On November 28, 2000, the position of Minister for Coordination of the Development of the
Chechen Republic was established and occupied by
Vladimir Yelagin. On February 5, 2001, was dismissed as Minister of Energy. On March 28, 2001,
Igor Sergeyev was replaced with
Sergei Ivanov as Defence Minister,
Vladimir Rushaylo with
Boris Gryzlov as Interior Minister, and
Yevgeny Adamov with
Alexander Rumyantsev as Minister for Atomic Energy. On June 16, 2001, was replaced with as Minister of Natural Resources.
Igor Yusufov was appointed Minister of Energy. On October 16, 2001, Ministry for Federal, Ethnic and Migration Policy was abolished and the position of Minister of Industry, Science and Technologies was promoted to the rank of a Deputy Prime Minister. Accordingly, on October 17
Alexander Blokhin and were dismissed,
Ilya Klebanov was appointed Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry, Science and Technologies. The position of Minister of the Russian Federation was established to coordinate ethnic policy, and on December 6 assumed this position. On January 3, 2002,
Nikolay Aksyonenko was sacked as Minister of Railways and on January 4 was replaced with
Gennady Fadeyev. On February 18, Ilya Klebanov lost his position of a Deputy Prime Minister, but remained the Minister of Industry, Science and Technologies. On November 6,
Vladimir Yelagin was replaced with as Minister for Coordination of the Development of the Chechen Republic. On March 11, 2003,
Valentina Matviyenko was dismissed from her position of a Deputy Prime Minister for Welfare as she became the Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the
Northwestern Federal District. On April 24 was appointed Deputy Prime Minister for Industry and
Galina Karelova Deputy Prime Minister for Welfare. On May 28
Igor Shuvalov was replaced with as Minister, Chief of Staff of the Government. On June 16, a position of Deputy Prime Minister for Housing was established and assumed by
Vladimir Yakovlev, who had just resigned as Governor of
Saint Petersburg. On September 22, Minister of Railways
Gennady Fadeyev resigned and became President of JSC
Russian Railways. On October 9
Vadim Morozov became Minister of Railways. On November 1, Ilya Klebanov resigned as Minister of Industry, Science and Technologies and was appointed Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the
Northwestern Federal District, replacing Valentina Matviyenko, who had been elected Governor of Saint Petersburg. On November 6, his First Deputy
Andrey Fursenko was appointed acting Minister of Industry, Science and Technologies. On December 29,
Boris Gryzlov, who had been elected to the
State Duma, was dismissed as Interior Minister and replaced with
Rashid Nurgaliyev as acting Minister.
Mikhail Kasyanov was sacked from his position by
President Vladimir Putin on February 24, 2004, and was replaced with his Deputy
Viktor Khristenko as acting Prime Minister. Other ministers remained acting until
Mikhail Fradkov's First Cabinet was formed. ==Ministers==