| capo dello stato: Presidente Vladimir Vladimirovich PUTIN (acting president da allora 31 December 1999, president da allora 7 May 2000) capo di governo: Premier Mikhail Mikhaylovich KASYANOV (da allora 7 May 2000); First Deputy Premier Aleksey Leonidovich KUDRIN (da allora 18 May 2000), Deputy Premiers Aleksey Vasilyevich GORDEYEV (da allora 20 May 2000), Viktor Borisovich KHRISTENKO (da allora 31 May 1999), Ilya Iosifovich KLEBANOV (da allora 31 May 1999), Valentina Ivanovna MATVIYENKO (da allora 22 September 1998) cabinet: Ministries of the Government or "Government" composed of the premier and his deputies, ministers, and other agency heads; all are appointed by the president note: there is also a Presidenteial Administration (PA) that provides staff and policy support to the president, drafts presidential decrees, and coordinates policy among government agencies; a Security Council also reports directly to the president elections: president elected by popular vote for a four-year term; election last held 26 March 2000 (next to be held NA 2004); note - no vice president; if the president dies in office, cannot exercise his powers because of ill health, is impeached, or resigns, the premier succeeds him; the premier serves as acting president until a new presidential election is held, which must be within three months; premier appointed by the president with the approval of the Duma election results: Vladimir Vladimirovich PUTIN elected president; percent of vote - PUTIN 52.9%, Gennadiy Aadreyevich ZYUGANOV 29.2%, Grigoriy Alekseyevich YAVLINSKIY 5.8% |
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Fonte: CIA World Factbook |