 | Leaders of Russia
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Look for biographies of the leaders (in Spanish) at CIDOB website. See also the former USSR for data before 1991. See also the special page on leadership in the Republic of Chechnya.
 First Deputy Prime Ministers
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Gennady Eduardovich Burbulis 6 Nov 1991 - 14 Apr 1992 (2022)
Yegor Timurovich Gaidar 2 Mar 1992 - 15 Dec 1992 (2009)
Vladimir Filippovich Shumeiko 2 Jun 1992 - 20 Jan 1994
Oleg Ivanovich Lobov 15 Apr 1993 - 18 Sep 1993 (2018)
Oleg Nikolayevich Soskovets 30 Apr 1993 - 20 Jun 1996
Yegor Timurovich Gaidar 18 Sep 1993 - 20 Jan 1994 (2009)
Anatoly Borisovich Chubais 5 Nov 1994 - 16 Jan 1996
Aleksey Alekseyevich Bolshakov 14 Aug 1996 - 17 Mar 1997 (2017)
Vladimir Vasilyevich Kadannikov 25 Jan 1996 - 9 Aug 1996 (2021)
Oleg Ivanovich Lobov 18 Jun 1996 - 14 Aug 1996 (2018)
Viktor Vasilyevich Ilyushin 14 Aug 1996 - 17 Mar 1997
Vladimir Olegovich Potanin 14 Aug 1996 - 17 Mar 1997
Anatoly Borisovich Chubais 7 Mar 1997 - 23 Mar 1998
Boris Yefimovich Nemtsov 17 Mar 1997 - 28 Apr 1998 (2015)
Sergey Vladilenovich Kirienko 23 Mar 1998 - 24 Apr 1998
Yury Dmitriyevich Maslyukov 11 Sep 1998 - 25 May 1999 (2010)
Vadim Anatolyevich Gustov 18 Sep 1998 - 27 Apr 1999
Sergey Vladimirovich Stepashin 27 Apr 1999 - 19 May 1999
Nikolay Yemelyanovich Aksyonenko 12 May 1999 - 10 Jan 2000 (2005)
Mikhail Mikhaylovich Zadornov 25 May 1999 - 28 May 1999
Viktor Borisovich Khristenko 31 May 1999 - 10 Jan 2000
Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin 9 Aug 1999 - 16 Aug 1999
Mikhail Mikhaylovich Kasyanov 10 Jan 2000 - 17 May 2000
Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev 14 Nov 2005 - 12 May 2008
Sergey Borisovich Ivanov 15 Feb 2007 - 12 May 2008
Viktor Alekseyevich Zubkov 12 May 2008 - 21 May 2012
Igor Ivanovich Shuvalov 12 May 2008 - 18 May 2018
Anton Germanovich Siluanov 18 May 2018 - 21 Jan 2020
Andrey Removich Belousov 21 Jan 2020 - 14 May 2024
Denis Valentinovich Manturov 14 May 2024 -
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| Vicepresident of the Russian Federation
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Aleksandr Vladimirovich Rutskoi 10 Jul 1991 - 21 Sep 1993 (suspended from 1 Sep 1993)
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| Chairmen of the parliamentary houses
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Supreme Soviet/Council
Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin 29 May 1990 - 10 Jul 1991 (2007)
Ruslan Imranovich Khasbulatov 10 Jul 1991 - 4 Oct 1993 (2023) (acting to 29 Oct 1991)
Federation Council (upper house)
Vladimir Filippovich Shumeiko 13 Jan 1994 - 23 Jan 1996
Yegor Semyonovich Stroyev 23 Jan 1996 - 5 Dec 2001
Sergey Mikhaylovich Mironov 5 Dec 2001 - 18 May 2011
Aleksandr Porfiryevich Torshin 18 May 2011 - 21 Sep 2011
Valentina Ivanovna Matviyenko 21 Sep 2011 -
State Duma (lower house)
Ivan Petrovich Rybkin 14 Jan 1994 - 17 Jan 1996
Gennady Nikolayevich Seleznyov 17 Jan 1996 - 29 Dec 2003 (2015)
Boris Vyacheslavovich Gryzlov 29 Dec 2003 - 21 Dec 2011
Sergey Yevgenyevich Naryshkin 21 Dec 2011 - 5 Oct 2016
Vyacheslav Viktorovich Volodin 5 Oct 2016 -
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| Ministers of Defence (MO)
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Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin 1992 (2007) (acting)
Pavel Sergeyevich Grachev 1992-1996 (2012) military
Mikhail Petrovich Kolesnikov 1996 (2007) military (acting)
Igor Nikolayevich Rodionov 1996-1997 (2014) military
Igor Dmitriyevich Sergeyev 1997-2001 (2006) military
Sergey Borisovich Ivanov 2001-2007
Anatoly Eduardovich Serdyukov 2007-2012
Sergey Kuzhugetovich Shoygu 2012-2024 military
Andrey Removich Belousov 2024-
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| Ministers of Internal Affairs (MVD)
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Viktor Pavlovich Barannikov 1990-1991 (1995) military
Andrey Fyodorovich Dunayev 1991 (acting)
Viktor Pavlovich Barannikov 1991-1992 (1995) military
Viktor Fyodorvich Yerin 1991-1995 (2018) military
Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Abramov 1995 (acting)
Anatoly Sergeyevich Kulikov 1995-1998 military
Pavel Tikhonivich Maslov 1998 military (acting)
Sergey Vladimirovich Stepashin 1998-1999
Vladimir Borisovich Rushaylo 1999-2001
Boris Vyacheslavovich Gryzlov 2001-2003
Rashid Gumarovich Nurgaliyev 2003-2012 (acting to 2004)
Vladimir Aleksandrovich Kolokoltsev 2012- military
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The MVD covered the security affairs from 19 Dec 1991 to 15 Jan 1992.
