The current post was formed in 1993 whom at that time was held by Anatoly Kopsov.

The current incumbent Prime Minister of Bashkortostan is Andrey Nazarov since 17 September 2020.

[1] With the creation of the Council of People's Commissars as a result of the Soviet takeover, Galiy Shamigulov was chosen to be its Chairman in July 1920.

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Bashkortostan remained part of Russia as an autonomous republic.

From there, the republic adopted its new Constitution which reformed the Ministerial Council into the Cabinet of Ministers whom were to be led by the Prime Minister, appointed by President Murtaza Rakhimov, as he had been given greater powers by the Constitution with an approval by the State Assembly of the Republic of Bashkortostan.