independent States;
• The Supreme State Council of the Union State of Russia and Belarus;
• The Council of the Heads of Government of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization;
• The Interstate Council of the Eurasian Economic Community (EurAsEC);

Appointment[edit]

Initially, the prime minister was appointed by the Emperor of Russia, without the consent of the candidate to the State Duma.

In Soviet times, the prime minister of the Russian SFSR was appointed by the Supreme Council after each election.^[7][8]

Currently the prime minister is appointed by the president of Russia, subject to the consent of the State Duma (before 1993 the Supreme Soviet). Unlike most other «prime ministers», who are also elected members of the legislative body or parliament, the Chairperson 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 Chairperson of the Government within two weeks of the resignation of a previous government or 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.^[9]

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[edit]

Candidate	Date	Total deputies	Yes	No	Abstaining	No vote	Result
Supreme Soviet confirmations
Yegor Gaidar	9 December, 1992	1040	467	44.9%	486	26	61	Not approved
Viktor Chernomyrdin	14 December, 1992	1040	721	69.3%	172	48	1	Approved
State Duma confirmations
Viktor Chernomyrdin	10 August 1996	443	314	70.9%	85	3	48	Approved[10]
Sergey Kirienko	10 April, 1998	443	143	32.3%	186	5	116	Not approved[11]
17 April, 1998	443	115	25.9%	271	11	153	Not approved[12]
24 April, 1998	443	251	56.7%	25	39	135	Approved[13]
Viktor Chernomyrdin	31 August, 1998	443	94	21.2%	253	0	98	Not approved
7 September, 1998	443	138	31.2%	273	1	32	Not approved
Yevgeny Primakov	11 September, 1998	443	317	71.6%	63	15	49	Approved
Sergei Stepashin	19 May, 1999	443	301	67.9%	55	14	70	Approved
Vladimir Putin	16 August, 1999	443	233	52.6%	84	17	105	Approved
Mikhail Kasyanov	17 May, 2000	441	325	72.7%	55	15	52	Approved
Mikhail Fradkov	5 March, 2004	445	352	79.1%	58	24	13	Approved
12 May, 2004	445	356	80%	72	8	11	Approved
Viktor Zubkov	14 September, 2007	445	381	85.6%	47	8	9	Approved
Vladimir Putin	8 May, 2008	450	392	87.1%	56	0	0	Approved
Dmitry Medvedev	8 May, 2012	450	299	66.4%	144	0	0	Approved
8 May, 2018	446	374	83.9%	56	0	14	Approved[14]
Mikhail Mishustin	16 January, 2020	449	383	85.1%	0	41	25	Approved[15]

Removal from office[edit]

The prime minister may be dismissed by the president at any time at the president’s discretion. The prime minister may also tender their resignation to the president on their own initiative. The president may reject such resignation and oblige them to continue their 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.^[16]

Under certain circumstances, the president may also theoretically be forced to dismiss the chairperson 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 they totally support it).

Term of office[edit]

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

In Soviet times, the term of the prime minister was also unlimited. The Chairperson 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[edit]

Temporary absence[edit]

The Federal constitutional law «On the Government of the Russian Federation» says «in the case of temporary absence of the Chairperson of the Government of the Russian Federation, their 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 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.^[17]

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 Chairperson of the Government of the Russian Federation, Deputy Chairperson of the Government of the Russian Federation and federal ministries».

When the whole of government resigned[edit]

The prime minister can leave their post at their own request or if it is impossible for them to exercise their 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 their duties to one of their 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.^[17]

Very often, the acting prime minister later proposed the State Duma as the new prime minister.

Succession of the presidency[edit]

In case of the president’s death, resignation or impeachment, the prime minister becomes a 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.^{[18][19][20][21]} However, nowhere in the legislation is this fixed.

