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Minister of Foreign Affairs (Russia)

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This article is about Russian foreign ministers. Not to be confused with Soviet foreign ministers.

The minister of foreign affairs of the Russian Federation is a high-ranking Russian government official who heads the ministry of foreign affairs of the Russian Federation. The foreign minister is one of the five presidential ministers, along with the ministers of defence, interior, emergencies and justice. Although they are members of the Cabinet, they are directly subordinate to the President.

Minister of Foreign Affairs
of the Russian Federation
Incumbent
Sergey Lavrov
since February 24, 2004
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
StyleMr. Minister
Member ofGovernment, Security Council
Reports toThe President
SeatForeign Affairs Building, Moscow
NominatorThe President
AppointerThe President
(after consultation with the Federation Council)
Term lengthNo fixed term
First holderAndrei Kozyrev (post-Soviet era)
Websitewww.mid.ru/minister

The foreign minister, like other presidential ministers, is nominated and appointed by the President after consultation with the Federation Council (whereas non-presidential ministers are nominated by the Prime Minister and appointed by the President after approval by the State Duma). The foreign minister is also a permanent member of the Russian Security Council.[1]

Tsardom of Russia

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Portrait Name Term of office Head of State
Heads of Ambassadorial Prikaz
  Ivan Viskovatyi January 2, 1549 August 2, 1562[2] Ivan IV
  Andrey Vasilyev September, 1562 July 25, 1570
  Andrey Shchelkalov November, 1570 June 17, 1594
Feodor I
  Vasily Shchelkalov June 30, 1594 May 1601
Boris Godunov
  Afanasy Vlasyev May 1601 May 8, 1605
  Ivan Gramotin August 1605 February 14, 1606 False Dmitriy I
  Vasily Telepnev 1606 March 1611 Vasili IV
False Dmitry II
  Ivan Gramotin November 20, 1611 September 1612
  Fyodor Androsov
(Acting) 		September 1612 June 1613
  Pyotr Tretyakov June 1613 May 16, 1618 Michael
  Ivan Gramotin May 1618 December 21, 1626
  Yefim Telepnyov December 22, 1626 July 30, 1630
  Fyodor Likhachov September 21, 1630 December 25, 1631
  Ivan Gryazev October 1, 1632 April 17, 1634
  Ivan Gramotin May 19, 1634 July 19, 1635
  Fyodor Likhachov September 21, 1635 September 1, 1643
  Grigory Lvov September 1, 1643 December 27, 1646
Alexis
  Nazary Chistoy January 6, 1647 June 2, 1648
  Mikhail Volosheninov July 4, 1648 April 1653
  Almaz Ivanov September 28, 1653 March 10, 1667
  Afanasy Ordin-Nashchokin July 15, 1667 February 21, 1671
  Artamon Matveyev February 22, 1671 July 3, 1676
  Larion Ivanov July 4, 1676 December 21, 1680 Feodor III
  Vasily Volynsky December 21, 1680 May 6, 1681
  Larion Ivanov
(Acting) 		May 6, 1681 May 15, 1682
  Vasily Golitsyn May 17, 1682 September 6, 1689 Ivan V and Peter I
(regency of Sofia Alekseyevna)
  Emelian Ukraintsev September 6, 1689 April 19, 1699 Ivan V
and Peter I
Peter I
  Lev Naryshkin 1697 1699
  Fyodor Golovin February 18, 1700 August 2, 1706
  Pyotr Shafirov September 1706 1708
  Gavriil Golovkin 1708 15 December 1717

Russian Empire

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Portrait Name Term of office Head of State
Presidents of the Collegium of Foreign Affairs
  Gavriil Golovkin 15 December 1717 January 20, 1734 Peter I
Catherine I
Peter II
Anna
  Andrey Osterman 1734 1740
  Aleksey Tcherkassky November 10, 1740 November 4, 1742 Ivan VI
  Alexey Bestuzhev-Ryumin November 4, 1742 February 15, 1758 Elizabeth
  Mikhail Vorontsov November 23, 1758 October 27, 1763
Peter III
  Nikita Panin October 27, 1763 April 10, 1781 Catherine II
  Ivan Osterman April 10, 1781 May 2, 1797
  Aleksandr Bezborodko May 2, 1797 April 6, 1799 Paul I
  Fyodor Rostopchin April 6, 1799 February 20, 1801
  Nikita Panin March 23, 1801 September 30, 1801 Alexander I
  Viktor Kochubey September 30, 1801 September 8, 1802
Ministers of Foreign Affairs
  Alexander Vorontsov September 8, 1802 January 16, 1804 Alexander I
  Adam Jerzy Czartoryski January 16, 1804 June 17, 1806
  Andreas Eberhard von Budberg June 17, 1806 August 30, 1807
  Nikolay Rumyantsev February 12, 1808 August 1, 1814
  Ioannis Kapodistrias
(Joint with Karl Nesselrode) 		January 31, 1816 August 19, 1822
  Karl Nesselrode 1814 April 15, 1856
Nicholas I
  Alexander Gorchakov April 15, 1856 9 April 1882 Alexander II
  Nicholas de Giers April 9, 1882 January 26, 1895 Alexander III
  Alexei Lobanov-Rostovsky March 18, 1895 August 30, 1896 Nicholas II
  Nikolay Shishkin September 1, 1896 January 13, 1897
  Mikhail Muravyov January 13, 1897 June 21, 1900
  Vladimir Lambsdorff January 6, 1901 May 11, 1906
  Alexander Izvolsky May 11, 1906 October 11, 1910
  Sergey Sazonov October 11, 1910 July 20, 1916
  Boris Stürmer July 20, 1916 November 23, 1916
  Nikolay Pokrovsky November 23, 1916 March 2, 1917

