First Medvedev cabinet

First Cabinet of Dmitry Medvedev

54th Cabinet of Russia
Date formed21 May 2012
Date dissolved7 May 2018
People and organisations
Head of stateVladimir Putin
Head of governmentDmitry Medvedev
Deputy head of governmentIgor Shuvalov
No. of ministers32
Ministers removed12
Total no. of members43
Member partyUnited Russia (With support from LDPR)
Status in legislatureMajority
Opposition partyCommunist Party
A Just Russia
Opposition leaderGennady Zyuganov
Sergey Mironov
History
PredecessorPutin II
SuccessorMedvedev II

Dmitry Medvedev's First Cabinet (May 2012 – May 2018) was a cabinet of the government of the Russian Federation following the 2012 Russian presidential election that resulted in the election of Vladimir Putin as the fourth President of Russia.

On 8 May 2012, The State Duma, the lower house of the bicameral Russian Parliament, voted in favor of the appointment of former President Dmitry Medvedev as the head of government. For the first time in the past 12 years, Prime Minister candidate has not received a constitutional majority. PM Medvedev promised to update 80% of the cabinet, but he would not change its structure.[1]

On 8 May 2013, Medvedev's first deputy Vladislav Surkov, was relieved of duty after Putin reprimanded the government for failing to carry out all his presidential decrees from the previous year.[2]

The government was dissolved on 7 May 2018, following Putin's inauguration for his 4th term as president, but continued to work as a Caretaker Cabinet until the formation of the new Cabinet.[3][4]

  1. ^ "Медведев уступил предшественникам". Газета.Ru. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  2. ^ Heritage, Timothy. "Putin ousts former grey cardinal, blow to Medvedev". U.K. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  3. ^ "Правительство России ушло в отставку". РБК. 7 May 2018. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  4. ^ "Президент поручил Правительству продолжать работу до сформирования нового кабинета министров". Kremlin.ru. 7 May 2018. Retrieved 8 May 2018.