| Ministers of Finance
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Boris Grigoryevich Fyodorov 1990 (2008)
Yegor Lazarev 1990-1991 (1997)
Yegor Timurovich Gaidar 1992 (2009)
Vasily Vasilyevich Barchuk 1992-1993
Boris Grigoryevich Fyodorov 1993-1994 (2008)
Sergey Konstantinovich Dubinin 1994 (2025) (acting)
Andrey Petrovich Vavilov 1994 (acting)
Vladimir Georgiyevich Panskov 1994-1996
Aleksandr Yakovlevich Livshits 1996-1997 (2013)
Anatoly Borisovich Chubais 1997
Mikhail Mikhaylovich Zadornov 1997-1999
Mikhail Mikhaylovich Kasyanov 1999-2000
Aleksey Leonidovich Kudrin 2000-2011
Anton Germanovich Siluanov 2011-
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| Ministers of Security and FSK/FSB directors
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Chairman of the Committee of State SecurityDirectors of the Federal Security Agency
Viktor Valentinovich Ivanenko 1991-1992 (2023)
Viktor Pavlovich Barannikov 1992 (1995) military
Ministers of Security
Viktor Pavlovich Barannikov 1992-1993 (1995) military
Nikolay Mikhaylovich Golushko 1993 (2025)
Directors of FSK and FSB
Nikolay Mikhaylovich Golushko 1993-1994 (2025)
Sergey Vladimirovich Stepashin 1994-1995
Anatoly Yefimovich Safonov 1995 (acting)
Mikhail Ivanovich Barsukov 1995-1996 military
Nikolay Dmitriyevich Kovalyov 1996-1998 (2019)
Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin 1998-1999
Nikolay Platonovich Patrushev 1999-2008
Aleksandr Vasilyevich Bortnikov 2008-
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The Ministry of Security, established on 24 Jan 1992 from the previous Federal Security Agency, was reorganized as Federal Counterintelligence Service (FSK) on 21 Dec 1993. Then, the FSK became the Federal Security Service (FSB) on 12 Apr 1995.
 Security Council of the Russian Federation (SBRF)
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Chairmen
Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin 1991-1999 (2007)
Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin 1999-2008 (acting to 2000)
Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev 2008-2012
Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin 2012-
Deputy Chairman
Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev 2020-
Secretaries
Yury Vladimirovich Skokov 1992-1993 (2013)
Yevgeny Ivanovich Shaposhnikov 1993 (2020) military
Oleg Ivanovich Lobov 1993-1996 (2018)
Aleksandr Ivanovich Lebed 1996 (2002)
Ivan Petrovich Rybkin 1996-1998
Andrey Afanasyevich Kokoshin 1998
Nikolay Nikolayevich Bordyuzha 1998-1999
Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin 1999
Vladislav Petrovich Sherstyuk 1999 (acting)
Sergey Borisovich Ivanov 1999-2001
Vladimir Borisovich Rushaylo 2001-2004
Igor Sergeyevich Ivanov 2004-2007
Valentin Sobolev 2007-2008 (acting)
Nikolay Platonovich Patrushev 2008-2024
Sergey Kuzhugetovich Shoygu 2024- military
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| Chiefs of Staff of the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation (APRF)
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Yury Vladimirovich Petrov 1991-1993 (2013)
Sergey Aleksandrovich Filatov 1993-1996 (2013)
Nikolay Dmitriyevich Yegorov 1996 (1997)
Anatoly Borisovich Chubais 1996-1997
Valentin Borisovich Yumashev 1997-1998
Nikolay Nikolayevich Bordyuzha 1998-1999
Aleksandr Stalyevich Voloshin 1999-2003
Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev 2003-2005
Sergey Semyonovich Sobyanin 2005-2008
Sergey Yevgenyevich Naryshkin 2008-2011
Vladislav Yuryevich Surkov 2011 (acting)
Sergey Borisovich Ivanov 2011-2016
Anton Eduardovich Vaino 2016-
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| Chiefs of the Armed Forces General Staff
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Viktor Petrovich Dubynin 1992 (1992) military
Mikhail Petrovich Kolesnikov 1992-1996 (2007) military
Viktor Nikolayevich Samsonov 1996-1997 (2024) military (acting)
Anatoly Vasilyevich Kvashnin 1997-2004 (2022) military
Yury Nikolayevich Baluyevsky 2004-2008 military
Nikolay Yegorovich Makarov 2008-2012 military
Valery Vasilyevich Gerasimov 2012- military
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| Heads of the Presidential Security Service (PSB)
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Aleksandr Vasilyevich Korzhakov 1991-1996
Yury Vasilyevich Krapivin 1996 (acting)
Anatoly Ivanovich Kuznetsov 1996-2000
Viktor Vasilyevich Zolotov 2000-2013
Oleg Ateistovich Klementiyev 2013-2015
Dmitry Viktorovich Kochnev 2015-2016 military
Aleksey Aleksandrovich Rubezhnoy 2016-
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The PSB was created in Dec 1993 and was subordinated to the just established FSO (see below) on 2 Jul 1996.
| Directors of the Federal Protection Service (FSO)
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Vladimir Stepanovich Redkoborody 1991-1992 military
Mikhail Ivanovich Barsukov 1992-1995 military
Yury Vasilyevich Krapivin 1995-2000 (2015)
Yevgeny Alekseyevich Murov 2000-2016 military
Dmitry Viktorovich Kochnev 2016- military
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The FSO was created on 19 Jun 1996 from the previous Main Administration for the Protection of the Russian Federation (GUO), created in 1992. On 2 Jul 1996 the FSO took in the PSB, which was an independent body until then.
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