Mikhail Fradkov's Second Cabinet (May 2004 - September 2007) was the twelfth cabinet of the government of the Russian Federation, preceded by Mikhail Fradkov's First Cabinet

Mikhail Fradkov's First Cabinet

Mikhail Fradkov's First Cabinet was a cabinet of the government of the Russian Federation during the presidential election of 2004, preceded by the cabinet of Mikhail Kasyanov, who had been dismissed by President Vladimir Putin on February 24, 2004, and followed by Mikhail Fradkov's Second Cabinet...

, which followed the cabinet

Mikhail Kasyanov's Cabinet

Mikhail Kasyanov's Cabinet was a cabinet of the government of the Russian Federation during most of Vladimir Putin's first presidential term. It followed Vladimir Putin's Cabinet after Vladimir Putin became President of Russia and was replaced with Mikhail Fradkov's First Cabinet shortly before...

 led by Mikhail Kasyanov

Mikhail Kasyanov

Mikhail Mikhailovich Kasyanov - was the Prime Minister of Russia from May 2000 to February 2004.He is the leader of the People's Democratic Union and an ex-member of the opposition coalition "The Other Russia".-Political career:...

, who had been dismissed by President Vladimir Putin

Vladimir Putin

Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin served as the second President of the Russian Federation and is the current Prime Minister of Russia, as well as chairman of United Russia and Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Union of Russia and Belarus. He became acting President on 31 December 1999, when...

 on February 24, 2004 shortly before the presidential election

Russian presidential election, 2004

Presidential elections were held in Russia on 14 March 2004. Incumbent Vladimir Putin was seeking a second full four-year term. He was re-elected with 71.31% of the vote.-Sergey Glazyev:...

. It was led by Prime Minister

Prime Minister of Russia

The Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation The use of the term "Prime Minister" is strictly informal and is not allowed for by the Russian Constitution and other laws....

 Mikhail Fradkov

Mikhail Fradkov

Mikhail Yefimovich Fradkov is a Russian politician and statesman who was the Prime Minister of Russia from March 2004 to September 2007. Fradkov has been the head of Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service since 2007.-Early life:...

, proposed by President Vladimir Putin for the approval by the State Duma

State Duma

The State Duma , common abbreviation: Госду́ма ) in the Russian Federation is the lower house of the Federal Assembly of Russia , the upper house being the Federation Council of Russia. The Duma headquarters is located in central Moscow, a few steps from Manege Square. Its members are referred to...

 on May 7, 2004, the day Putin entered into his second presidential term. On May 12 Fradkov was approved by the State Duma and appointed Prime Minister by the President. Other 17 ministers of the cabinet were appointed by presidential decrees on May 20, 2004. The prime minister and 16 ministers occupied the same positions in Mikhail Fradkov's First Government. Only Leonid Reiman

Leonid Reiman

Leonid Dododzhonovich Reiman, in Russian: Леонид Дододжонович Рейман; born July 12, 1957 in Leningrad is a Russian businessman and government official, former Minister of Communications and Information Technologies of the Russian Federation...

 assumed the reestablished position of Information Technologies and Telecommunications Minister of Russia. Eight of the ministers took part in Kasyanov's Cabinet, all on the same positions: Yury Chaika

Yury Chaika

Yury Yakovlevich Chaika is the current Prosecutor General of Russia.-Career:Chaika began his career as an electrician in a shipyard. After serving in the army, he graduated from Sverdlovsk Institute of Law in 1976 and began work at Irkutsk Oblast Prosecutor's Office where he served as an...

, Alexey Gordeyev

Alexey Gordeyev

Alexey Vasiliyevich Gordeyev ]] in the German Democratic Republic) is a Russian politician and is the current Governor of Voronezh Oblast.He previously was Minister of Ariculture under Vladimir Putin's presidency.-External links:...

, German Gref

German Gref

German Oskarovich Gref , born February 8, 1964) is a Russian economist of German ethnicity, the founder of Center of the Strategic Development. He was the Minister of Economics and Trade of Russia from May 2000 to September 2007...

