List of heads of state of Russia
This is the list of the heads of state of Russia. For a more detailed, but shorter list (encompassing only the heads of state after the Soviet Union), go to List of presidents of Russia.
| # | Picture | Name | Term of office | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russian Provisional Government (1917) | |||||
| 1 |  |
Georgy Lvov | 15 March 1917 | 21 July 1917 | Constitutional Democratic Party |
| 2 |  |
Alexander Kerensky [1] | 21 July 1917 | 7 November 1917 | Socialist-Revolutionary Party |
| Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1917–1991) | |||||
| 3 |  |
Lev Kamenev | 7 November 1917 | 21 November 1917 | Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (bolsheviks) |
| 4 |  |
Yakov Sverdlov | 21 November 1917 | 16 March 1919 | Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (bolsheviks)/ Russian Communist Party (bolsheviks) |
| 5 |  |
Mikhail Vladimirsky | 16 March 1919 | 30 March 1919 | Russian Communist Party (bolsheviks) |
| — |  |
Vladimir Lenin | 30 March 1919 | 30 December 1922 | Russian Communist Party (bolsheviks) |
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Mikhail Kalinin | 30 December 1922 | 15 July 1938 | All-Union Communist Party (bolsheviks) |
| 7 |  |
Alexey Badaev | 15 July 1938 | 4 March 1944 | All-Union Communist Party (bolsheviks) |
| 8 |  |
Nikolay Shvernik | 4 March 1944 | 25 June 1946 | All-Union Communist Party (bolsheviks) |
| 9 | |
Ivan Vlasov | 25 June 1946 | 7 July 1950 | All-Union Communist Party (bolsheviks) |
| 9 | |
Mikhail Tarasov | 7 July 1950 | 16 April 1959 | All-Union Communist Party (bolsheviks)/ Communist Party of the Soviet Union |
| 10 | |
Nikolai Ignatov | 16 April 1959 | 26 November 1959 | Communist Party of the Soviet Union |
| 11 | |
Nikolai Organov | 26 November 1959 | 20 December 1962 | Communist Party of the Soviet Union |
| (10) | |
Nikolai Ignatov | 20 December 1962 | 14 November 1966 | Communist Party of the Soviet Union |
| 12 | |
Mikhail Yasnov | 14 November 1966 | 26 March 1985 | Communist Party of the Soviet Union |
| 13 | |
Vladimir Orlov | 26 March 1985 | 3 October 1988 | Communist Party of the Soviet Union |
| 14 | |
Vitaly Vorotnikov | 3 October 1988 | 29 May 1990 | Communist Party of the Soviet Union |
| 15 |  |
Boris Yeltsin | 29 May 1990 | 25 December 1991 | Independent |
| Russian Federation (since 1991) | |||||
| 1 | |
Boris Yeltsin | 25 December 1991 | 31 December 1999 | Independent |
| — |  |
Vladimir Putin | 31 December 1999 | 7 May 2000 | Unity |
| 2 | 7 May 2000 | 7 May 2008 | Unity/ Independent | ||
| 3 |  |
Dmitry Medvedev | 7 May 2008 | 7 May 2012 | Independent/ United Russia |
| (2) | |
Vladimir Putin | 7 May 2012 | incumbent | United Russia |
References
- ↑ Also Head of the Russian Provisional Government