Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin Biography and Timeline — Page 5

Cabinet Younger Reformers Promoted

Promotes younger reformers, including Anatoly Chubais and Boris Nemtsov, to senior government posts.

Role range: 1996-1999

Seven Main Tasks Reform Programme

Launches a reform agenda known as the Seven Main Tasks, emphasizing wage arrears, social support, monopolies and corruption.

Role range: 1996-1999

Russia-Belarus Union Treaty

Signs a union treaty with Belarus that deepens political and economic integration.

Role range: 1996-1999

Russia-China Strategic Partnership Talks

Meets Jiang Zemin as Russia and China deepen their strategic partnership and coordinate on international issues.

Role range: 1996-1999

Peace Treaty with Chechnya

Signs a peace treaty with Chechen President Aslan Maskhadov pledging to reject force in future relations.

Role range: 1996-1999

NATO-Russia Founding Act

Signs the NATO-Russia Founding Act, establishing a formal framework for consultation and security cooperation.

Role range: 1996-1999

Denver Summit Participation

Participates in the Denver summit as Russia becomes more fully integrated into meetings of leading industrial powers.

Role range: 1996-1999

Russia-China Eastern Border Agreement

Reaches agreement with Jiang Zemin on demarcation of most of the long eastern Russia-China border.

Role range: 1991- – 1991-1999

Government Reformers Reprimanded

Removes senior officials linked to a publishing-fee scandal while retaining Anatoly Chubais in government.

Role range: 1991- – 1991-1999

Federal Assembly Reform Criticism

Uses his annual address to criticize the pace of government reform and demand stronger economic management.

Role range: 1996-1999

Chernomyrdin Government Dismissed

Dismisses Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin and his cabinet and nominates Sergei Kiriyenko.

Role range: 1991- – 1991-1999

Kiriyenko Nominated Prime Minister

Nominates Sergei Kiriyenko as prime minister after dismissing Viktor Chernomyrdin's cabinet.

Role range: 1996-1999

Kiriyenko Confirmed after Duma Standoff

Secures State Duma confirmation of Sergei Kiriyenko after repeated parliamentary resistance.

Role range: 1996-1999

Birmingham G8 Summit

Participates in the Birmingham summit as Russia takes part in the political work of the Group of Eight.

Role range: 1996-1999

Default and Ruble Crisis Response

Confronts a financial emergency after the government restructures domestic debt and allows the ruble to fall.

Role range: 1996-1999

Chernomyrdin Renominated

Attempts to restore Viktor Chernomyrdin as prime minister after dismissing Sergei Kiriyenko.

Role range: 1996-1999

Kiriyenko Government Dismissed

Dismisses Sergei Kiriyenko's government during the financial crisis and initially seeks Chernomyrdin's return.

Role range: 1991- – 1991-1999

Russian Financial Crisis

Faces a severe financial crisis marked by default, banking failures and a sharp devaluation of the ruble.

Role range: 1991- – 1991-1999

Clinton Moscow Summit

Hosts Bill Clinton for a summit focused on nuclear security, arms control and the Russian financial crisis.

Role range: 1996-1999

Strategic Arms Talks with Clinton

Discusses strategic arms reductions and nuclear security with Bill Clinton during the Moscow summit.

Role range: 1996-1999

Duma Rejects Chernomyrdin Return

Faces parliamentary rejection of Viktor Chernomyrdin's return as prime minister during the aftermath of the financial crisis.

Role range: 1996-1999

Primakov Confirmed as Prime Minister

Accepts Yevgeny Primakov as prime minister after the Duma rejects Yeltsin's preferred return of Viktor Chernomyrdin.

Role range: 1991- – 1991-1999

Opposition to NATO Kosovo Bombing

Strongly condemns NATO's bombing campaign against Yugoslavia and warns that it damages relations with Russia.

Role range: 1996-1999

Primakov Dismissed

Dismisses Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov and nominates Sergei Stepashin.

Role range: 1991- – 1991-1999

Impeachment Charges Defeated

Survives a State Duma attempt to impeach him on five separate charges.

Role range: 1991- – 1991-1999

Duma Confirms Stepashin

Secures State Duma approval of Sergei Stepashin as prime minister.

Role range: 1996-1999

Stepashin Appointed Prime Minister

Appoints Sergei Stepashin prime minister after dismissing Yevgeny Primakov.

Role range: 1991- – 1991-1999

Cologne START III Discussions

Agrees with Bill Clinton to prepare further strategic arms talks after Russian ratification of START II.

Role range: 1996-1999

Cologne G8 Summit

Attends the Cologne summit for talks on global economic issues, Kosovo and Russia's relations with Western governments.

Role range: 1996-1999

Putin Presented as Preferred Successor

Publicly identifies Vladimir Putin as the politician he wants to succeed him as president.

Role range: 1996-1999

Putin Named Acting Prime Minister

Dismisses Sergei Stepashin, appoints Vladimir Putin acting prime minister and identifies him as his preferred successor.

Role range: 1991-1999

Duma Confirms Putin as Prime Minister

Sees the State Duma confirm Vladimir Putin as prime minister one week after his appointment.

Role range: 1996-1999

Second Chechen War Presidency

Backs the federal military campaign that expands from Dagestan into Chechnya during the final months of his presidency.

Role range: 1996-1999

Russia-Belarus Union State Treaty

Signs the Treaty on the Creation of a Union State with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko.

Role range: 1991- – 1991-1999

Beijing Summit with Jiang Zemin

Meets Jiang Zemin for talks on bilateral relations, Chechnya and Taiwan.

Role range: 1991- – 1991-1999

State Duma Election

The Kremlin-backed Unity movement performs strongly in the State Duma election shortly before Yeltsin's resignation.

Role range: 1991- – 1991-1999

Transfer of Presidential Authority to Putin

Leaves the Kremlin after transferring acting presidential authority to Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.

Final New Year Address Prepared

Records a final televised address explaining his early resignation and asking Russians for forgiveness for unmet expectations.

Role range: 1996-1999

Resignation from the Presidency

Announces his resignation in a televised address and transfers presidential powers to Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.

Role range: 1991- – 1991-1999

Union State Treaty Ratification Push

Promotes parliamentary ratification of the new Union State treaty with Belarus.

Role range: 1996-1999