, Sergei Ivanov

Sergei Ivanov

Sergei Borisovich Ivanov is a Russian senior official and statesman. He was Minister of Defence from March 2001 to February 2007, Deputy Prime Minister from November 2005 to February 2007, and the First Deputy Prime Minister from February 2007 to May 2008...

, Viktor Khristenko

Viktor Khristenko

Viktor Borisovich Khristenko is the current Russian Minister of Industry and former First Deputy Prime Minister.-Personal life:...

, Alexey Kudrin, Leonid Reiman

Leonid Reiman

Leonid Dododzhonovich Reiman, in Russian: Леонид Дододжонович Рейман; born July 12, 1957 in Leningrad is a Russian businessman and government official, former Minister of Communications and Information Technologies of the Russian Federation...

, and Sergei Shoigu

Sergei Shoigu

Sergey Kuzhugetovich Shoygu is a Russian political figure who has been Minister of Emergency Situations since 1994. He is a ethnic Tuvan and holds the military rank of General of the Army. He is also the President of the International Sport Federation of Firefighters and Rescuers...

.

Further development

• September 13, 2004:

The Ministry of Regional Development was reestablished,and unastablshed, then reastavlished,Just like South Park. Vladimir Yakovlev

Vladimir Anatolyevich Yakovlev

Vladimir Anatolyevich Yakovlev is a Russian politician, currently retired.In 1996–2003, he was the Governor of Saint Petersburg. In 2003-2004, prior to the Beslan school hostage crisis, he was Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Southern Federal District...

 was fired from the position of Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Southern Federal District

Southern Federal District

Southern Federal District is one of the eight federal districts of Russia. Its territory lies mostly on the Pontic-Caspian steppe. Its population was 13,856,700 according to the 2010 Census, living on an area of...

 in the aftermath of the Beslan school hostage crisis

Beslan school hostage crisis

The Beslan school hostage crisis of early September 2004 was a three-day hostage-taking of over 1,100 people which ended in the deaths of over 380...

 and was appointed Minister of Regional Development by the President.

Dmitry Kozak

Dmitry Kozak

Dmitry Nikolayevich Kozak , is a Russian politician, serving since October 2008 as deputy Prime minister of the Russian Federation....

 was replaced by the President with Sergei Naryshkin as Minister – Chief of Staff of the Government and became Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Southern Federal District instead of Yakovlev.

• November 14, 2005:

Two more Deputy Prime Minister positions were created. Dmitry Medvedev

Dmitry Medvedev

Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev is the third President of the Russian Federation.Born to a family of academics, Medvedev graduated from the Law Department of Leningrad State University in 1987. He defended his dissertation in 1990 and worked as a docent at his alma mater, now renamed to Saint...

 was appointed First Deputy Prime Minister, Sergei Ivanov

Sergei Ivanov

Sergei Borisovich Ivanov is a Russian senior official and statesman. He was Minister of Defence from March 2001 to February 2007, Deputy Prime Minister from November 2005 to February 2007, and the First Deputy Prime Minister from February 2007 to May 2008...

 was appointed Deputy Prime Minister by the President, retaining his Defence Minister position.

• June 23, 2006:

President Vladimir Putin replaced Yury Chaika

Yury Chaika

Yury Yakovlevich Chaika is the current Prosecutor General of Russia.-Career:Chaika began his career as an electrician in a shipyard. After serving in the army, he graduated from Sverdlovsk Institute of Law in 1976 and began work at Irkutsk Oblast Prosecutor's Office where he served as an...

 with former Prosecutor General

Prosecutor General of Russia

The Prosecutor General of Russia heads the system of official prosecution in courts known as the Office of the Prosecutor General of Russian Federation ....

 Vladimir Ustinov

Vladimir Ustinov

Vladimir Vasilyevich Ustinov is a Russian politician.He currently is the Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Southern Federal District. Until 2008, he was Russia's Minister of Justice....

 as Justice Minister of Russia. Chaika in turn assumed the Prosecutor General position for the second time in his career.

