Russia's ex-PM Viktor Zubkov is the first vice premier in the new government.
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Russia’s New Govt Endorsed
Russia’s President Dmitry Medvedev has inked the ruling on the strength of the country’s new cabinet. The government will have seven vice premiers, including two first vice premiers, PM Vladimir Putin announced when presenting the ministers.
The first deputy prime ministers are ex-prime minister Viktor Zubkov and ex-aid of the president Igor Shuvalov. Zubkov will focus on agrarian and industrial complex and agriculture, while Shuvalov will supervise the government’s policy in foreign economic field, the WTO negotiations, government’s support to small business, management of state property, creation of common economic area with CIS, antimonopoly policy and tariff policy.
Alexander Zhukov has retained the vice premier office, similar to Alexei Kudrin, who is again the country's vice premier and finance minister. Zhukov will focus on the national projects of top priority and control the progress in preparation of Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics.
Former first vice premier Sergei Ivanov is only the vice premier in the new government. Other vice premiers are Igor Sechin, ex-chief of presidential administration, and Sergei Sobyanin, former head of presidential administration. Sechin will deal with industry and energy issues in his new office.
Alexander Konovalov, ex-president’s envoy to Privolzhie Federal District, is the minister of justice in today’s cabinet.
Russia’s Industry and Energy Ministry has been split into two. Its former minister Viktor Khristenko is the industry minister now, while Atomstroiexport ex-president Sergei Shmatko is the energy minister.
Vice premier Sergei Narushkin and IT, Communication Minister Leonid Reiman and Culture Minister Alexander Sokolov have no offices in the new cabinet, while Sergei Lavrov, Anatoly Serdyukov, Rashid Nurgaliev, Sergei Shoigu, Dmitry Kozak, Tatiana Golikova, Andrei Fursenko, Yuri Trutnev and Alexei Gordeev have remained the chiefs of respective ministries.
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