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Premier of the Soviet Union is the commonly used English term for the offices of Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR (Председатель Совета Народных Комиссаров СССР; Predsedatel' Soveta Narodnykh Komissarov SSSR) (1923-1946) and Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the USSR (Председатель Совета Министров СССР; Predsedatel' Soveta Ministrov SSSR) (1946-1991), who was the head of government in the Soviet Union. However, the most important decisions were passed jointly with the Politburo of the CPSU Central Committee, the latter being more influential in such cases. After Lenin's death the key position in the Politburo and the country was the General Secretary. Some Soviet leaders held both positions at the same time.
   In the western press it was common to always refer to the General Secretary of the Party as the "premier of the Soviet Union" regardless of whether the man actually held the office. For example Leonid Brezhnev was often referred to by the title, despite the fact he was never officially the "premier".

Premiers of the Soviet Union

Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR

Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the USSR

  • Iosif Vissarionovich Stalin (March 19 1946 - March 5 1953)
  • Georgy Maximilianovich Malenkov (March 6 1953 - February 8 1955)
  • Nikolay Alexandrovich Bulganin (February 8 1955 - March 27 1958)
  • Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev (March 27 1958 - October 15 1964)
  • Alexei Nikolayevich Kosygin (October 15 1964 - October 23 1980)
  • Nikolay Alexandrovich Tikhonov (October 23 1980 - September 27 1985)
  • Nikolay Ivanovich Ryzhkov (September 27 1985 - December 26 1990)

    Prime Minister of the USSR

  • Valentin Pavlov (January 14 1991 - August 22 1991)

    Chairman of the Committee on Operative Management of the National Economy (from 20 Sep 1991, Chairman of the Interrepublican Economic Committee; from 14 Nov 1991, Chairman of the Interstate Economic Committee - Prime Minister of the Economic Commonwealth)

  • Ivan Silayev (September 6 1991 - December 25 1991)Further Information

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