Prime Minister of Russia

The Prime Minister of Russia (in 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 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.

Prime Ministers of Russia, 1905-1917

Name	Took Office	Left Office
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 Nikolai Golitsyn	9 January, 1917	12 March, 1917

Minister-Chairmen of the Provisional Government, 1917

Name	Took Office	Left Office	Party
Knyaz Georgy Evgenyevich Lvov	23 March 1917	21 July 1917	Constitutional Democratic Party
Alexander Kerensky	21 July 1917	8 November 1917	Socialist-Revolutionary Party

Chairmen of the Council of People's Comissars, 1917-1946

See: Premier of the Soviet Union

Chairmen of the Council of Ministers of the USSR, 1946-1991

See: Premier of the Soviet Union

Prime Ministers of the USSR, 1991

See: Premier of the Soviet Union

Prime Ministers of Russian SFSR, 1990-1991

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

Prime Ministers of Russian Federation, 1991-present

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	8 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	(present)	(None)