Sergei Vadimovich Stepashin is a Russian politician who briefly served as Prime Minister of Russia in 1999. Prior to this he had been appointed as federal security minister for counterintelligence by President Boris Yeltsin in 1994, a position from which he resigned in 1995 as a consequence of the Budyonnovsk hospital hostage crisis. Subsequent to his tenure as Prime Minister he served as Chairman of the Accounts Chamber of Russia from 2000 until 2013.
Stepashin in 2021
The chairman of the government of the Russian Federation, also informally known as the prime minister, is the head of government of Russia and the second highest ranking political office in Russia. Although the post dates back to 1905, its current form was established on 12 December 1993 following the introduction of a new constitution.
Prime Minister of Russia
Count Sergei Witte, the first prime minister of Russia
Georgy Lvov, the 8th prime minister of Russia (1st Minister-Chairman of the Russian Provisional Government)
Viktor Chernomyrdin, the 29th prime minister of Russia (1st chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation)