Sergei Stepashin's Cabinet

Cabinet of Sergey Stepashin
47th cabinet of Russia
Date formed	19 May 1999
Date dissolved	9 August 1999
People and organisations
Head of state	Boris Yeltsin
Head of government	Sergei Stepashin Vladimir Putin (acting)
Deputy head of government	Nikolai Aksenenko Viktor Khristenko Vladimir Putin
No. of ministers	33
Member party	Our Home - Russia Democratic Choice of Russia Liberal Democratic Party Union of Right Forces[1]
Status in legislature	Coalition
Opposition party	Communist Party
Opposition leader	Gennady Zyuganov
History
Predecessor	Primakov
Successor	Putin I

Sergei Stepashin's Cabinet was the Cabinet of Russian Prime Minister Sergei Stepashin from May to August 1999. The Cabinet served under the presidency of Boris Yeltsin.

Upon his appointment as Prime Minister (by a Duma vote of 301 to 55), Stepashin publicly identified a series of problems that he said faced the country, including high rates of poverty, low industrial output, high public debt and a weak legal environment.^[2]

The Cabinet, and Stepashin's premiership, lasted only until August, when Yeltsin dismissed them. Stepashin stated upon his removal that "these three months haven't been wasted, we have managed to keep the situation in the country under control. The ruble hasn't plunged contrary to many predictions". Stepashin was replaced by Vladimir Putin.^[3]

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