Mikhail Fradkov's Second Cabinet (May 2004 - September 2007) was the twelfth cabinet of the government of the

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, preceded by Fradkov's First Cabinet, which followed the cabinet led by

Mikhail Kasyanov Mikhail Mikhailovich Kasyanov ( rus, link=no, Михаи́л Миха́йлович Касья́нов, , mʲɪxɐˈil mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪtɕ kɐˈsʲjanəf; born 8 December 1957) is a Russian politician who served as Prime Minister of Russia fr ...

, who had been dismissed by

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on February 24, 2004 shortly before the

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. It was led by

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Fradkov, proposed by President Putin for the approval by the State Duma on May 7, 2004, the day Putin entered into his second presidential term. On May 12 Fradkov was approved by the State Duma and appointed Prime Minister by the President. The other 17 ministers of the cabinet were appointed by presidential decrees on May 20, 2004. The prime minister and 16 ministers occupied the same positions in Fradkov's First Cabinet. Only

Leonid Reiman Leonid Dodojonovich Reiman ( Russian: Леонид Дододжонович Рейман; born 12 July 1957, in Leningrad) is a Russian businessman and government official, former Minister of Communications and Information Technologies of the Russ ...

assumed the reestablished position of Information Technologies and Telecommunications Minister of Russia. Eight of the ministers took part in Kasyanov's Cabinet, all on the same positions: Yury Chaika,

Alexey Gordeyev Alexey Vasilyevich Gordeyev (russian: Алексей Васильевич Гордеев; born 28 February 1955) is a Russian politician who served as Member and Deputy Speaker of the State Duma. Previously he was the Deputy Prime Minister of ...

German Gref Hermann Gräf (russian: Герман Оскарович Греф, translit=German Oskarovich Gref, born February 8, 1964), better known as Herman Gref, is a Russian politician and businessman. He was the Minister of Economics and Trade of Russi ...

Sergei Ivanov Sergei Borisovich Ivanov ( rus, Сергей Борисович Иванов, p=sʲɪrˈɡʲej bɐˈrʲisəvʲɪtɕ ɪvɐˈnof; born 31 January 1953) is a Russian senior official and politician who has served as the Special Representative of ...

Viktor Khristenko Viktor Borisovich Khristenko (russian: Виктор Борисович Христенко; born 28 August 1957) is a Russian politician who was chairman of the board of the Eurasian Economic Commission from 1 February 2012 to 1 February 2016. H ...

, Alexey Kudrin,

, and

Sergei Shoigu Sergei Kuzhugetovich Shoigu, ; tyv, Сергей Күжүгет оглу Шойгу, translit=Sergey Kyzhyget oglu Shoygu, . (russian: Сергей Кужугетович Шойгу; born 21 May 1955) is a Russian politician who has served as ...

Further development

*September 13, 2004: :The Ministry of Regional Development was reestablished. Vladimir Yakovlev was fired from the position of Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the

Southern Federal District The Southern Federal District ( rus, Ю́жный федера́льный о́круг, Yuzhny federalny okrug, ˈjuʐnɨj fʲɪdʲɪˈralʲnɨj ˈokrʊk) is one of the eight federal districts of Russia. Its territory lies mostly on the Pontic� ...

in the aftermath of the

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and was appointed Minister of Regional Development by the President. :

Dmitry Kozak Dmitry Nikolayevich Kozak ( rus, Дмитрий Николаевич Кóзак, p=ˈdmʲitrʲɪj nʲɪkɐˈlajɪvʲɪtɕ kˈozak, uk, Дмитро Миколайович Козак; born 7 November 1958) is a Russian politician who has served ...

was replaced by the President with Sergei Naryshkin as Minister – Chief of Staff of the Government and became Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Southern Federal District instead of Yakovlev. *November 14, 2005: :Two more Deputy Prime Minister positions were created. Dmitry Medvedev was appointed First Deputy Prime Minister,

was appointed Deputy Prime Minister by the President, retaining his Defence Minister position. *June 23, 2006: :President Vladimir Putin replaced Yury Chaika with former Prosecutor General

Vladimir Ustinov Vladimir Vasilyevich Ustinov (russian: Владимир Васильевич Устинов; born 25 February 1953) is a Russian politician. He currently is the Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Southern Federal District. Until 2008, he was Russia's ...

as Justice Minister of Russia. Chaika in turn assumed the Prosecutor General position for the second time in his career. *February 15, 2007: :The President introduced the second position of First Deputy Prime Minister assumed by

and appointed Sergei Naryshkin Deputy Prime Minister. Former Chief of the Federal Tax Service of Russia Anatoly Serdyukov was appointed Defence Minister instead of Ivanov. Naryshkin retained his position of Chief of Staff of the Government.Ivanov and Kadyrov Promoted in Shakeup
by Nabi Abdullaev,

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, February 16, 2007.
A Shuffle in High Places
by Dmitry Butrin, Petr Netreba and Maxim Shishkin,

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, February 16, 2007.
Russian Defense Minister Promoted
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, February 15, 2007.
Wrap: Putin promotes Ivanov, reshuffles govt., changes Chechnya pres.
RIA Novosti, February 16, 2007.
What the Russian papers say
RIA Novosti, February 16, 2007. *September 12, 2007: : President Putin accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Mikhail Fradko

According to Russian legislation, his cabinet was also dismissed. Fradkov, however, remained acting Prime Minister until September 14, when the new Prime Minister,

Viktor Zubkov Viktor Alekseyevich Zubkov ( rus, Ви́ктор Алексе́евич Зубко́в, p=ˈvʲiktər ɐlʲɪˈksʲejɪvʲɪtɕ zʊpˈkof; born 15 September 1941) is a Russian civil servant, politician and businessman who served as the 36th Pr ...

, was appointed. German Gref, Vladimir Yakovlev and Mikhail Zurabov were dismissed on September 24, when the new cabinet was formed.

Ministers

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External links

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