List of prime ministers of Russia[edit]

Approximately 99 people have been head of the Russian government since its establishment in 1726. The chairperson of government was a member of the Supreme Privy Council, which was created on 8 (19) February 1726 by Empress Catherine, and from 8 (20) September 1802 ministerial duties were allocated by the Committee of Ministers, which was established on in accordance with the proclamation of Emperor Alexander II. Beginning with Count Aleksandr Romanovich Vorontsov, the eldest of the officers was de facto chairperson 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 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 chairperson of the 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, the second session of the Council of Ministers began on 19 October (1 November) 1905, following the formation of the 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 following a decree of the 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 chairperson of which became Viktor Chernomyrdin, replacing acting chairperson Yegor Gaidar. According to the new constitution ratified on 25 December 1993, those two entities were separated. Since then, the head of that office takes the formal title «Chairmen 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 Karl-Fridrikh Golshteyn-Gottorpsky, at age 26, and the oldest Count Pyotr Andreyevich Tolstoy, at age 81.

List below includes Prime Ministers since 1991

List of Heads of Government of Russia since 1991
No.	Name (Lifespan)	Portrait	Political party	Term of office	State Duma	Government
Name	Party affiliation of ministers
1	Boris Yeltsin (1931–2007)		Independent	26 December 1991	15 June 1992	12th Supreme Soviet	Yeltsin-Gaidar	Independents[c]
—	Yegor Gaidar (1956–2009)		Independent[d]	15 June 1992	14 December 1992
2	Viktor Chernomyrdin (1938–2010)		Independent	14 December 1992	9 August 1996[e]	Chernomyrdin I
Independents
1993 (1st)	NDR • DVR • APR • PRES • DPR
	Our Home – Russia[f]	1995 (2nd)
10 August 1996	23 March 1998	Chernomyrdin II	NDR • DVR • PRES
—	Sergey Kiriyenko (born 1962)		Independent[g]	23 March 1998	24 April 1998
3	24 April 1998	23 August 1998	Kiriyenko	NDR • DVR
—	Viktor Chernomyrdin (1938–2010)		Our Home – Russia	23 August 1998	11 September 1998
4	Yevgeny Primakov (1929–2015)		Independent[h]	11 September 1998	12 May 1999	Primakov	OVR • NDR • CPRF
—	Sergei Stepashin (born 1952)		Independent[i]	12 May 1999	19 May 1999
5	19 May 1999	9 August 1999	Stepashin	NDR • DVR • LDPR
—	Vladimir Putin (born 1952)		Independent	9 August 1999	19 August 1999
6	19 August 1999	7 May 2000	Putin I	Unity • NDR • DVR
	Unity	1999 (3rd)
—	Mikhail Kasyanov (born 1957)		Independent[j]	7 May 2000	17 May 2000
7	17 May 2000	24 February 2004	Kasyanov	Unity • NDR • OVR • APR
2003 (4th)	United Russia • APR
—	Viktor Khristenko (born 1957)		Independent	24 February 2004	5 March 2004
8	Mikhail Fradkov (born 1950)		Independent	5 March 2004	7 May 2004	Fradkov I	United Russia
—	7 May 2004	12 May 2004
(8)	12 May 2004	12 September 2007	Fradkov II
—	12 September 2007	14 September 2007
9	Viktor Zubkov (born 1941)		Independent[k]	14 September 2007	7 May 2008	Zubkov
—	7 May 2008	8 May 2008	2007 (5th)
(6)	Vladimir Putin (born 1952)		United Russia	8 May 2008	7 May 2012	Putin II
—	Viktor Zubkov (born 1941)		Independent[k]	7 May 2012	8 May 2012	2011 (6th)
10	Dmitry Medvedev (born 1965)		United Russia	8 May 2012	7 May 2018	Medvedev I
2016 (7th)
—	7 May 2018	8 May 2018
(10)	8 May 2018	15 January 2020	Medvedev II
—	15 January 2020	16 January 2020
11	Mikhail Mishustin (born 1966)		Independent	16 January 2020	30 April 2020[l]	Mishustin
—	Andrey Belousov (born 1959)		Independent	30 April 2020[m]	19 May 2020[m]
(11)	Mikhail Mishustin (born 1966)		Independent	19 May 2020	Incumbent
2021 (8th)

Living former prime ministers[edit]

As of March 2023, seven former prime ministers remain alive. The most recent death of a former prime minister was that of Ivan Silayev (1930–2023) on 8 February 2023, aged 92.

• 

  Vladimir Putin
  served 1999–2000 and 2008–2012
  Born 7 October 1952 (age 70)

Notes[edit]

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Official Website of the Prime Minister of Russia (in Russian)
• Official Site of the Government of Russia (in Russian)