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Tuesday, 09 March 2004
PUTIN ANNOUNCED APPOINTMENTS TO NEW CABINET
By empty (3/9/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
President Vladimir Putin has announced key appointments in the new Cabinet of Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov. At a meeting with the leaders of the Kremlin administration and several acting Cabinet members, he announced that Alexander Zhukov was appointed deputy prime minister, Sergei Lavrov foreign minister, Sergei Ivanov defense minister, Alexei Kudrin finance minister, Rashid Nurgaliyev interior minister, Sergei Shoigu emergency situations minister, German Gref economics and trade minister, Alexei Gordeyev agriculture and fisheries minister, Viktor Khristenko industry and energy minister, Mikhail Zurabov health and social development minister, Andrei Fursenko education and science minister, Alexander Sokolov culture and information minister, Yury Trutnev natural resources minister, Yury Chaika justice minister and Igor Levitin transport and communications minister. Dmitri Kozak was appointed chief of the government staff in the rank of minister and Igor Ivanov was appointed Security Council secretary.
President Vladimir Putin has announced key appointments in the new Cabinet of Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov. At a meeting with the leaders of the Kremlin administration and several acting Cabinet members, he announced that Alexander Zhukov was appointed deputy prime minister, Sergei Lavrov foreign minister, Sergei Ivanov defense minister, Alexei Kudrin finance minister, Rashid Nurgaliyev interior minister, Sergei Shoigu emergency situations minister, German Gref economics and trade minister, Alexei Gordeyev agriculture and fisheries minister, Viktor Khristenko industry and energy minister, Mikhail Zurabov health and social development minister, Andrei Fursenko education and science minister, Alexander Sokolov culture and information minister, Yury Trutnev natural resources minister, Yury Chaika justice minister and Igor Levitin transport and communications minister. Dmitri Kozak was appointed chief of the government staff in the rank of minister and Igor Ivanov was appointed Security Council secretary. The new government will comprise 17 instead of 30 ministries. (Interfax)