Sergei Kiriyenko's Cabinet

Sergei Kiriyenko's Cabinet (March 23, 1998 - August 23, 1998) was the sixth cabinet of government of the Russian Federation, preceded by Viktor Chernomyrdin's Second Cabinet and followed by Yevgeny Primakov's Cabinet. It was led by Prime Minister Sergey Kiriyenko, appointed acting Prime Minister on March 23 and proposed to the State Duma for approvement on March 27, 1998. On April 10 and April 17 Duma disapproved him as Prime Minister twice (April 10: 143 in favor, 186 against, 5 abstained, April 17: 115 in favor, 271 against, 11 abstained), but on the third time on April 24 he was approved by the State Duma (251 in favor, 25 against) and appointed Prime Minister by the President. According to the Constitution of Russia, if the State Duma rejects the President's nomination three times, it must be dissolved and a parliamentary election held.

According to the Russian legislation, the ministers were appointed by the President.

On August 23, 1998 Yeltsin sacked the government after the 1998 Russian financial crisis had happened on August 17, replaced Kiriyenko with Viktor Chernomyrdin as acting Prime Minister, although he had been neither a deputy nor even a member of the cabinet of Kiriyenko as required by law, and reappointed all the other ministers as acting ministers.

Fourteen ministers survived the reshuffle (see Yevgeny Primakov's Cabinet).

See also

• 1998 Russian financial crisis

Ministers

Minister	Period of office
Prime Minister Sergey Kiriyenko	April 24, 1998 - August 23, 1998
Viktor Chernomyrdin (acting)	August 23, 1998 - September 11, 1998
Deputy Prime Minister for Economy and Finance Viktor Khristenko	April 28, 1998 - September 11, 1998
Deputy Prime Minister for Monopolies and Public Utilities Reform Boris Nemtsov	April 28, 1998 - August 28, 1998
Deputy Prime Minister for Welfare and Mass Media Oleg Sysuev	April 30, 1998 - September 11, 1998
Deputy Prime Minister Boris Fyodorov	August 17, 1998 - September 11, 1998
Minister for Atomic Energy Yevgeny Adamov	May 8, 1998 - September 30, 1998
Minister of the Interior Sergei Stepashin	April 28, 1998 - September 11, 1998
Minister of State Property Farit Gazizullin	April 30, 1998 - September 28, 1998
Minister of Emergencies Sergey Shoygu	April 28, 1998 - September 11, 1998
Minister of Health Oleg Rutkovsky	May 8, 1998 - September 30, 1998
Minister of Land Use, Construction and Public Utilities Ilya Yuzhanov	May 5, 1998 - September 11, 1998
Minister of External Affairs Yevgeny Primakov	April 28, 1998 - September 11, 1998
Minister of Culture Natalya Dementyeva	April 30, 1998 - September 30, 1998
Minister of Science and Technology Vladimir Bulgak	April 30, 1998 - September 25, 1998
Minister of Defence Igor Sergeyev	April 28, 1998 - September 11, 1998
Minister of Education Alexander Tikhonov	April 28, 1998 - September 30, 1998
Minister of Natural Resources Viktor Nekrutenko	April 30, 1998 - October 6, 1998
Minister of Industry and Trade Georgy Gabunia (acting)	May 8, 1998 - July 23, 1998
Yury Maslyukov	July 23, 1998 - September 11, 1998
Minister of Railways Nikolai Aksyonenko	April 28, 1998 - September 25, 1998
Minister of Nationalities and Regional Affairs Yevgeny Sapiro	May 8, 1998 - September 25, 1998
Minister of Agriculture and Food Viktor Semyonov	April 30, 1998 - September 30, 1998
Minister of Fuel and Energy Sergei Generalov	April 30, 1998 - September 25, 1998
Minister of Transport Sergei Frank	April 30, 1998 - September 25, 1998
Minister of Labor and Welfare Development Oxana Dmitriyeva	April 30, 1998 - September 30, 1998
Minister of Finance Mikhail Zadornov	April 28, 1998 - September 25, 1998
Minister of Economy Yakov Urinson	April 30, 1998 - September 25, 1998
Minister of Justice Pavel Krasheninnikov	April 30, 1998 - September 25, 1998
Minister, Chief of the State Tax Service Boris Fyodorov	May 29, 1998 - September 28, 1998
Minister, Chief of Staff of the Government Nikolai Khvatkov	May 8, 1998 - August 28, 1998
Igor Shabdurasulov (acting)	August 28, 1998 - September 14, 1998

External links

• Kiriyenko's Cabinet (in Russian)