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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.
| Name | Took Office | Left Office |
| Graf (Count) Sergei Witte | 6 November 1905 | 5 May 1906 |
| Ivan Goremykin | 5 May 1906 | 21 July 1906 |
| Pyotr Stolypin | 21 July 1906 | 18 September 1911 |
| Vladimir Kokovtsov | 18 September 1911 | 12 February 1914 |
| Ivan Goremykin | 12 February 1914 | 2 February 1916 |
| Boris Stürmer | 2 February 1916 | 23 November 1916 |
| Alexander Trepov | 23 November 1916 | 9 January 1917 |
| Knyaz (Prince) Nikolai Golitsyn | 9 January 1917 | 12 March 1917 |
| Name | Took Office | Left Office | Party |
| Knyaz (Prince) Georgy Evgenyevich Lvov | 23 March 1917 | 21 July 1917 | Constitutional Democratic Party |
| Alexander Kerensky | 21 July 1917 | 8 November 1917 | Socialist-Revolutionary Party |
| Name | Took Office | Left Office | Party | |
| 1 | Ivan Silayev | 15 June 1990 | 26 September 1991 | CPSU |
| Oleg Lobov (acting) | 26 September 1991 | 6 November 1991 | CPRF |
| Name | Took Office | Left Office | Party | |
| 2 | Boris Yeltsin | 6 November 1991 | 15 June 1992 | (None) |
| Yegor Gaidar (acting) | 15 June 1992 | 14 December 1992 | (None) | |
| 3 | Viktor Chernomyrdin, 1st time | 14 December 1992 | 23 March 1998 | Our Home is Russia |
| Boris Yeltsin (acting) | 23 March 1998 | 23 March 1998 | (None) | |
| 4 | Sergei Kiriyenko* | 23 March 1998 | 23 August 1998 | (None) |
| Viktor Chernomyrdin (acting) | 23 August 1998 | 11 September 1998 | Our Home is Russia | |
| 5 | Yevgeny Primakov | 11 September 1998 | 12 May 1999 | (None) |
| 6 | Sergei Stepashin** | 12 May 1999 | 9 August 1999 | (None) |
| 7 | Vladimir Putin*** | 9 August 1999 | 7 May 2000 | (None) |
| 8 | Mikhail Kasyanov**** | 7 May 2000 | 24 February 2004 | (None) |
| Viktor Khristenko (acting) | 24 February 2004 | 5 March 2004 | (None) | |
| 9 | Mikhail Fradkov***** | 5 March 2004 | 14 September 2007 | (None) |
| 10 | Viktor Zubkov | 14 September 2007 | incumbent | (None) |
* Acting to 24 April
** Acting to 19 May
*** Acting to 16 August
**** Acting to 17 May
***** Acting from 7 May to 12 May 2004 and from September 12 to September 14, 2007
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 Ivan Silayev • Oleg Lobov* •  Boris Yeltsin • Yegor Gaidar* • Viktor Chernomyrdin • Sergei Kiriyenko • Viktor Chernomyrdin* • Yevgeny Primakov • Sergei Stepashin • Vladimir Putin • Mikhail Kasyanov • Viktor Khristenko* • Mikhail Fradkov • Viktor Zubkov*denotes acting |
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