MOSCOW, October 22. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin signed decrees appoint five new government members.
Their nominations were approved the day before by the Russian State Duma at its meeting. TASS collected key points of new appointments.
Government resignations
Dmitry Grigorenko stepped down from the office of Deputy Prime Minister - Chief of the Government Staff. The Supervisory Board of Sberbank will consider the issue of appointing Grigorenko to the position of the Deputy CEO of the bank, the press service of the credit institution said.
Yury Trutnev was relieved of his duties as the Deputy Prime Minister - Presidential Plenipotentiary in the Far Eastern Federal District by the presidential decree. Trutnev was appointed as the aide to the Russian President by the same decree.
New position in the Cabinet
The position of the Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Finance was introduced in the Russian Cabinet. The number of deputy prime ministers is now increased to eleven.
Putin appointed Anton Siluanov to this position, who served before as the Finance Minister.
Cabinet reshuffle
Andrey Nikitin, earlier serving as the Minister of Transport, was appointed to the office of the Deputy Prime Minister.
Irina Okladnikova, the ex-first deputy finance minister, became the Deputy Prime Minister - Chief of the Government Staff.
Oleg Kozhemyako, who served before as the Governor of the Primorye Region, was appointed to the position of the Deputy Prime Minister - Presidential Plenipotentiary in the Far Eastern Federal District.
Dmitry Yadrov, the ex-head of the Russian Federal Air Transport Agency, Rosaviatsiya, took the post of the Minister of Transport.
The first meeting of the new Cabinet will take place this Thursday, the government’s press service told TASS.