Viktor Chernomyrdin's Second Cabinet

Viktor Chernomyrdin's Second Cabinet acted under President Boris Yeltsin from August 10, 1996, until March 23, 1998. The State Duma 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.

Second cabinet of Viktor Chernomyrdin
44th Cabinet of Russia
Date formed	10 August 1996
Date dissolved	23 March 1998
People and organisations
Head of state	Boris Yeltsin
Head of government	Viktor Chernomyrdin Sergey Kiriyenko (acting)
Deputy head of government	Anatoly Chubais
No. of ministers	27
Member party	Our Home - Russia Democratic Choice of Russia Socialistic Party Congress of Russian Communities
Status in legislature	Coalition
Opposition party	Communist Party
Opposition leader	Gennady Zuganov
History
Predecessor	Chernomyrdin I
Successor	Kiriyenko

Composition

Post	Image	Name	Party		Period
Prime Minister		Viktor Chernomyrdin		Our Home – Russia	10 August 1996 – 23 March 1998
Deputy Prime Ministers
First Deputy Prime Minister		Alexei Bolshakov		Independent	14 August 1996 – 17 March 1997
First Deputy Prime Minister		Viktor Ilyushin		Independent	14 August 1996 – 17 March 1997
First Deputy Prime Minister		Vladimir Potanin		Independent	14 August 1996 – 17 March 1997
First Deputy Prime Minister		Anatoly Chubais		Democratic Choice of Russia	17 March 1997 – 23 March 1998
First Deputy Prime Minister		Boris Nemtsov		Independent	17 March 1997 – 23 March 1998
Deputy Prime Minister — Chief of Staff of the Government		Vladimir Babichev		Our Home – Russia	10 August 1996 – 17 March 1997
Deputy Prime Minister		Oleg Davydov			10 August 1996 – 17 March 1997
Deputy Prime Minister		Alexei Bolshakov			10 August 1996 – 17 March 1997
Deputy Prime Minister		Vitaly Ignatenko			10 August 1996 – 17 March 1997
Deputy Prime Minister		Alexander Zaveryukha			10 August 1996 – 17 March 1997
Deputy Prime Minister		Oleg Lobov			14 August 1996 – 17 March 1997
Deputy Prime Minister		Alexander Livshits			14 August 1996 – 17 March 1997
Deputy Prime Minister		Valery Serov			17 March 1997 – 28 February 1998
Deputy Prime Minister		Vladimir Fortov			17 August 1996 – 17 March 1997
Deputy Prime Minister		Anatoly Kulikov			4 February 1997 – 23 March 1998
Deputy Prime Minister		Oleg Sysuyev			17 March 1997 – 13 March 1998
Deputy Prime Minister		Alfred Koch			17 March 1997 – 13 August 1997
Deputy Prime Minister		Yakov Urinson			17 March 1997 – 23 March 1998
Deputy Prime Minister		Vladimir Bulgak			17 March 1997 – 23 March 1998
Deputy Prime Minister		Viktor Khlystun			19 May 1997 – 23 March 1998
Deputy Prime Minister		Ramazan Abdulatipov		Party of Russian Unity and Accord	1 August 1997 – 23 March 1998
Deputy Prime Minister		Maxim Boyko			13 August 1997 – 15 November 1997
Deputy Prime Minister		Farit Gazizullin			20 December 1997 – 23 March 1998
Deputy Prime Minister		Ivan Rybkin			2 March 1998 – 23 March 1998
Federal Ministers
Minister of Agriculture		Viktor Khlystun			10 August 1996 — 23 March 1998
Minister of Defence		Igor Rodionov			10 August 1996 – 22 May 1997
		Igor Sergeyev			22 May 1997 – 23 March 1998
Minister of Economy		Yevgeny Yasin			10 August 1996 – 17 March 1997
		Yakov Urinson			17 March 1997 – 23 March 1998
Minister of Education		Vladimir Kinelyov			14 August 1996 – 28 February 1998
		Alexander Tikhonov			2 – 23 March 1998
Minister of Emergency Situations		Sergey Shoygu		Our Home – Russia	10 August 1996 — 23 March 1998
Minister of Foreign Affairs		Yevgeny Primakov		Independent (1996–98)	10 August 1996 — 23 March 1998
				Fatherland – All Russia (1998)
Minister of Health and Social Development		Tatyana Dmitrieva			22 August 1996 — 23 March 1998
Minister of Industry, Science and Technologies		Yuri Bespalov			10 August 1996 – 17 March 1997
Minister of Internal Affairs		Anatoly Kulikov		Independent	10 August 1996 — 23 March 1998
Minister of Justice		Valentin Alekseevich Kovalyov			10 August 1996 — 2 July 1997
		Sergey Stepashin			2 July 1997 — 23 March 1998
Minister of Transport		Nikolai Tsakh			10 August 1996 – 28 February 1998
		Sergei Frank			28 February 1998 – 23 March 1998
Chief of Staff of the Government — Minister of the Russian Federation		Vladimir Babichev		Our Home – Russia	17 March 1997 — 23 March 1998