Mikhail Kasyanov's Cabinet (May 2000 - March 2004) was a cabinet of the

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of the

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during most of

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's first presidential term. It followed Vladimir Putin's Cabinet after

became

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and was replaced with

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shortly before the presidential election of 2004. It was led by

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

, proposed by President Vladimir Putin after his inauguration on May 7 and approved by the

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and appointed Prime Minister by the President on May 17, 2000. Prior to this, Kasyanov was the Finance Minister in Vladimir Putin's Cabinet, and as Putin was promoted to acting President on December 31, 1999, de facto had led his cabinet since January 10, when he was appointed also First Deputy Prime Minister. Other 28 ministers were appointed by the President on May 18–20. Only six of them were new to the government:

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, Alexander Dondukov, Alexander Gavrin, German Gref,

Alexey Kudrin Alexei Leonidovich Kudrin ( rus, Алексе́й Леони́дович Ку́дрин, p=ɐlʲɪkˈsʲej lʲɪɐˈnʲidəvʲɪtɕ ˈkudrʲɪn; born 12 October 1960) is a Russian liberal politician and economist. Previously he served as the C ...

and

Igor Shuvalov Igor Ivanovich Shuvalov ( rus, И́горь Ива́нович Шува́лов, p=ˈigərʲ ɪˈvanəvʲɪtɕ ʂʊˈvaləf; born 4 January 1967) is the chair of the Russia's largest state development corporation VEB.RF (since May 24, 2018) a ...

Further development

On November 28, 2000, the position of Minister for Coordination of the Development of the

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was established and occupied by

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. On February 5, 2001, Alexander Gavrin was dismissed as Minister of Energy. On March 28, 2001,

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was replaced with

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as Defence Minister, Vladimir Rushaylo with

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as Interior Minister, and Yevgeny Adamov with

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as Minister for Atomic Energy. On June 16, 2001, Boris Yatskevich was replaced with Vitaly Artyukhov as Minister of Natural Resources.

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was appointed Minister of Energy. On October 16, 2001 Ministry for Federal, Ethnic and Migration Policy was abolished and the position of Minister of Industry, Science and Technologies was promoted to the rank of a Deputy Prime Minister. Accordingly, on October 17 Alexander Blokhin and Alexander Dondukov were dismissed,

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was appointed Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry, Science and Technologies. The position of Minister of the Russian Federation was established to coordinate ethnic policy, and on December 6 Vladimir Zorin assumed this position. On January 3, 2002, Nikolay Aksyonenko was sacked as Minister of Railways and on January 4 was replaced with Gennady Fadeyev. On February 18, Ilya Klebanov lost his position of a Deputy Prime Minister, but remained the Minister of Industry, Science and Technologies. On November 6,

was replaced with Stanislav Ilyasov as Minister for Coordination of the Development of the Chechen Republic. On March 11, 2003,

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was dismissed from her position of a Deputy Prime Minister for Welfare as she became the Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the

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. On April 24 Boris Alyoshin was appointed Deputy Prime Minister for Industry and Galina Karelova Deputy Prime Minister for Welfare. On May 28

was replaced with Konstantin Merzlikin as Minister, Chief of Staff of the Government. On June 16, a position of Deputy Prime Minister for Housing was established and assumed by Vladimir Yakovlev, who had just resigned as Governor of

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. On September 22, Minister of Railways Gennady Fadeyev resigned and became President of JSC

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. On October 9 Vadim Morozov became Minister of Railways. On November 1, Ilya Klebanov resigned as Minister of Industry, Science and Technologies and was appointed Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the

, replacing Valentina Matviyenko, who had been elected Governor of Saint Petersburg. On November 6, his First Deputy

Andrey Fursenko Andrei Aleksandrovich Fursenko ( rus, Андрей Александрович Фурсенко, , ɐnˈdrʲej ɐlʲɪkˈsandrəvʲɪtɕ ˈfursʲɪnkə, links=y; born 17 July 1949) is a Russian politician, scientist and businessman. He has the fe ...

was appointed acting Minister of Industry, Science and Technologies. On December 29,

, who had been elected to the

, was dismissed as Interior Minister and replaced with

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as acting Minister.

was sacked from his position by

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on February 24, 2004, and was replaced with his Deputy

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as acting Prime Minister. Other ministers remained acting until

was formed.

Ministers

Notes

References

External links

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