First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia

A First Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation, commonly referred to as the First Deputy Prime Minister, is a member of the Russian Government.[1] The First Deputy is to be proposed by the Prime Minister, and approved by the President.[2]

First Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation Первый Заместитель Председателя Правительства Российской Федерации
Incumbent Andrey Belousov since 21 January 2020
Style	Mr/Ms Deputy Prime Minister (External/informal); By name and patronymic (Internal/formal) (currently Andrey Removich)
Nominator	Prime Minister
Appointer	President
Term length	No fixed term
Inaugural holder	Gennady Kulik
Formation	26 December 1991

However, this office is not provisioned by Constitution and it is not separate office. The Chapter 6 of the Constitution of Russia says, that "The Government of the Russian Federation consists of the Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation, Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation and federal ministries". First of all, First Vice-Premier is Vice-Premier, all others are distribution of responsibilities among Vice-Premiers inside the Government. There can be more than one First Vice-Premier, therefore written distribution of responsibilities is the most important document.

The Federal constitutional law "On the Government of the Russian Federation" says "in the case of temporary absence of the Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation, his duties are performed by one of the Deputy Chairmen of the Government of the Russian Federation in accordance with a written distribution of responsibilities". It's automatically and President's Executive Order is not required in that moment.[3]

List

First Deputy PM			Party	Term of Office		Prime Minister
		Gennady Kulik	Communist Party	14 July 1990	10 July 1991	Ivan Silayev
		Yury Skokov	Independent	8 September 1990	10 July 1991
		Oleg Lobov	Independent	18 April 1991	15 November 1991
		Gennady Burbulis	Independent	26 December 1991	14 April 1992	Boris Yeltsin (as President)
		Yegor Gaidar	Independent	2 March 1992	15 December 1992
						Yegor Gaidar (acting)
		Vladimir Shumeyko	Independent	2 June 1992	20 January 1994
						Viktor Chernomyrdin
		Yegor Gaidar	Democratic Choice of Russia	17 March 1993	20 January 1994
		Oleg Lobov	Independent	15 April 1993	18 September 1993
		Oleg Soskovets	Independent	30 April 1993	20 June 1994
		Anatoly Chubais	Democratic Choice of Russia	5 November 1994	16 January 1996
		Vladimir Kadannikov	Independent	25 January 1996	9 August 1996
		Oleg Lobov	Independent	18 June 1996	14 August 1996
		Alexei Bolshakov	Independent	14 August 1996	17 March 1997
		Viktor Ilyushin	Independent	14 August 1996	17 March 1997
		Vladimir Potanin	Independent	14 August 1996	17 March 1997
		Anatoly Chubais	Democratic Choice of Russia	17 March 1997	23 March 1998
		Boris Nemtsov	Independent	17 March 1997	18 April 1998
						Sergey Kiriyenko
		Sergey Kiriyenko	Independent	23 March 1998	24 April 1998
		Yuri Maslyukov	Communist Party	11 September 1998	12 May 1999	Yevgeny Primakov
		Vadim Gustov	Independent	18 September 1998	27 April 1999
		Sergey Stepashin	Independent	27 April 1999	12 May 1999
		Nikolay Aksyonenko	Independent	21 May 1999	10 January 2000	Sergey Stepashin Vladimir Putin
		Mikhail Zadornov	Independent	25 May 1999	28 May 1999	Sergey Stepashin
		Viktor Khristenko	Independent	31 May 1999	10 January 2000
						Vladimir Putin
		Vladimir Putin	Unity	9 August 1999	16 August 1999
		Mikhail Kasyanov	Independent	10 January 2000	17 May 2000
		Dmitry Medvedev	Independent	14 November 2005	7 May 2008	Mikhail Fradkov Viktor Zubkov
		Sergei Ivanov	United Russia	15 February 2007	7 May 2008
		Viktor Zubkov	United Russia	12 May 2008	7 May 2012	Vladimir Putin
		Igor Shuvalov	Independent	12 May 2012	18 May 2018	Dmitry Medvedev
		Anton Siluanov	United Russia	18 May 2018	15 January 2020
		Andrey Belousov	Independent	21 January 2020	Incumbent	Mikhail Mishustin

References

1. Статья №110 от 12 декабря 1993 «Глава 6. Правительство Русской Федерации». (Article #110 of 12 December 1993 Chapter 6. The Government of the Russian Federation. ).
2. Статья №112 от 12 декабря 1993 «Глава 6. Правительство Русской Федерации». (Article #112 of 12 December 1993 Chapter 6. The Government of the Russian Federation. ).
3. https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/4335704

Sources

• Rulers.org