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Prime Minister of the Russian Federation
Coat of Arms of the Russian Federation
Incumbent Vladimir Putin since 9 May 2008
Appointer	The President
Inaugural holder	Sergei Witte
Formation	6 November 1905

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The Prime Minister of Russia is the current Head of the Government of the Russian Federation. The official name of the office is the Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation (Russian: Председатель Правительства Российской Федерации). The term "Prime Minister" is purely colloquial and is not present in the Russian Constitution. Executive power is split between the Prime Minister and the President of Russia, who is Russia's Head of State.

During the Imperial era, the Chairman of the Russian Council of Ministers, referred to as the prime minister, was appointed by the Czar (the Emperor); his precursor, the Chairman of the Committee of Ministers, had no separate power.

In the era of the Soviet Union, the head of government was the Chairman of Council of People's Commissars (until 1946) and the Chairman of the Council of Ministers (after 1946). People who held those positions are sometimes referred to as the prime ministers.

The current Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation is Vladimir Putin.

Duties and competences

In general, the Prime Minister serves more of an administrative role, nominating members of the Cabinet and implementing domestic policy. In accordance with the federal constitutional law "On the Government of the Russian Federation" the Prime Minister exercises the following duties:

• determines the operating priorities of the Government and organizes its work in accordance with the Constitution, federal constitutional laws, federal laws and Presidential decrees;
• submits to the President proposals on the structure and functions of the central institutions of the executive branch (e.g. ministries and federal agencies);
• nominates the vice prime ministers, federal ministers and other officers and presents them to the President;
• submits to the President proposals on punishment and rewards of the Government members;
• represents the Government as an institution in foreign relations and inside the country;
• heads the sessions of the Government and its Presidium where he has the decisive vote;
• signs the acts of the Government;
• distributes duties among members of the Government;
• systematically informs the President about the Government activities;

The Prime Minister is ex officio a member of:

• The Security Council of the Russian Federation;
• The Council of the Heads of Government of the Commonwealth of Independent States;
• The Supreme State Council of the Union State of Russia and Belarus;
• The Council of the Heads of Government of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization;
• The Interstate Council of the Eurasian Economic Community (EurAsEC);

In addition to his main duties and functions as the head of the cabinet Prime Minister Vladimir Putin chairs the following coordinating and consultative bodies at the Russian government:

• Government commission monitoring foreign investments in Russia;
• Council on competitiveness and enterprise in the Russian government;
• Governmental commission on drafting budget for the next fiscal and planning period;
• State border commission;

At the moment Prime Minister Vladimir Putin also holds the posts of:

• First deputy chairman of the presidential council on national priority projects and demographic policy (appointed by presidential decree of 10 July 2008);
• Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Bank for Development and Foreign Economic Affairs (Vnesheconombank, or VEB);
• Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Union State of Russia and Belarus;

The incumbent Prime Minister is also a technically non-partisan leader of the United Russia party, which commands a constitutional majority in the State Duma.

Appointment to office and removal from office

The Chairman of the Government is appointed by the President of Russia with the consent of the State Duma.

The President nominates the new head of the cabinet within two weeks after the resignation of the previous government or the inauguration ceremony of the President. The State Duma must discuss the matter within two weeks after the nomination and make a decision. If the State Duma decides to give the President its consent, the President may immediately sign the respective appointment decree. If the State Duma refuses to give its approval, the President will have to nominate another (or the same) candidate within one week after the rejection of the previous candidate.

Should the State Duma reject candidates nominated by the President for three times consecutively, the President dissolves it and announces new elections, while the Prime Minister is appointed by the President without participation of the Duma. The State Duma cannot be dissolved on these grounds during the last six months of the incumbent President's term, in time of emergency or war and in case the State Duma initiates the impeachment of the incumbent President.

The Prime Minister may be dismissed by the President at any time at President's own discretion. The head of the cabinet may also pass his resignation to the President at his own initiative. The President may reject such resignation and oblige him to work further. The Prime Minister and the whole cabinet are constitutionally obliged to resign after the inauguration of the newly-elected President. The resignation of the Prime Minister automatically means the resignation of the whole cabinet as a body.

Under certain circumstances the President may also theoretically be forced to dismiss the Prime Minister and the whole cabinet under pressure of the State Duma. For that to happen the State Duma has to pass a censure motion against the Government twice within three months. Normally, in this case the President has the right to choose whether to sack the Government or to dissolve the Duma (and if the Duma passes the censure motion just once, the President may also choose "not to agree" with the decision of the Duma, which technically means that neither the cabinet nor the Duma are dismissed). However, within one year from parliamentary elections the dissolution of the Duma is impossible on these grounds. That is why in this case the President does not have any other option but to dismiss the Government (even if he totally supports it). However, the President is theoretically free to appoint the very same person as an acting head of the cabinet for an indefinite period of time should finding a compromise with the parliament turn to be impossible.

Other members of the Russian Government are appointed and dismissed by the President upon recommendation of the Prime Minister.

Succession of the presidency

In case of the President's death, resignation or impeachment, the Prime Minister becomes a temporary president until new presidential elections which must take place within three months. The Prime Minister acting as president may not dissolve the State Duma, announce a referendum or propose amendments to the Constitution.

List of Heads of Government of Russia (1905-Present)

Main article: List of Heads of Government of Russia

See also

• Sergei Kiriyenko's Cabinet
• Yevgeny Primakov's Cabinet
• Mikhail Fradkov's Second Cabinet

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Links

• Official Site of the Russian Prime Minister
• Official Site of the Government of Russia (in Russian)

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