2012 he was appointed as Governor of Moscow Oblast and he resigned from his office. Vladimir Puchkov Vladimir Puchkov was the Deputy Minister of Emergencies. In May 2012 he was appointed as Minister first government of Dmitry Medvedev. Six years later, when the new government was formed, he did not join the government. Yevgeny Zinichev Yevgeny Zinichev was appointed minister on May 18, 2018, in the second Medvedev government. Zinichev was not a career lifeguard and had served all his life in security agencies such as the KGB, the FSO and the FSB. Prior to appointment, Zinichev held the position of deputy director of the FSB. After the resignation of the Medvedev government in 2020, he retained his post in the new government of Mikhail Mishustin. Yevgeny Zinichev tragically died on 8 September 2021, aged 55, during the filming of an interdepartmental exercise to protect the Arctic zone of Russia. According to the ministry, he fell off a cliff while trying to save the life of director and cameraman Aleksandr Melnik, who also died. His death was the first case in the history of post-Soviet Russia of the death of an incumbent federal minister. Aleksandr Kurenkov Aleksandr Kurenkov was appointed minister on 25 May 2022. Departments Department for the Protection of the Population and Territories Department for Disaster Prevention Department of Forces Department for International Cooperation Department for the Elimination of Consequences of Radiological and other Disasters Department for Science and Technology Management Department Commissions and Boards Interagency Commission of the Russian Federation for Fighting Forest Fires Interagency Commission of the Russian Federation for Floods Interagency Maritime Coordinating Commission for Emergencies on the Seas and Water Basins Interagency Commission of the Russian Federation for the Certification of Rescuers Working through the office of the Prime Minister, the Ministry can ask for private, Ministry of Defence or National Guard of Russia assistance. That is, the Ministry has international coordination power and the ability to tap local resources if required. The Department of International Cooperation, to present an example of the activities of one of these departments and commissions, has already signed agreements on cooperation during disaster response and prevention with Germany, Italy, France, Switzerland, Poland, Belarus, Georgia, and Kazakhstan. Mutual assistance pacts are ready for signing with Mongolia, Latvia, Finland, Armenia, Moldova, Serbia and Estonia. An agreement also exists with the U.N. High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), and agreements are sought