• February 15, 2007:

The President introduced the second position of First Deputy Prime Minister assumed by Sergei Ivanov

Sergei Ivanov

Sergei Borisovich Ivanov is a Russian senior official and statesman. He was Minister of Defence from March 2001 to February 2007, Deputy Prime Minister from November 2005 to February 2007, and the First Deputy Prime Minister from February 2007 to May 2008...

 and appointed Sergei Naryshkin Deputy Prime Minister. Former Chief of the Federal Tax Service of Russia Anatoly Serdyukov was appointed Defence Minister instead of Ivanov. Naryshkin retained his poistion of Chief of Staff of the Government.

• September 12, 2007:

President Putin accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov.http://africa.reuters.com/world/news/usnWLB1818.html According to Russian legislation, his cabinet was also dismissed. Fradkov, however, remained acting Prime Minister until September 14, when the new Prime Minister, Viktor Zubkov, was appointed. German Gref, Vladimir Yakovlev and Mikhail Zurabov were dismissed on September 24, when the new cabinet was formed.

Ministers

Minister	Period of office
Prime Minister Prime Minister of Russia The Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation The use of the term "Prime Minister" is strictly informal and is not allowed for by the Russian Constitution and other laws.... Mikhail Fradkov Mikhail Fradkov Mikhail Yefimovich Fradkov is a Russian politician and statesman who was the Prime Minister of Russia from March 2004 to September 2007. Fradkov has been the head of Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service since 2007.-Early life:...	May 12, 2004 - September 14, 2007
First Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev Dmitry Medvedev Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev is the third President of the Russian Federation.Born to a family of academics, Medvedev graduated from the Law Department of Leningrad State University in 1987. He defended his dissertation in 1990 and worked as a docent at his alma mater, now renamed to Saint...	November 14, 2005 - September 24, 2007
First Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov Sergei Ivanov Sergei Borisovich Ivanov is a Russian senior official and statesman. He was Minister of Defence from March 2001 to February 2007, Deputy Prime Minister from November 2005 to February 2007, and the First Deputy Prime Minister from February 2007 to May 2008...	February 15, 2007 - September 24, 2007
Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Zhukov Alexander Zhukov Alexander Dmitriyevich Zhukov is a Russian economist and politician, member of the State Duma . He is the Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation since 9 March 2004.-Family:...	May 20, 2004 - September 24, 2007
Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov Sergei Ivanov Sergei Borisovich Ivanov is a Russian senior official and statesman. He was Minister of Defence from March 2001 to February 2007, Deputy Prime Minister from November 2005 to February 2007, and the First Deputy Prime Minister from February 2007 to May 2008...	November 14, 2005 – February 15, 2007
Sergei Naryshkin	February 15, 2007 - September 24, 2007
Minister of the Interior Rashid Nurgaliyev Rashid Nurgaliyev Rashid Gumarovich Nurgaliyev is a Russian general and politician of the Tatars descent. Since 2002, he has been the minister of the Internal Affairs of Russia.-Early years:...	May 20, 2004 - September 24, 2007
Minister of Emergencies Sergei Shoigu Sergei Shoigu Sergey Kuzhugetovich Shoygu is a Russian political figure who has been Minister of Emergency Situations since 1994. He is a ethnic Tuvan and holds the military rank of General of the Army. He is also the President of the International Sport Federation of Firefighters and Rescuers...	May 20, 2004 - September 24, 2007
Minister of Health and Welfare Development Mikhail Zurabov Mikhail Zurabov Mikhail Yuryevich Zurabov is the current ambassador of Russia to Ukraine and Russia's former Minister of Health and Social Development . He held the post of Minister of Health and Social Development from 9 March 2004 to 24 September 2007...	May 20, 2004 - September 24, 2007
