Duma to Review Government Candidate Appointments Oct 21
Today, at the meeting, the procedure and order for considering issues regarding the approval of candidates proposed by the Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation, Mikhail Mishustin, for the positions of four Deputy Chairmen of the Government of the Russian Federation and the Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation will be determined.
Consensus
- The State Duma will review candidates for four deputy prime ministers and the minister of transport on October 21.
- The review process will include meetings between candidates and parliamentary factions on October 19 and 20.
- A preparatory session of the State Duma's Council was held on October 19 to establish procedures.
- The candidates were proposed by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin and approved by President Vladimir Putin.
- The formal review will take place at 15:00 MSK on October 21.
- The candidates will be considered by profile committees after 15:00 on October 20.
- The State Duma's Council approved the procedure and order for the review on October 19.
Points of divergence
- The State Duma will vote on five candidates: four deputy prime ministers and the minister of transport. — vedomosti
- The candidates include Oleg Kozhemyako (deputy PM and presidential envoy to the Far Eastern Federal District), Andrey Nikitin (deputy PM), Irina Okladnikova (deputy PM and head of the government apparatus), Anton Siluanov (deputy PM and Minister of Finance), and Dmitry Yarosh (Minister of Transport). — interfax
- The preparatory session was scheduled for 12:00 MSK on October 19. — tg_tass_agency
- The preparatory session was scheduled for 12:00 on October 19. — tg_duma_gov_ru
Coverage (9 sources)
- State Duma will consider approval of candidates for positions in the Government of the Russian Federation — Интерфакс
- Vologdin named date for consideration of candidates for government posts — Вести
- State Duma will consider vice-premier and Ministry of Transport head candidates on October 21 — Ведомости
- Duma on October 21 will consider the issue of approving candidates for positions in the government — Интерфакс
- Vologdin appointed for 12:00 October 19 extraordinary session of parliament chamber council, on which will be determined procedur... — ТАСС (Telegram)
- Vologdin appointed extraordinary session of State Duma Council for October 19 — Ведомости
- Vologdin appointed meeting to confirm vice-premier candidates — Вести
- Date for consideration of candidates for the positions of four vice-premiers and head of the Ministry of Transport will be chosen on Monday — Интерфакс
- Chairman of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin scheduled an extraordinary session of the Duma Council for 12:00 on October 19. — Государственная Дума
Key entities
- Russia
- Vyacheslav Volodin
- State Duma
- State Duma
- GD
- Moscow
- Council
- INTERFAX.RU
- Mikhail Mishustin
- Ministry of Transport
- State Duma
- Chairman of the Government
- Duma
- CIS
- Konstantin Zatulin
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