Viktor Chernomyrdin's First Cabinet
{{Infobox government cabinet
|cabinet_name = First cabinet of Viktor Chernomyrdin
|cabinet_number = 43rd
|jurisdiction = Russia
|flag = Flag of Russia (1991–1993).svg
|flag_border = true
|image = ЧЕРНОМЫРДИН Виктор Степанович.jpg
|date_formed = 23 December 1992
|date_dissolved = 9 August 1996
|government_head = Viktor Chernomyrdin
|government_head_history =
|deputy_government_head =Vladimir Shumeyko
Yegor Gaidar
Oleg Soskovets
Anatoly Chubais
Vladimir Kadannikov
Oleg Lobov
|state_head = Boris Yeltsin
|current_number =30
|former_members_number =
|total_number =
|political_party = Our Home - Russia
Russia's Choice
Agrarian Party
Party of Russian Unity and Accord
Democratic Party[http://www.politika.su/prav/pr5polit.html Политическая принадлежность членов Правительства РФ]
|legislature_status = Coalition
{{composition bar|231|450|grey}}
|opposition_cabinet =
|opposition_party = Liberal Democratic Party (1993-1995)
Communist Party (1995-1996)
|opposition_leader = Vladimir Zhirinovsky (1993-1995)
Gennady Zyuganov (1995-1996)
|election =
|last_election =
|legislature_term =
|budget =
|incoming_formation =
|outgoing_formation =
|previous = Yeltsin – Gaidar
|successor = Chernomyrdin II
}}
Viktor Chernomyrdin's First Cabinet acted under President of Russia Boris Yeltsin from 23 December 1992[https://web.archive.org/web/20200219142757/http://www.kremlin.ru/acts/bank/2627 Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of 23.12.1992 No. 1620][http://www.politika.su/prav/pr4.html Первое Правительство Черномырдина. 1992-1996] to August 9, 1996. Until December 25, 1993 the official name was Council of Ministers, and since that date, with the coming into law of the Constitution of Russia under the term "Government".[http://kremlin.ru/acts/bank/5147 Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 23 декабря 1993 г. № 2277 «О преобразовании и реорганизации Совета Министров — Правительства Российской Федерации»]
During the formation of the cabinet, a number of Gaidar loyalists resigned from their posts.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/12/23/world/some-continuity-in-reshaped-russia-cabinet.html |title=Some Continuity in Reshaped Russia Cabinet |last=Bohlen |first=Celestine |date=December 12, 1992 |website=The New York Times |access-date=October 2, 2018 |quote=}}
Composition
{{Cabinet table start|hiderefcol=y}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Prime Minister
| minister1 = Viktor Chernomyrdin
| minister1_party = Our Home – Russia
| minister1_termstart = 14 December 1992
| minister1_termend = 9 August 1996
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = First Deputy Prime Ministers
| minister1 = Vladimir Shumeyko
| minister1_party = Independent politician
| minister1_termstart = 23 December 1992
| minister1_termend = 12 December 1993
| minister2 = Oleg Lobov
| minister2_party = Independent politician
| minister2_termstart = 15 April 1993
18 June 1996
| minister2_termend = 18 September 1993
14 August 1996
| minister3 = Oleg Soskovets
| minister3_party = Our Home – Russia
| minister3_termstart = 30 April 1993
| minister3_termend = 20 June 1996
| minister4 = Yegor Gaidar
| minister4_party = Independent politician
| minister4_termstart = 18 September 1993
| minister4_termend = 12 December 1993
| minister5 = Anatoly Chubais
| minister5_party = DVR
| minister5_termstart = 5 November 1994
| minister5_termend = 16 January 1996
| minister6 = Vladimir Kadannikov
| minister6_party = Our Home – Russia
| minister6_termstart = 25 January 1996
| minister6_termend = 9 August 1996
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Deputy Prime Ministers
| minister1 = Alexander Shokhin
| minister1_party = Independent politician
| minister1_termstart = 23 December 1992
| minister1_termend = 20 January 1994
| minister2 = Georgy Khizha
| minister2_party = Independent politician
| minister2_termstart = 2 December 1992
| minister2_termend = 11 May 1993
| minister3 = Boris Saltykov
| minister3_party = Independent politician
| minister3_termstart = 23 December 1992
| minister3_termend = 25 March 1993
| minister4 = Sergey Shakhray
| minister4_party = Independent politician
| minister4_termstart = 23 December 1992
| minister4_termend = 20 January 1994
| minister5 = Yury Yarov
| minister5_party = DVR
| minister5_termstart = 23 December 1992
| minister5_termend = 24 July 1996
| minister6 = Boris Fyodorov
| minister6_party = Independent politician
| minister6_termstart = 23 December 1992
| minister6_termend = 20 January 1994
| minister7 = Alexander Zaveryukha
| minister7_party = Agrarian Party of Russia
