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The Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation (russian: Министр обороны Российской Федерации) is the minister responsible for the
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. Marshal of Aviation
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was the last
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. General Colonel Konstantin Kobets supported then President of the
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Boris Yeltsin Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin ( rus, Борис Николаевич Ельцин, p=bɐˈrʲis nʲɪkɐˈla(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ ˈjelʲtsɨn, a=Ru-Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin.ogg; 1 February 1931 – 23 April 2007) was a Soviet and Russian politician wh ...
during the
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of 1991. From 19 August until 9 September 1991, Konstantin Kobets was Defense Minister of the RSFSR, though there was no ministry. This post was then abolished. The first Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation was Boris Yeltsin, who appointed himself to the position by a decree of mid March 1992.
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, 'The Collapse of the Soviet Military,' Yale University Press, 1998, , p. 385.


List of Ministers of Defence


Former First Deputy Ministers of Defence

* Andrei Kokoshin (3 April 1992 – 25 January 1996); (25 January 1996 – 28 August 1997), State Secretary * Pavel Grachyov (3 April 1992 – 18 May 1992) *
Viktor Dubynin Viktor Petrovich Dubynin (russian: Виктор Петрович Дубынин) was a prominent Soviet and Russian military figure, an Army General, and a Hero of the Russian Federation (posthumously). Born in 1943, Viktor Dubynin had been in se ...
(10 June 1992 – 22 November 1992), Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces * Mikhail Kolesnikov (23 December 1992 – 18 October 1996), Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces * Viktor Samsonov (18 October 1996 – 22 May 1997), Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces *
Anatoly Kvashnin Anatoly Vasiliyevich Kvashnin (russian: Анатолий Васильевич Квашнин; 15 August 1946 – 7 January 2022) was a Russian military officer, who served as the Chief of the General Staff of Russian Armed Forces from 1997 to ...
(23 May 1997 – 19 June 1997), Acting Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces; (19 June 1997 – 19 July 2004), Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces * Nikolai Mikhailov (11 September 1997 – 28 March 2000), State Secretary * Vladimir Matyukhin (11 March 2003 – 21 May 2004) *
Yury Baluyevsky General of the Army (Russia), Army General Yury Nikolayevich Baluyevsky (russian: link=no, Юрий Николаевич Балуевский; born 9 January 1947 at Truskavets in the Ukrainian SSR) is the former First Deputy Minister of Defense a ...
(19 July 2004 – 3 June 2008), Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces * Aleksandr Belousov (19 July 2004 – 25 September 2007) * Aleksandr Kolmakov (25 September 2007 – 21 June 2010) * Nikolai Makarov (3 June 2008 – 9 November 2012), Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces *
Vladimir Popovkin Vladimir Aleksandrovich Popovkin (russian: Владимир Александрович Поповкин; 25 September 1957 – 18 June 2014) was the General Director of the Russian Federal Space Agency and former First Deputy Defense Minister of R ...
(21 June 2010 – 29 April 2011) * Aleksandr Sukhorukov (1 September 2011 – 9 November 2012) *
Arkady Bakhin Arkady Viktotovich Bakhin (russian: Аркадий Викторович Бахин) is a retired military officer of the Russian Federation with the rank of General of the Army. Biography Bakhin was born 8 May 1956 in Kaunas, Lithuanian SSR. H ...
(9 November 2012 – 17 November 2015)


