List of culture ministers of Russia

This is a list of ministers of culture of Russia.

Russian SFSR

Ministers of Culture (1953–1992)

Minister			Political party	Term of office
		Tatyana Zuyeva	Communist Party	1 April 1953	24 May 1958
		Alexey Popov	Communist Party	24 May 1958	17 November 1965
		Nikolay Kuznetsov	Communist Party	17 November 1965	28 February 1974
		Yury Melentyev	Communist Party	28 February 1974	14 July 1990
		Yury Solomin	Independent	8 September 1990	5 December 1991
		Yevgeny Sidorov	Independent	5 February 1992	27 March 1992

Russian Federation

Minister of Culture and Tourism (1992)

Minister			Political party	Term of office		Cabinet
		Yevgeny Sidorov	Independent	27 March 1992	30 September 1992	Yeltsin–Gaidar

Ministers of Culture (1992–2004)

Minister			Political party	Term of office		Cabinet
		Yevgeny Sidorov	Independent	23 December 1992	28 August 1997	Chernomyrdin I
						Chernomyrdin II
		Natalia Dementieva	Independent	28 August 1997	30 September 1998
						Kiriyenko
		Vladimir Yegorov	Independent	30 September 1998	8 February 2000	Primakov
						Stepashin
						Putin I
		Mikhail Shvydkoy	Independent	8 February 2000	9 March 2004
						Kasyanov

Minister of Culture and Mass Media (2004–2008)

Minister			Political party	Term of office		Cabinet
		Alexander Sokolov	Independent	9 March 2004	12 May 2008	Fradkov I
						Fradkov II
						Zubkov

Ministers of Culture (since 2008)

Minister			Political party	Term of office		Cabinet
		Alexander Avdeyev	Independent	12 May 2008	21 May 2012	Putin II
		Vladimir Medinsky	United Russia	21 May 2012	21 January 2020	Medvedev I
						Medvedev II
		Olga Lyubimova	Independent	21 January 2020	Incumbent	Mishustin

External links

• Ministry of Culture official website