| minister7_termstart = 10 February 1993
| minister7_termend = 9 August 1996
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Minister of Agriculture
| minister1 = Viktor Khlystun
| minister1_party = Independent politician
| minister1_termstart = 20 January 1994
| minister1_termend = 27 October 1994
| minister2 = Aleksandr Nazarchuk
| minister2_party = Agrarian Party of Russia
| minister2_termstart = 27 October 1994
| minister2_termend = 12 January 1996
| minister3 = Alexander Zaveryukha
| minister3_party = Agrarian Party of Russia
| minister3_termstart = 12 January 1996
| minister3_termend = 14 May 1996
| minister4 = Viktor Khlystun
| minister4_party = Independent politician
| minister4_termstart = 14 May 1996
| minister4_termend = 9 August 1996
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Minister of Atomic Energy
| minister1 = Viktor Mikhaylov
| minister1_party = Independent politician
| minister1_termstart = 23 December 1992
| minister1_termend = 9 August 1996
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Minister of Communications
| minister1 = Vladimir Bulgak
| minister1_party = Independent politician
| minister1_termstart = 23 December 1992
| minister1_termend = 9 August 1996
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Minister of Construction
| minister1 = Yefim Basin
| minister1_party = Independent politician
| minister1_termstart = 12 July 1994
| minister1_termend = 9 August 1996
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Minister for Cooperation with CIS Member States
| minister1 = Vladimir Mashits (acting)
| minister1_party = Independent politician
| minister1_termstart = 27 January 1994
| minister1_termend = 16 February 1995
| minister2 = Valery Serov
| minister2_party = Independent politician
| minister2_termstart = 16 February 1995
| minister2_termend = 9 August 1996
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Minister of Culture
| minister1 = Yevgeny Sidorov
| minister1_party = Independent politician
| minister1_termstart = 23 December 1992
| minister1_termend = 9 August 1996
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Minister of Defence
| minister1 = Pavel Grachev
| minister1_party = Independent politician
| minister1_termstart = 23 December 1992
| minister1_termend = 18 June 1996
| minister2 = Igor Rodionov
| minister2_party = Independent politician
| minister2_termstart = 17 July 1996
| minister2_termend = 9 August 1996
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Minister of Defence Industry
| minister1 = Zinovy Pak
| minister1_party = Independent politician
| minister1_termstart = 8 May 1996
| minister1_termend = 9 August 1996
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Minister of Economy
| minister1 = Andrey Nechaev
| minister1_party = Independent politician
| minister1_termstart = 23 December 1992
| minister1_termend = 25 March 1993
| minister2 = Oleg Lobov
| minister2_party = Independent politician
| minister2_termstart = 15 April 1993
| minister2_termend = 18 September 1993
| minister3 = Alexander Shokhin
| minister3_party = Party of Russian Unity and Accord
| minister3_termstart = 20 January 1994
| minister3_termend = 6 November 1994
| minister4 = Yevgeny Yasin
| minister4_party = Independent politician
| minister4_termstart = 8 November 1994
| minister4_termend = 9 August 1996
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Minister of Education
| minister1 = Yevgeny Tkachenko
| minister1_party = Independent politician
| minister1_termstart = 23 December 1992
| minister1_termend = 9 August 1996
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Minister of Emergency Situations
| minister1 = Sergey Shoygu
| minister1_party = Independent politician
| minister1_termstart = 23 December 1992
| minister1_termend = 9 August 1996
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources
| minister1 = Viktor Danilov-Danilyan
| minister1_party = KEDR
| minister1_termstart = 23 December 1992
| minister1_termend = 9 August 1996
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Minister of Foreign Affairs
| minister1 = Andrey Kozyrev
| minister1_party = Independent politician
| minister1_termstart = 23 December 1992
| minister1_termend = 5 January 1996
| minister2 = Yevgeny Primakov
| minister2_party = Independent politician
| minister2_termstart = 10 January 1996
| minister2_termend = 9 August 1996
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Minister of Foreign Economic Relations
| minister1 = Sergey Glazyev
| minister1_party = DPR
| minister1_termstart = 23 December 1992
| minister1_termend = 22 September 1993
| minister2 = Oleg Davydov
