The State Duma of the Russian Federation approved the Deputy Prime Ministers of the Government of Mishustin

The State Duma approved the Deputy Prime Ministers of the new government. Deputies approved all ten candidates proposed by the Prime Minister of Russia Mikhail Mishustin.

The first deputy prime minister was Denis Manturov - a former Minister of Industry. His previous position was taken by the Governor of the Kaliningrad Region Anton Alikhanov.

The son of the Secretary of the Russian Security Council Nikolai Patrushev Dmitry took the post of deputy chairman of the government. He will oversee agriculture and ecology.

Also, the heads of government will be: Tatyana Golikova, Dmitry Grigorenko, Vitaly Savelyev, Alexander Novak, Dmitry Chernyshenko, Alexey Overchuk, Yuri Trutnev, Marat Khusnullin.

Now they should be approved by Vladimir Putin.

The composition of the government was "updated" in connection with Putin's entry into a new presidential term. In the near future, the State Duma and the Federation Council will also consider the candidates of ministers. In total, the new government, as in the former, will be 21 ministries, follows from the Decree of Putin published on May 11.