It was led by Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov, proposed by President Boris Yeltsin on September 10, 1998, as Viktor Chernomyrdin had failed to be approved by the State Duma twice by September 7 (August 31: 94 in favor, 252 against, nobody abstained, September 7: 138 in favor, 273 against, 1 abstained) ; According to the Constitution of Russia, if parliament rejects the president's nomination three times, then parliament must be dissolved and a general election held.
It was headed by Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov, proposed by President Boris Yeltsin on September 10, 1998, after Viktor Chernomyrdin's two unsuccessful bids for State Duma approval by September 7 (August 31: 94 in favor, 252 against, no votes withheld, September 7: 138 in favor, 273 against, 1 vote withheld).