Cabinet of Boris Yeltsin and Yegor Gaidar | |
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33rd cabinet of Russia |
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Date formed | 6 November 1991 |
Date dissolved | 23 December 1992 |
People and organisations | |
Head of state | Boris Yeltsin |
Head of government |
Boris Yeltsin Yegor Gaidar |
Deputy head of government |
Yegor Gaidar Gennady Burbulis Vladimir Shumeyko |
No. of ministers | 34 |
Member party | Russia's Choice |
Status in legislature | Coalition |
History | |
Election(s) | Russian President personally led by the Council of Ministers |
Legislature term(s) | 3 years |
Predecessor | Silaev II |
Successor | Chernomyrdin I |
Cabinet of Boris Yeltsin and Yegor Gaidar – Russian Cabinet of Ministers under the leadership of President Boris Yeltsin and First Deputy Prime Minister Yegor Gaidar. Worked from 6 November 1991 to 23 December 1992.
Boris Yeltsin led the Council of Ministers to carry out radical economic reforms aimed at liberalizing the economy. He headed the Cabinet since 6 November 1991 to 15 June 1992. From 15 June to 15 December 1992, the Cabinet directed the acting Prime Minister Yegor Gaidar.
In December 1992, Boris Yeltsin proposed to the Congress of People's Deputies of Russia Yegor Gaidar's candidacy for the post of Prime Minister of Russia, however, people's deputies he was denied.