Provisional Government

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Minister Party Term of Office Prime Minister
Ministers of Foreign Affairs
  Pavel Milyukov Constitutional Democratic Party March 2, 1917 May 1, 1917 George Lvov
  Mikhail Tereshchenko Independent May 5, 1917 November 7, 1917
Alexander Kerensky

Russian SFSR (1917–1991)

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Minister Party Term of Office Head of State
People's Commissars of Foreign Affairs
  Leon Trotsky Social Democratic Labour Party
(Bolshevik) 		November 7, 1917 March 13, 1918 Lev Kamenev
  Georgy Chicherin Communist Party April 9, 1918 July 6, 1923
Post abolished (1923–1944). Power transferred to Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union.
  Anatoly Lavrentiev Communist Party March 8, 1944 March 13, 1946 Nikolay Shvernik
Post abolished
Ministers of Foreign Affairs
  Mikhail Yakovlev Communist Party April 16, 1959 August 5, 1960 Nikolai Ignatov
Nikolay Organov
  Sergey Lapin Communist Party September 5, 1960 January 20, 1962
  Mikhail Menshikov Communist Party February 1, 1962 September 11, 1968
Nikolai Ignatov
Mikhail Yasnov
  Aleksei A. Rodionov Communist Party September 11, 1968 May 7, 1971
  Fyodor Titov Communist Party May 7, 1971 May 28, 1982
  Vladimir Vinogradov Communist Party May 28, 1982 June 15, 1990
Vladimir Orlov
Vitaly Vorotnikov
  Andrey Kozyrev Independent October 11, 1990 December 26, 1991 Boris Yeltsin

Russian Federation (1991–present)

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Minister Term of Office Party Cabinet President
Ministers of Foreign Affairs
  Andrey Kozyrev December 27, 1991 January 5, 1996 Independent Yeltsin–Gaidar Boris Yeltsin
Chernomyrdin I
  Yevgeny Primakov January 9, 1996 September 11, 1998 Independent
Chernomyrdin II
Kiriyenko
  Igor Ivanov September 30, 1998 February 24, 2004 Independent Primakov
Stepashin
Putin I
Kasyanov Vladimir Putin
  Sergey Lavrov February 24, 2004 Incumbent United Russia Fradkov I
Fradkov II
Zubkov
Putin II Dmitry Medvedev
Medvedev I Vladimir Putin
Medvedev II
Mishustin I
Mishustin II

Timeline

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Sergey LavrovIgor IvanovYevgeny PrimakovAndrey KozyrevVladimir VinogradovFyodor TitovAleksei RodionovMikhail MenshikovSergey Lapin (diplomat)Mikhail YakovlevAnatoly LaverrntievGeorgy ChicherinLeon TrotskyMikhail TereshchenkoPavel MilyukovNikolay PokrovskyBoris StürmerSergey SazonovAlexander IzvolskyVladimir LambsdorffMikhail Nikolaiovich MuravyovNikolay ShishkinAlexei Lobanov-RostovskyNicholas de GiersAlexander GorchakovIoannis KapodistriasKarl NesselrodeNikolay RumyantsevAndreas Eberhard von BudbergAdam Jerzy CzartoryskiAlexander VorontsovViktor KochubeyNikita PaninFyodor RostopchinAleksandr BezborodkoIvan OstermanNikita PaninMikhail VorontsovAlexey Bestuzhev-RyuminAleksey TcherkasskyAndrey OstermanGavriil GolovkinPyotr ShafirovFyodor GolovinLev NaryshkinEmelian UkraintsevVasily GolitsynVasily VolynskyLarion IvanovArtamon MatveyevAfanasy Ordin-NashchokinAlmaz IvanovMikhail VolosheninovNazary ChistoyGrigory LvovIvan GryazevFyodor LikhachovYefim TelepnyovPyotr TretyakovFyodor AndrosovVasily TelepnevIvan GramotinAfanasy VlasyevVasily ShchelkalovAndrey ShchelkalovAndrey VasilyevIvan Viskovatyi

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Конституция Российской Федерации" (принята всенародным голосованием 12.12.1993 с изменениями, одобренными в ходе общероссийского голосования 01.07.2020) Статья 83
  2. ^ "Russia's foreign policy for 1000". Archived from the original on 2014-09-27. Retrieved 2016-02-20.
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