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
Nikolai Alexandrovich Bulganin
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 11 1895; d. February 24 1975.
1947 – 1949
Minister of Defence of the Soviet Union
Nikolai Alexandrovich Bulganin
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 11 1895; d. February 24 1975.
1953 – 1955
Marshal of the Soviet Union Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 1 1896; d. June 18 1974.
1955 – 1957
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 Digital Development, Communications, and Mass Media
Minister of Communications and Infomatics
Leonid Dodojonovich Reiman
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 12 1957.
1999 – 2004
Minister of Information Technologies and Communications
Leonid Dodojonovich Reiman
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 12 1957.
2004 – 2008
Minister of Communications and Mass Media
Igor Olegovich Shchyogolev
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 10 1965.
2008 – 2012
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
People’s Commissar for Education
Vladimir Petrovich Potemkin
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 19 1874; d. February 23 1946.
1940 – 1946
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 Energy
Minister of Energy
Sergei Ivanovich Shmatko
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 26 1966; d. November 7 2021.
2008 – 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
Anton Germanovich Siluanov
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 12 1963.
2011 – present
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
Karl Robert Reichsgraf von Nesselrode-Ehreshoven
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 14 1780; d. March 23 1862.
1816 – 1856
Prince Alexander Mikhailovich Gorchakov
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 15 1798; d. March 11 1883.
1856 – 1882
People’s Commissar for Foreign Affairs
Vyacheslav Mikhaylovich Molotov
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 9 1890; d. November 8 1986.
1939 – 1946
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Vyacheslav Mikhaylovich Molotov
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 9 1890; d. November 8 1986.
1946 – 1949
Vyacheslav Mikhaylovich Molotov
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 9 1890; d. November 8 1986.
1953 – 1956
Andrei Anreyevich Gromyko
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 18 1909; d. July 2 1989.
1957 – 1985
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation
Yevgeny Maksimovich Primakov
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 29 1929; d. June 26 2015.
1996 – 1998
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
Yury Yakovlevich Chaika
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 21 1951.
1999 – 2006
Vladimir Vasilyevich Ustinov
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 25 1953.
2006 – 2008
Aleksandr Vladimirovich Konovalov
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 9 1968.
2008 – 2020
Konstantin Anatolyevich Chuychenko
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 12 1965.
2020 – present
Ministry of the Navy
Minister of the Navy
Prince Alexander Sergeyevich Menshikov
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 26 1787; d. May 2 1869.
1836 – 1855
Ministry of Sport
Minister of Sport, Tourism, and Youth Policy
Vitaly Leontiyevich Mutko
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 8 1958.
2008 – 2012
Minister of Sport
Vitaly Leontiyevich Mutko
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 8 1958.
2012 – 2016
Committee for State Security (KGB)
Chairman of the Committee for State Security
Yuri Vladimirovich Andropov
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 15 1914; d. February 9 1984.
1967 – 1982