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On March 23, 1998, the President dismissed the Russian government led by Viktor Chernomyrdin and appointed Sergei Kiriyenko as First Deputy Prime Minister, whom he instructed to act as Prime Minister. On April 24, 1998, the State Duma, on the third attempt, approved Mr. Kiriyenko as head of government. He held this post until August 1998.
On August 23, 1998, the president announced the resignation of the government of Sergei Kiriyenko and assigned the duties of chairman of the government to Viktor Chernomyrdin. But the State Duma rejected his candidacy twice.
On September 11, 1998, Boris Yeltsin signed a decree appointing Yevgeny Primakov to the post of Prime Minister after the lower house approved this candidacy the first time. The government worked under Primakov's leadership for nine months. On May 12, 1999, the president dismissed the government of Yevgeny Primakov and assigned temporary duties to the first deputy prime minister, head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Sergei Stepashin . On May 19, 1999, his candidacy was approved by a majority of deputies the first time, and on the same day Boris Yeltsin signed a decree appointing Sergei Stepashin as chairman of the government.
Less than three months later, on August 9, 1999 , the president signed a decree on the resignation of the government of Sergei Stepashin, appointed Vladimir Putin as first deputy prime minister and assigned him the temporary duties of chairman of the government. On August 16, 1999, Boris Yeltsin appointed Vladimir Putin as Prime Minister after the State Duma approved this candidacy the first time.
On May 7, 2000, after taking office as President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, who was elected head of the Russian state in March, ceased to be chairman of the government at the time of taking the oath. On the same day, he appointed First Deputy Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov as acting prime minister. On May 17, 2000, Vladimir Putin signed a decree appointing Mikhail Kasyanov as chairman of the government, having received the approval of State Duma deputies for this candidacy the first time.
On February 24, 2004, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the resignation of the government headed by Mikhail Kasyanov and assigned Deputy Prime Minister Viktor Khristenko to temporarily act as chairman of the Russian government.
On March 5, 2004, the State Duma considered the candidacy of Mikhail Fradkov for the post of Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation proposed by the President of the Russian Federation. On the same day, Vladimir Putin appointed Mikhail Fradkov as head of the Russian government. On May 12, 2004, the State Duma again agreed to the appointment of Mikhail Fradkov as Prime Minister. On the same date, the president signed a decree appointing him chairman of the government. The procedure for confirming the Prime Minister was carried out a second time due to the fact that the government resigned its powers before Russian President Vladimir Putin, who took office on May 7.