Ministry of Defence
People’s Commissar for Defence of the Soviet Union
Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 18 1878; d. March 5 1953.
1941 – 1946
Minister of the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union
Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 18 1878; d. March 5 1953.
1946 – 1947
Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation
Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin*
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 1 1931; d. April 23 2007.
1992
Sergei Borisovich Ivanov
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 31 1953.
2001 – 2007
Anatoly Eduardovich Serdyukov
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 8 1962.
2007 – 2012
Sergei Kuzhugetovich Shoigu
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 21 1955.
2012 – 2024
Andrey Removich Belousov
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 17 1959.
2024 – present
Ministry of Economic Development
Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation
Andrey Removich Belousov
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 17 1959.
2012 – 2013
Ministry of Education
Minister of National Education of the Russian Empire
Count Pavel Nikolayevich Ignatiev
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 30 1870; d. August 12 1945.
1915 – 1916
Ministry of Emergency Situations
Minister of Emergency Situations
Sergei Kuzhugetovich Shoigu
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 21 1955.
1991 – 2012
Ministry of Finance
Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation
Yegor Timurovich Gaidar
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 19 1956; d. December 16 2009.
1991 – 1992
Boris Grigoryevich Fyodorov
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 13 1958; d. November 20 2008.
1993 – 1994
Mikhail Mikhailovich Kasyanov
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 8 1957.
1999 – 2000
Alexei Leonidovich Kudrin
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 12 1960.
2000 – 2011
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Empire
Count Nikolay Petrovich Rumyantsev
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 3 1754; d. January 3 1826.
1808 – 1814
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation
Sergey Viktorovich Lavrov
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 21 1950.
2004 – present
Ministry of Industry and Trade
Minister of Industry
Viktor Borisovich Khristenko
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 28 1957.
2004 – 2012
Ministry of Internal Affairs
Minister of the Interior of the Russian Empire
Count Nikolay Pavlovich Ignatyev
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 17 1832; d. July 3 1908.
1881 – 1882
Minister of Internal Affairs
Sergei Vadimovich Stepashin
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 2 1952.
1998 – 1999
Boris Vyacheslavovich Gryzlov
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 15 1950.
2001 – 2003
Ministry of Justice
Minister of Justice
Sergei Vadimovich Stepashin
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 2 1952.
1997 – 1998