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Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin proposed Finance Minister Anton Siluanov and three other officials for deputy prime minister posts. President Vladimir Putin supported the proposals, but the nominees must still be confirmed by the State Duma.
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has proposed four officials for deputy prime minister posts, including Finance Minister Anton Siluanov, and President Vladimir Putin has supported the nominations, the Kremlin said on Monday, October 19. The proposed appointments are not final: under Russia’s Constitution, the candidates must be confirmed by the State Duma.
Mishustin presented Putin with proposals for “a number of personnel changes in the government” at a meeting on Monday morning, according to the Kremlin’s press service. The proposed changes would add deputy prime minister responsibilities to the roles of Siluanov and Transport Minister Andrei Nikitin, while also elevating two other officials to deputy prime minister positions.
Mishustin nominated Primorsky Governor Oleg Kozhemyako to become deputy prime minister and presidential envoy to the Far Eastern Federal District, replacing Yuri Trutnev in that post. He also proposed First Deputy Finance Minister Irina Okladnikova as deputy prime minister and head of the government’s staff, a role currently held by Dmitry Grigorenko.
The personnel proposals also include a change at the transport ministry. Mishustin nominated Dmitry Yadrov, head of Rosaviatsia, Russia’s federal air transport agency, to become transport minister if Nikitin moves to the deputy prime minister post. The announcement describes proposed appointments; it does not say the State Duma has voted on them.
Four Posts Could Reshape Cabinet Duties
If approved, the proposals would give four officials deputy prime minister roles and redistribute responsibilities across government. Siluanov would combine the finance portfolio with a deputy prime minister post, while Nikitin’s proposed elevation would open the transport ministry to a new head. Kozhemyako’s nomination would also shift the holder of the presidential envoy role for the Far East, and Okladnikova’s would change leadership of the government’s staff.
For readers, the immediate point is that these are nominations backed by Putin, not completed appointments. The changes could affect who coordinates work across the cabinet and who leads key ministries, but the report gives no further detail on any new division of responsibilities or policy direction. Those implications will depend on whether lawmakers approve the candidates and on how the government assigns duties afterward.
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Siluanov Has Held Both Roles Before
Siluanov has previously combined the finance minister position with senior government responsibilities. According to the report, he served as first deputy prime minister from 2018 to 2020. Mishustin’s proposal would return him to a deputy prime minister role while he heads the Finance Ministry.
The other nominations would change several existing assignments at once: Trutnev currently holds the Far Eastern presidential envoy post, Grigorenko currently leads the government’s staff, and Nikitin currently heads the Transport Ministry. The report identifies Yadrov, currently head of Rosaviatsia, as Mishustin’s nominee to replace Nikitin. It does not provide further details about the timing or administrative arrangements for any handover.
“Mishustin presented Vladimir Putin with “proposals for a number of personnel changes in the government.””
— The Kremlin’s press service
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Parliamentary Votes Still Pending
The report does not state when the State Duma will consider the nominations, whether lawmakers have scheduled votes, or whether any of the candidates face objections. It also does not say when the proposed transfers would take effect if approved.
Putin’s support is confirmed through Peskov’s statement, but the nominations should not be treated as completed appointments. The report provides no additional explanation for the reshuffle, no account of the outgoing officials’ next roles, and no details about how responsibilities among deputy prime ministers might be allocated.
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State Duma Confirmation Is Next
The next formal step is confirmation by the State Duma, as required under Russia’s Constitution for candidates nominated by the head of government. The report does not give a date for consideration. Until the chamber acts, the four deputy prime minister proposals, the prospective transport minister appointment, and the proposed changes to the Far Eastern envoy and government staff posts remain pending.
Further developments to watch include whether the Duma confirms each nominee and whether the government announces a timetable or clarifies the responsibilities attached to the posts. No such decisions or timetable were included in the announcement reported on October 19.
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Key Questions
Who has been nominated for deputy prime minister?
Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin nominated Anton Siluanov, Oleg Kozhemyako, Andrei Nikitin and Irina Okladnikova for deputy prime minister posts. President Vladimir Putin supported the proposals, according to presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov.
Have the nominees taken office?
No. The candidates still require State Duma confirmation. The announcement reports proposals and presidential support, not completed appointments.
Who is proposed to become transport minister?
Mishustin nominated Dmitry Yadrov, head of Rosaviatsia, to become transport minister if current minister Andrei Nikitin moves to a deputy prime minister post.
Which current posts could change hands?
Oleg Kozhemyako is proposed to replace Yuri Trutnev as presidential envoy to the Far Eastern Federal District. Irina Okladnikova is proposed to replace Dmitry Grigorenko as head of the government’s staff.
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