List of heads of government of Russia

This is a list of Heads of Government of Russia or Prime Ministers of Russia (in the modern sense), and its since 1905 as the Russian Empire, from when the first Prime Minister, Sergei Witte, took office in 1905, until the present day. The office is currently held by Dmitry Medvedev.

Multiple government change in office, consecutive or otherwise, are listed and counted in the first column (total number) and the second column (administration number).

List of Heads of Government

      United Russia       Communist / Social Democratic / Socialist Revolutionary       Constitutional Democrat       Our Home is Russia       Independent / None

Russian Empire
T#	A#	Portrait	Name	Took Office	Left Office	Political Party	Head of state
Chairmen of Council of Ministers of the Russian Empire (1905-1917)
1			Count Sergei Witte	6 November 1905	5 May 1906	None	Nicholas II
2			Ivan Goremykin 1st term	5 May 1906	21 July 1906	None	Nicholas II
3			Pyotr Stolypin	21 July 1906	18 September 1911	None	Nicholas II
4			Vladimir Kokovtsov	18 September 1911	12 February 1914	None	Nicholas II
5			Ivan Goremykin 2nd term	12 February 1914	2 February 1916	None	Nicholas II
6			Boris Stürmer	2 February 1916	23 November 1916	None	Nicholas II
7			Alexander Trepov	23 November 1916	9 January 1917	None	Nicholas II
8			Knyaz Nikolai Golitsyn	9 January 1917	12 March 1917	None	Nicholas II
Russian Provisional Government
T#	A#	Portrait	Name	Took Office	Left Office	Political Party	Head of state
Minister-Chairmen of the Russian Provisional Government (1917)
9	1		Knyaz Georgy Lvov	23 March 1917	21 July 1917	Constitutional Democrat	Knyaz Georgy Lvov
10	2		Alexander Kerensky	21 July 1917	8 November 1917	Socialist Revolutionary	Alexander Kerensky
Russian Soviet Republic
T#	A#	Portrait	Name	Took Office	Left Office	Political Party	Head of state
Chairmen of the Council of Peoples' Commissars of the Russian SFSR (1917-1946)
11	1		Vladimir Lenin	9 November 1917	21 January 1924	Social Democratic (Bolsheviks) ↓ Communist (Bolsheviks)	Lev Kamenev Yakov Sverdlov Mikhail Vladimirsky (acting) Mikhail Kalinin
12	2		Alexey Rykov	2 February 1924	18 May 1929	Communist (Bolsheviks)	Mikhail Kalinin
13	3		Sergei Syrtsov	18 May 1929	3 November 1930	Communist (Bolsheviks)	Mikhail Kalinin
14	4		Daniil Sulimov	3 November 1930	22 July 1937	Communist (Bolsheviks)	Mikhail Kalinin
15	5		Nikolai Bulganin	22 July 1937	17 September 1938	Communist (Bolsheviks)	Mikhail Kalinin Andrei Zhdanov Alexei Badayev
16	6		Vasiliy Vakhrushev	29 July 1939	2 June 1940	Communist (Bolsheviks)	Alexei Badayev
17	7		Ivan Khokhlov	2 June 1940	23 June 1943	Communist (Bolsheviks)	Alexei Badayev Ivan Vlasov (acting)
18	8		Alexei Kosygin	23 June 1943	23 March 1946	Communist (Bolsheviks)	Ivan Vlasov Nikolai Shvernik
Chairmen of the Council of Ministers of the Russian SFSR (1946-1978)
19	9		Mikhail Rodionov	23 March 1946	9 March 1949	Communist (Bolsheviks)	Nikolai Shvernik Ivan Vlasov
20	10		Boris Chernousov	9 March 1949	20 October 1952	Communist (Bolsheviks)	Ivan Vlasov Mikhail Tarasov
21	11		Alexander Puzanov	20 October 1952	24 January 1956	Communist	Mikhail Tarasov
22	12		Mikhail Yasnov	24 January 1956	19 December 1957	Communist	Mikhail Tarasov
23	13		Frol Kozlov	19 December 1957	31 March 1958	Communist	Mikhail Tarasov
24	14		Dmitry Polyansky	31 March 1958	23 November 1962	Communist	Mikhail Tarasov Nikolai Ignatov Nikolai Organov
25	15		Gennady Voronov	23 November 1962	23 July 1971	Communist	Nikolai Organov Nikolai Ignatov Mikhail Yasnov
26	16		Mikhail Solomentsev	28 July 1971	12 April 1978	Communist	Mikhail Yasnov
Chairmen of the Council of Ministers – Government of the Russian SFSR (1978-1991/1992)
26	16		Mikhail Solomentsev	12 April 1978	24 June 1983	Communist	Mikhail Yasnov
27	17		Vitaly Vorotnikov	24 June 1983	3 October 1988	Communist	Mikhail Yasnov Vladimir Orlov
28	18		Alexander Vlasov	3 October 1988	15 June 1990	Communist	Vitaly Vorotnikov Boris Yeltsin
29	19		Ivan Silayev	16 June 1990	26 September 1991	Communist	Boris Yeltsin
—			Acting Oleg Lobov	26 September 1991	6 November 1991	Communist (RSFSR)	Boris Yeltsin
—			Boris Yeltsin Head of Government of the Russian SFSR as President of the Russian SFSR	6 November 1991	25 December 1991 21 May 1992	None	Boris Yeltsin
Russian Federation
T#	A#	Portrait	Name	Took Office	Left Office	Political Party	Head of state
Chairmen of the Council of Ministers – Government of the Russian Federation (1995/1993-1999)
—			Boris Yeltsin Head of Government of the Russian Federation as President of the Russian Federation	25 December 1991 21 May 1992	15 June 1992	None	Boris Yeltsin
—			Acting Yegor Gaidar	15 June 1992	14 December 1992	None	Boris Yeltsin
30	1		Viktor Chernomyrdin	14 December 1992	25 December 1993	None	Boris Yeltsin
Chairmen of the Government of the Russian Federation (1993-Present)
30	1		Viktor Chernomyrdin	25 December 1993	23 March 1998	Our Home is Russia	Boris Yeltsin
—			Acting Boris Yeltsin	23 March 1998		None	Boris Yeltsin
31	2		Sergei Kiriyenko	23 March 1998	23 August 1998	None	Boris Yeltsin
—			Acting Viktor Chernomyrdin	23 August 1998	11 September 1998	Our Home is Russia	Boris Yeltsin
32	3		Yevgeny Primakov	11 September 1998	12 May 1999	None	Boris Yeltsin
33	4		Sergei Stepashin	12 May 1999	9 August 1999	None	Boris Yeltsin
34	5		Vladimir Putin 1st term	9 August 1999	7 May 2000	None	Boris Yeltsin Vladimir Putin (acting)
35	6		Mikhail Kasyanov	7 May 2000	24 February 2004	None	Vladimir Putin
—			Acting Viktor Khristenko	24 February 2004	5 March 2004	None	Vladimir Putin
36	7		Mikhail Fradkov	5 March 2004	14 September 2007	None	Vladimir Putin
37	8		Viktor Zubkov	14 September 2007	8 May 2008	None	Vladimir Putin Dmitry Medvedev
38	9		Vladimir Putin 2nd term	8 May 2008	7 May 2012	United Russia	Dmitry Medvedev
—			Acting Viktor Zubkov	7 May 2012	8 May 2012	None	Vladimir Putin
39	10		Dmitry Medvedev	8 May 2012	Incumbent	United Russia	Vladimir Putin

Timeline

See also

• Prime Minister of Russia
• Politics of Russia
• Government of Russia
• Premier of the Soviet Union