Sergei Stepashin's Cabinet

Stepashin cabinet

7th Cabinet of Russia
Date formed 19 May 1999
Date dissolved 9 August 1999
People and organisations
Head of government Sergei Stepashin
Deputy head of government Nikolai Aksenenko
Viktor Khristenko
Vladimir Putin
Head of state Boris Yeltsin
Number of ministers 33
Member party Our Home - Russia, Fatherland – All Russia
Status in legislature Coalition
Opposition party Communist Party
Opposition leader Gennady Zyuganov
History
Election(s) Appointed by the President of Russia, approved by the State Duma
Legislature term(s) 4 year
Predecessor Primakov
Successor Putin I

Sergei Stepashin's Cabinet was the Cabinet of Russian Prime Minister Sergei Stepashin from May to August 1999. The Cabinet served under the presidency of Boris Yeltsin.

Upon his appointment as Prime Minister (by a Duma vote of 301 to 55), Stepashin publicly identified a series of problems that he said faced the country, including high rates of poverty, low industrial output, high public debt and a weak legal environment.[1]

The Cabinet, and Stepashin's premiership, lasted only until August, when Yeltsin dismissed them. Stepashin stated upon his removal that "these three months haven't been wasted, we have managed to keep the situation in the country under control. The ruble hasn't plunged contrary to many predictions". Stepashin was replaced by Vladimir Putin.[2]

References

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Saturday, January 30, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.