Viktor Chernomyrdin's Second
Cabinet acted under
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Boris Yeltsin
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from August 10, 1996, until March 23, 1998. The
State Duma
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overwhelmingly confirmed reappointment of Chernomyrdin as head of the Cabinet, with 314 deputies voting in favor, far more than the simple majority of 216 needed for approval and 85 deputies were opposed.
[Communists Accept Yeltsin's Appointment, Chicago Tribune, August 11, 1996]
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