Government of Russia

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Government of the Russian Federation
Правительство Российской Федерации
Federal government
Overview
Established	12 June 1990 (as the Government of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic) 12 December 1993 (current form)
State	Russia
Leader	Prime Minister
Appointed by	President
Main organ	Council of Ministers
Ministries	21
Responsible to	State Duma President
Headquarters	Moscow
Website	government.ru

The government of Russia (Russian: Правительство Российской Федерации, romanized: Pravitelstvo Rossiyskoy Federatsii) is the federal executive body of state power of the Russian Federation. The members of the government are the prime minister, the deputy prime ministers, and the federal ministers.^[1] It has its legal basis in the Constitution of the Russian Federation and the federal constitutional law "On the Government of the Russian Federation".^[2] The Apparatus of the Government of Russia is a governmental body which administrates the activities of the government.

According to the 1991 amendment to the 1978 constitution, the President of Russia was the head of the executive branch and headed the Council of Ministers of Russia. According to the current 1993 constitution, the president is not a part of the government of Russia, which exercises executive power. However, the president appoints the prime minister.