Vladimir Putin's Second Cabinet

Putin second cabinet
44th cabinet of Russia

Date formed	8 May 2008
Date dissolved	7 May 2012
People and organisations
Head of state	Dmitry Medvedev
Head of government	Vladimir Putin
Deputy head of government	Viktor Zubkov
No. of ministers	26
Member party	United Russia
Status in legislature	Absolute majority
Opposition party	Communist Party
Opposition leader	Gennady Zyuganov
History
Election(s)	Appointed by the President of Russia, approved by the State Duma
Legislature term(s)	4 years
Predecessor	Zubkov
Successor	Medvedev

Vladimir Putin's Second Cabinet (May 2008 – May 2012) was a cabinet of the government of the Russian Federation following the 2008 Russian presidential election that resulted in the election of Dmitry Medvedev as the third President of Russia. The second President, Vladimir Putin, was appointed to the position of the Prime Minister of Russia. The cabinet followed Viktor Zubkov's Cabinet.

In the new cabinet the number of Deputy Prime Ministers increased from five to seven. Viktor Zubkov (former Prime Minister) and Igor Shuvalov were appointed First Deputy Prime Ministers, while Igor Sechin, Sergey Sobyanin, Alexander Zhukov, Sergei Ivanov and Alexei Kudrin received positions of Deputy Prime Ministers. Igor Sechin, former Deputy Chief of the Presidential Administration of Russia is responsible for the industry; Alexei Kudrin is responsible for the finances; and Alexander Zhukov is responsible for the National Priority Projects.

Alexandr Konovalov, former presidential representative to the Volga Federal District and a student of Dmitry Medvedev became Minister for Justice.