Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev unveils Russia’s next government cabinet
On Friday, at a meeting with President Putin, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev proposed Russia’s new government cabinet.
Evegny Zinichev, the former acting governor of Kaliningrad (he quit after a few months) and the ex deputy director of the Federal Security Service, will take over as head of Russia’s Federal Emergency Management Agency. Vladimir Medinsky will stay on as culture minister. Medvedev wants Olga Vasileva to take over as education minister and Mikhail Kotyukov to take charge of the new Science and Higher Education Ministry. Tyumen Governor Vladimir Yakushev will be the next housing and communal services and construction minister, while Dmitry Patrushev (the son of Russia’s Security Council secretary) will helm the Agriculture Ministry. What about Russia’s Transport Ministry? Its next head will be Evgeny Ditrikh. And say hello to Labor and Social Protection Minister Maxim Topilin and welcome back Health Minister Veronika Skvortsova. Also sticking around are Economic Development Minister Maxim Oreshkin, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov (who will also serve as first deputy prime minister), Energy Minister Alexander Novak, and Industry and Trade Minister Denis Manturov.
And here’s Medvedev’s deputy-prime-minister wish list:
- Dmitry Kozak — industry and energy
- Deputy Defense Minister Yuri Borisov — the defense industry complex (which used to be Dmitry Rogozin’s job)
- Former Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko — construction and regional policy
- Former Health and Social Development Minister Tatyana Golikova — social policy and healthcare
- Former Deputy Prime Minister for Social Affairs Olga Golodets — culture and sports
- Former Voronezh Governor and former Agriculture Minister Alexey Gordeyev — agriculture
- Deputy government chief of staff Maxim Akimov — transportation, communications, and the digital economy
- Presidential advisor Konstantin Chiuchenko — chief of Medvedev’s staff (which used to be Sergey Prikhodko’s job)