First Medvedev cabinet

First Cabinet of Dmitry Medvedev
54th Cabinet of Russia
Date formed	21 May 2012
Date dissolved	7 May 2018
People and organisations
Head of state	Vladimir Putin
Head of government	Dmitry Medvedev
Deputy head of government	Igor Shuvalov
No. of ministers	32
Ministers removed	12
Total no. of members	43
Member party	United Russia (With support from LDPR)
Status in legislature	Majority
Opposition party	Communist Party A Just Russia
Opposition leader	Gennady Zyuganov Sergey Mironov
History
Predecessor	Putin II
Successor	Medvedev II

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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]