Minister of External Affairs Sergey Lavrov Sergey Lavrov Sergey Viktorovich Lavrov is the Foreign Minister of Russia. Prior to that, Lavrov was a Soviet diplomat and Russia's ambassador to the United Nations from 1994 to 2004. Lavrov speaks Russian, English, French and Sinhala....	May 20, 2004 - September 24, 2007
Minister of Information Technologies and Telecommunications Leonid Reiman Leonid Reiman Leonid Dododzhonovich Reiman, in Russian: Леонид Дододжонович Рейман; born July 12, 1957 in Leningrad is a Russian businessman and government official, former Minister of Communications and Information Technologies of the Russian Federation...	May 20, 2004 - September 24, 2007
Minister of Culture and Mass Media Alexander Sokolov Alexander Sokolov Alexander Sokolov is a direct-carving or taille directe marble sculptor. He has spent about half his life in Spain, which has led to the distribution of his more central continental style within Iberia...	May 20, 2004 - September 24, 2007
Minister of Defence Sergei Ivanov Sergei Ivanov Sergei Borisovich Ivanov is a Russian senior official and statesman. He was Minister of Defence from March 2001 to February 2007, Deputy Prime Minister from November 2005 to February 2007, and the First Deputy Prime Minister from February 2007 to May 2008...	May 20, 2004 – February 15, 2007
Anatoly Serdyukov	February 15, 2007 - September 24, 2007
Minister of Education and Science Andrei Fursenko Andrei Fursenko Andrei Aleksandrovich Fursenko is a Russian politician, scientist and businessman. Currently he is the Minister of Education and Science of the Russian Federation.-Family and education:...	May 20, 2004 - September 24, 2007
Minister of Natural Resources Yury Trutnev	May 20, 2004 - September 24, 2007
Minister of Regional Development Vladimir Yakovlev Vladimir Anatolyevich Yakovlev Vladimir Anatolyevich Yakovlev is a Russian politician, currently retired.In 1996–2003, he was the Governor of Saint Petersburg. In 2003-2004, prior to the Beslan school hostage crisis, he was Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Southern Federal District...	September 13, 2004 - September 24, 2007
Minister of Agriculture and Fishing Alexey Gordeyev Alexey Gordeyev Alexey Vasiliyevich Gordeyev ]] in the German Democratic Republic) is a Russian politician and is the current Governor of Voronezh Oblast.He previously was Minister of Ariculture under Vladimir Putin's presidency.-External links:...	May 20, 2004 - September 24, 2007
Minister of Industry and Energy Viktor Khristenko Viktor Khristenko Viktor Borisovich Khristenko is the current Russian Minister of Industry and former First Deputy Prime Minister.-Personal life:...	May 20, 2004 - September 24, 2007
Minister of Transport Igor Levitin Igor Levitin Igor Yevgeniyevich Levitin is a Russian political figure who has been Minister of Transport since March 9, 2004.Between 1973 and 1980 Levitin served in the Soviet armed forces in Odessa and then with the Armies Southern Division...	May 20, 2004 - September 24, 2007
Minister of Finance Alexey Kudrin	May 20, 2004 - September 24, 2007
Minister of Economic Development and Trade German Gref German Gref German Oskarovich Gref , born February 8, 1964) is a Russian economist of German ethnicity, the founder of Center of the Strategic Development. He was the Minister of Economics and Trade of Russia from May 2000 to September 2007...	May 20, 2004 - September 24, 2007
Minister of Justice Yury Chaika Yury Chaika Yury Yakovlevich Chaika is the current Prosecutor General of Russia.-Career:Chaika began his career as an electrician in a shipyard. After serving in the army, he graduated from Sverdlovsk Institute of Law in 1976 and began work at Irkutsk Oblast Prosecutor's Office where he served as an...	May 20, 2004 – June 23, 2006
Vladimir Ustinov Vladimir Ustinov Vladimir Vasilyevich Ustinov is a Russian politician.He currently is the Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Southern Federal District. Until 2008, he was Russia's Minister of Justice....	June 23, 2006 - September 24, 2007
Minister, Chief of Staff of the Government Dmitry Kozak Dmitry Kozak Dmitry Nikolayevich Kozak , is a Russian politician, serving since October 2008 as deputy Prime minister of the Russian Federation....	May 20, 2004 – September 13, 2004
Sergei Naryshkin	September 13, 2004 - September 24, 2007

External links

• Fradkov's Second Cabinet, Politika.su (in Russian).