| minister2_party = Independent politician
| minister2_termstart = 22 September 1993
| minister2_termend = 9 August 1996
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Minister of Fuel and Energy
| minister1 = Yury Shafranik
| minister1_party = Independent politician
| minister1_termstart = 12 January 1993
| minister1_termend = 9 August 1996
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Minister of Health
| minister1 = Eduard Nechayev
| minister1_party = Independent politician
| minister1_termstart = 23 December 1992
| minister1_termend = 28 November 1995
| minister2 = Aleksandr Tsaregorodtsev
| minister2_party = Independent politician
| minister2_termstart = 5 December 1995
| minister2_termend = 9 August 1996
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Minister of Internal Affairs
| minister1 = Viktor Yerin
| minister1_party = Independent politician
| minister1_termstart = 23 December 1992
| minister1_termend = 30 June 1995
| minister2 = Anatoly Kulikov
| minister2_party = Independent politician
| minister2_termstart = 6 July 1995
| minister2_termend = 9 August 1996
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Minister of Justice
| minister1 = Nikolay Fyodorov
| minister1_party = Independent politician
| minister1_termstart = 23 December 1992
| minister1_termend = 24 March 1993
| minister2 = Yury Kalmykov
| minister2_party = Party of Russian Unity and Accord
| minister2_termstart = 13 April 1993
| minister2_termend = 7 December 1994
| minister3 = Valentin Kovalyov
| minister3_party = Independent politician
| minister3_termstart = 5 January 1995
| minister3_termend = 9 August 1996
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Minister of Labour
| minister1 = Gennady Melikyan
| minister1_party = Party of Russian Unity and Accord
| minister1_termstart = 23 December 1992
| minister1_termend = 9 August 1996
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Minister of Nationalities
| minister1 = Sergey Shakhray
| minister1_party = Party of Russian Unity and Accord
| minister1_termstart = 20 January 1994
| minister1_termend = 16 May 1994
| minister2 = Nikolai Yegorov
| minister2_party = Independent politician
| minister2_termstart = 16 May 1994
| minister2_termend = 30 June 1995
| minister3 = Vyacheslav Mikhailov
| minister3_party = Independent politician
| minister3_termstart = 5 July 1995
| minister3_termend = 9 August 1996
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Minister of Railways
| minister1 = Gennady Fadeyev
| minister1_party = Independent politician
| minister1_termstart = 23 December 1992
| minister1_termend = 9 August 1996
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Minister of Science
| minister1 = Boris Saltykov
| minister1_party = Independent politician
| minister1_termstart = 25 March 1993
| minister1_termend = 9 August 1996
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Minister of Security
| minister1 = Viktor Barannikov
| minister1_party = Independent politician
| minister1_termstart = 23 December 1992
| minister1_termend = 27 July 1993
| minister2 = Nikolai Golushko (acting)
| minister2_party = Independent politician
| minister2_termstart = 28 July 1993
| minister2_termend = 21 December 1993
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Minister of Social Protection
| minister1 = Ella Pamfilova
| minister1_party = Independent politician
| minister1_termstart = 23 December 1992
| minister1_termend = 2 March 1994
| minister2 = Lyudmila Bezlepkina
| minister2_party = Independent politician
| minister2_termstart = 4 May 1994
| minister2_termend = 9 August 1996
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Minister of Transport
| minister1 = Vitaly Yefimov
| minister1_party = Independent politician
| minister1_termstart = 23 December 1992
| minister1_termend = 10 January 1996
| minister2 = Nikolai Tsakh
| minister2_party = Independent politician
| minister2_termstart = 12 January 1996
| minister2_termend = 9 August 1996
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Chief of Staff of the Government
| minister1 = Vladimir Kvasov
| minister1_party = Independent politician
| minister1_termstart = 12 January 1993
| minister1_termend = 11 November 1994
| minister2 = Vladimir Babichev
| minister2_party = Our Home – Russia
| minister2_termstart = 15 November 1994
| minister2_termend = 9 August 1996
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Member of the Government
| minister1 = Nikolay Travkin
| minister1_party = Democratic Party of Russia
| minister1_termstart = 29 April 1994
| minister1_termend = 10 January 1996
}}
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