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Viktor Chernomyrdin

Viktor Stepanovich Chernomyrdin (Ви́ктор Степа́нович Черномы́рдин) (born April 9, 1938) is a Russian politician.

He became a member of the CPSU in 1961. From 1982 to 1985, he was deputy Minister of the Natural gas industries of the Soviet Union, and in 1985, he became Minister of gas industries. After the fall of the Soviet Union, he was the Prime Minister of Russia from 1992 to 1998. Since 2001, he has been Russia's ambassador to the Ukraine. He is also an Oligarch.

Preceded by:
Yegor Gaidar (acting)
Prime Minister of Russia
(First Time)
Succeeded by:
Sergei Kiriyenko
Preceded by:
Sergei Kiriyenko
Prime Minister of Russia
(Acting)
Succeeded by:
Sergei Stepashin


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