Prime Minister of Russia

Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Председатель Правительства Российской Федерации
Logo Government of Russia
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Incumbent Mikhail Mishustin since 16 January 2020
Style	Mr. Chairman By name and patronymic (currently Mikhail Vladimirovich) His Excellency (informal international correspondence)
Member of	Government Security Council
Reports to	President State Duma
Residence	White House (working)
Seat	Moscow
Appointer	President of Russia, with the consent of the State Duma
Term length	No fixed term Resigns before the newly elected President, but may be reappointed again
Constituting instrument	Constitution of Russia
Inaugural holder	Count Sergei Witte (as Prime Minister of Russian Empire) Georgy Lvov (as Chairman of the Russian Provisional Government) Vladimir Lenin (as Premier of the Soviet Union) Boris Yeltsin (as Prime Minister of Russian Federation)
Formation	6 November 1905
Deputy	First Deputy Prime Minister Deputy Prime Ministers
Website	Official website

The Prime Minister of Russia (Russian: Премьер-министр России, Prem'er-ministr Rossii) is Russia's head of government. He is the second most powerful leader in the Russian Federation.

The Prime Minister serves the same time as the President of Russia, and has a term of office of six years but may be appointed again.

The President appoints the Prime Minister and must be approved by the State Duma. Only two acting Prime Ministers: Yegor Gaidar and Viktor Chernomyrdin were appointed by the President, but not approved by the Duma. The most recent Prime Minister is Mikhail Mishustin since 16 January 2020.