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

Cabinets of the Government of Russia Chernomyrdin I (1992–1996) Chernomyrdin II (1996–1998) Kiriyenko (1998) Primakov (1998–1999) Stepashin (1999) Putin I (1999) Kasyanov (2000–2004) Fradkov I (2004) Fradkov II (2004–2007) Zubkov (2007–2008) Putin II (2008–2012) Medvedev (since 2012)