Former Deputy Ministers of Defence

* Georgy Kondratyev (10 June 1992 – 9 February 1995) * Valery Mironov (10 June 1992 – 9 February 1995) * Vladimir Toporov (10 June 1992 – 28 March 2001) *
Boris Gromov Boris Vsevolodovich Gromov (russian: Бори́с Все́володович Гро́мов; born 7 November 1943) is a prominent Russian military and political figure. From 2000 to 2012, he was the Governor of Moscow Oblast. Biography Born 7 ...
(24 June 1992 – 16 March 1995) * Konstantin Kobets (?? June 1993 – 18 May 1997), Chief Military Inspector of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation * Matvei Burlakov (23 August 1994 – 9 February 1995) * Anatoly Solomatin (9 February 1995 – ?? April 1997), Chief of Construction and Quartering of Troops * Vladimir Churanov (17 January 1995 – 16 June 1997), Chief of Logistics of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation * Aleksandr Kosovan (?? April 1997 – 6 March 2003), Chief of Construction and Quartering of Troops * Vladimir Isakov (30 June 1997 – 2 December 2008), Chief of Logistics of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation * Mikhail Dmitriyev (13 November 2000 – 8 April 2004) * Aleksei Moskovsky (28 March 2001 – 19 April 2007), Chief of Armament of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation * Igor Puzanov (28 March 2001 – 18 October 2004), State Secretary * Lyubov Kudelina (28 March 2001 – 18 October 2004), Chief of the Main Financial-Economic Administration of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation and Deputy Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation for Financial-Economic Work; (1 September 2007 – 14 April 2009), Deputy Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation for Financial-Economic Work * Nikolai Kormiltsev (28 April 2001 – 29 September 2004), Commander-in-chief of the Land Force * Anatoly Grebenyuk (4 March 2003 – 18 October 2004), Chief of Construction and Quartering of Troops * Nikolai Makarov (19 April 2007 – 3 June 2008), Chief of Armament of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation * Oleg Eskin (19 November 2007 – 20 November 2008) *
Vladimir Popovkin Vladimir Aleksandrovich Popovkin (russian: Владимир Александрович Поповкин; 25 September 1957 – 18 June 2014) was the General Director of the Russian Federal Space Agency and former First Deputy Defense Minister of R ...
(?? July 2008 – 21 June 2010), Chief of Armament of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation * Vladimir Filippov (17 September 2008 – 12 January 2010), Chief of Quartering and Accommodation * Dmitry Chushkin (20 November 2008 – 15 November 2012) * Dmitry Bulgakov (2 December 2008 – 27 July 2010), Chief of Logistics of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation * Vera Chistova (14 April 2009 – 4 November 2010), Deputy Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation for Financial-Economic Work *
Grigory Naginsky Grigory Mikhailovich Naginskiy (russian: Григорий Михайлович Нагинский; born June 16, 1958 in Orsk, Orenburg Oblast) is a Russian politician, Candidate of Sciences. Senator – member of the Federation Council from Lenin ...
(12 January 2010 – 6 July 2010), Chief of Quartering and Accommodation; (6 July 2010 – 22 April 2011) *
Mikhail Mokretsov Mikhail Pavlovich Mokretsov (russian: Михаил Павлович Мокрецов) (born 9 February 1961, Udmurt ASSR) is a Russian businessman and state official who served as Director of the Federal Taxation Service from 2007 and 2010. E ...
(27 July 2010 – 5 July 2011), Chief of Staff of the Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation; (5 July 2011 – 10 December 2011) * Yelena Kozlova (25 June 2012 – 15 November 2012) *
Oleg Ostapenko Oleg Nikolayevich Ostapenko ( rus, Олег Николаевич Остапенко, uk, Олег Миколайович Остапенко, born 3 May 1957) is the former director of Roscosmos, the federal space agency, retired Colonel General ...
(9 November 2012 – 9 October 2013) *
Ruslan Tsalikov Ruslan Khadzhismelovich Tsalikov (russian: Руслан Хаджисмелович Цаликов) is a Russian First Deputy Minister of Defence and Order of Honour recipient. Biography Tsalikov was born on July 31, 1956 in Ordzhonikidze (now Vl ...
(15 November 2012 – 24 December 2015) * Aleksei Dyumin (24 December 2015 – 2 February 2016) *
Anatoly Antonov Anatoly Ivanovich Antonov (born 15 May 1955) is a Russian military officer and diplomat who is currently the Ambassador of Russia to the United States, formally replacing Sergey Kislyak on 21 August 2017 by Decree of the President of Russia, ...
(2 February 2011 – 29 December 2016) *
Yury Borisov Yury Ivanovich Borisov (russian: Юрий Иванович Борисов; born 31 December 1956) is a Russian politician, former military strategist, and mathematician currently serving as Director General of Roscosmos. From 2018 to 2022, he ...
(15 November 2012 – 18 May 2018)


See also

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Ministry of Defence (Russia) The Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation (russian: Министерство обороны Российской Федерации, Минобороны России, informally abbreviated as МО, МО РФ or Minoboron) is the govern ...


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