Russia

Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments
Date of Information: 11/17/2008

Pres.	Dmitriy Anatolyevich MEDVEDEV
Premier	Vladimir Vladimirovich PUTIN
First Dep. Premier	Igor Ivanovich SHUVALOV
First Dep. Premier	Viktor Alekseyevich ZUBKOV
Dep. Premier	Sergey Borisovich IVANOV
Dep. Premier	Dmitriy Nikolayevich KOZAK
Dep. Premier	Aleksey Leonidovich KUDRIN
Dep. Premier	Igor Ivanovich SECHIN
Dep. Premier	Sergey Semenovich SOBYANIN
Dep. Premier	Aleksandr Dmitriyevich ZHUKOV
Min. of Agriculture	Aleksey Vasilyevich GORDEYEV
Min. of Civil Defense, Emergencies, & Natural Disasters	Sergey Kuzhugetovich SHOYGU
Min. of Communications & Mass Media	Igor Olegovich SHCHEGOLEV
Min. of Culture	Aleksandr Alekseyevich AVDEYEV
Min. of Defense	Anatoliy Eduardovich SERDYUKOV
Min. of Economic Development	Elvira Sakhipzadovna NABIULLINA
Min. of Education & Science	Andrey Aleksandrovich FURSENKO
Min. of Energy	Sergey Ivanovich SHMATKO
Min. of Finance	Aleksey Leonidovich KUDRIN
Min. of Foreign Affairs	Sergey Viktorovich LAVROV
Min. of Health & Social Development	Tatyana Alekseyevna GOLIKOVA
Min. of Industry & Trade	Viktor Borisovich KHRISTENKO
Min. of Internal Affairs	Rashid Gumarovich NURGALIYEV
Min. of Justice	Aleksandr Vladimirovich KONOVALOV
Min. of Natural Resources & Ecology	Yuriy Petrovich TRUTNEV
Min. of Regional Development	Viktor Fedorovich BASARGIN
Min. of Sport, Tourism, & Youth Policy	Vitaliy Leontyevich MUTKO
Min. of Transportation	Igor Yevgenyevich LEVITIN
Dir., Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR)	Mikhail Yefimovich FRADKOV
Dir., Federal Security Service (FSB)	Aleksandr Vasilyevich BORTNIKOV
Head, Govt. Apparatus	Sergey Semenovich SOBYANIN
Sec., Security Council	Nikolay Platonovich PATRUSHEV
Procurator Gen.	Yuriy Yakovlevich CHAYKA
Chmn., Central Bank of Russia	Sergey Mikhaylovich IGNATYEV
Ambassador to the US	Sergey Ivanovich KISLYAK
Permanent Representative to the UN, New York	Vitaliy Ivanovich CHURKIN