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Minister of Defence (Russia)

The minister of defence of the Russian Federation is the minister responsible for the Russian Armed Forces. Marshal of Aviation Yevgeny Shaposhnikov was the last minister of defence of the Soviet Union. General Colonel Konstantin Kobets supported then President of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Boris Yeltsin during the August coup of 1991. From 19 August until 9 September 1991, Konstantin Kobets was defence minister of the RSFSR, though there was no ministry. This post was then abolished.

List of ministers of defence
Timeline Former first deputy ministers of defenceAndrei Kokoshin (3 April 1992 – 25 January 1996); (25 January 1996 – 28 August 1997), State Secretary • Pavel Grachyov (3 April 1992 – 18 May 1992) • Viktor Dubynin (10 June 1992 – 22 November 1992), Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces • Mikhail Kolesnikov (23 December 1992 – 18 October 1996), Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces • Viktor Samsonov (18 October 1996 – 22 May 1997), Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces • Anatoly Kvashnin (23 May 1997 – 19 June 1997), Acting Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces; (19 June 1997 – 19 July 2004), Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces • (11 September 1997 – 28 March 2000), State Secretary • Vladimir Matyukhin (11 March 2003 – 21 May 2004) • Yury Baluyevsky (19 July 2004 – 3 June 2008), Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces • Aleksandr Belousov (19 July 2004 – 25 September 2007) • Alexander Kolmakov (25 September 2007 – 21 June 2010) • Nikolai Makarov (3 June 2008 – 9 November 2012), Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces • Vladimir Popovkin (21 June 2010 – 29 April 2011) • Aleksandr Sukhorukov (1 September 2011 – 9 November 2012) • Arkady Bakhin (9 November 2012 – 17 November 2015) • Ruslan Tsalikov (24 December 2015 – 29 May 2024) Former deputy ministers of defence • (10 June 1992 – 9 February 1995) • (10 June 1992 – 9 February 1995) • (10 June 1992 – 28 March 2001) • Boris Gromov (24 June 1992 – 16 March 1995) • (19 August 1992 – October 1996), Chief of the Main Directorate of Personnel • Konstantin Kobets (?? June 1993 – 18 May 1997), Chief Military Inspector of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation • Matvey Burlakov (23 August 1994 – 9 February 1995) • Anatoly Solomatin (9 February 1995 – ?? April 1997), Chief of Construction and Quartering of Troops • (17 January 1995 – 16 June 1997), Chief of Logistics of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation • Aleksandr Kosovan (?? April 1997 – 6 March 2003), Chief of Construction and Quartering of Troops • Vladimir Isakov (30 June 1997 – 2 December 2008), Chief of Logistics of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation • (13 November 2000 – 8 April 2004) • (28 March 2001 – 19 April 2007), Chief of Armament of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation • Igor Puzanov (28 March 2001 – 18 October 2004), State Secretary • (28 March 2001 – 18 October 2004), Chief of the Main Financial-Economic Administration of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation and Deputy Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation for Financial-Economic Work; (1 September 2007 – 14 April 2009), Deputy Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation for Financial-Economic Work • Nikolai Kormiltsev (28 April 2001 – 29 September 2004), Commander-in-chief of the Land Force • Anatoly Grebenyuk (4 March 2003 – 18 October 2004), Chief of Construction and Quartering of Troops • Nikolay Pankov (13 September 2005 — 17 June 2024) • Nikolai Makarov (19 April 2007 – 3 June 2008), Chief of Armament of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation • Oleg Eskin (19 November 2007 – 20 November 2008) • Vladimir Popovkin (?? July 2008 – 21 June 2010), Chief of Armament of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation • (17 September 2008 – 12 January 2010), Chief of Quartering and Accommodation • Dmitry Chushkin (20 November 2008 – 15 November 2012) • Dmitry Bulgakov (2 December 2008 – 27 July 2010), Chief of Logistics of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation • (14 April 2009 – 4 November 2010), Deputy Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation for Financial-Economic Work • Grigory Naginsky (12 January 2010 – 6 July 2010), Chief of Quartering and Accommodation; (6 July 2010 – 22 April 2011) • Mikhail Mokretsov (27 July 2010 – 5 July 2011), Chief of Staff of the Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation; (5 July 2011 – 10 December 2011) • Tatiana Shevtsova (4 August 2010 — 17 June 2024) • Yelena Kozlova (25 June 2012 – 15 November 2012) • Oleg Ostapenko (9 November 2012 – 9 October 2013) • Ruslan Tsalikov (15 November 2012 – 24 December 2015) • Pavel Popov (7 November 2013 — 17 June 2024) • Aleksei Dyumin (24 December 2015 – 2 February 2016) • Anatoly Antonov (2 February 2011 – 29 December 2016) • Yury Borisov (15 November 2012 – 18 May 2018) • Yuriy Sadovenko (7 January 2013 – 20 May 2024) • Timur Ivanov (11 November 2016 – 24 April 2024) • Andrey Kartapolov (30 July 2018 — 5 October 2021), Head of the Main Military-Political Directorate of the Russian Armed ForcesGennady Zhidko (12 November 2021 — 28 July 2022), Head of the Main Military-Political Directorate of the Russian Armed ForcesMikhail Mizintsev (24 September 2022 – 27 April 2023) • Alexey Kuzmenkov (30 April 2023 — 11 March 2024) ==See also==
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