Pyotr Stepanov

Pyotr Stepanov
Prime Minister of Transnistria
In office 18 January 2012 – 10 July 2013
President	Yevgeny Shevchuk
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Tatiana Turanskaya
Personal details
Born	2 January 1959 Sankino, Soviet Union (now Russia)
Political party	Independent

Pyotr Petrovich Stepanov (Пётр Петро́вич Степа́нов; born 2 January 1959) is a Transnistrian politician and was the Prime Minister of Transnistria from 18 January 2012 until 10 July 2013.^[1]

Stepanov is the first ever Prime Minister of Transnisitra.^[1] His nomination was put forward by newly appointed President Yevgeny Shevchuk.^[1] The majority faction of the Renewal Party unanimously supported Stepanov's candidacy.^[1]

On 10 July 2013 Pyotr Stepanov retired and on the same day President Shevchuk proposed Deputy Prime Minister Tatiana Turanskaya as a prime ministerial candidate. After addressing several questions to Turanskaya on her vision of major goals of the new government and on changes in government's composition the Supreme Council voted for her candidacy.^[2] On 10 July Tatiana Turanskaya became second Prime Minister of Transnistria, she had been acting as prime minister since 20 June. Composition of the government remained mostly unchanged.

Cabinet

Office	Incumbent
Prime Minister	Pyotr Petrovich Stepanov
Deputy Prime Minister on Social Politics	Natalia Grigorievna Nikiforova
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs	Nina Viktorovna Shtanski
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economic Development	Maija Parnas
Deputy Prime Minister	Aleksandr Vladimirovich Sviderskiy
Deputy Prime Minister on Regional Development	Tatiana Mikhailovna Turanskaya (from 19 June 2013)
Minister of Justice	Vadim Nikolayevich Krasnoselsky (acting, until 27 February 2012)
	Sergei Nikolayevich Monul (from 27 February 2012)
Minister of Defence	Aleksandr Alekseevich Lukyanenko
Minister of Justice	Mariya Borisovna Melnik (until 30 January 2012)
	Aleksandr Fedorovich Deli (30 January 2012 - 14 November 2012)
	Alena Anatolyevna Klyus (acting, 14 November 2012 - 12 February 2013)
	Olga Sergeevna Dubrovina (from 12 February 2013)
Minister of Finance	Elena Georgiyevna Girzhul
Minister of Labor and Social Security	Oksana Valerievna Bulanova
Minister of Agriculture and Natural Resources	Nikolaiy Ivanovich Nedelkov
Minister of Health Care	Vasiliy Filippovich Gumenniy
Minister of Education	Svetlana Ivanova Fadeeva
Minister of Information and Media	Yevgeny Vladislavovich Zubov
Minister of State Security	Vladislav Aleksandrovich Finagin
Head of Customs	Gennadiy Yurevich Kuzmich

References

1. Kyiv Post - Pyotr Stepanov becomes head of Transdniestrian Cabinet
2. Official Site of the Supreme Council of the PMR - The Supreme Council Approved Tatiana Turanskaya to the Position of the Chairman of the Government of the PMR