List of heads of state of the Soviet Union

[edit] Chairman of the Central Executive Committee of the USSR

This position was held by four people at once.

• Mikhail Kalinin (December 30, 1922 - January 12, 1938) (office renamed)
• Grigory Petrovsky (December 30, 1922 - January 12, 1938)
• Aleksandr Chervyakov (December 30, 1922 - June 16, 1937)
• Nariman Narimanov (December 30, 1922 - March 19, 1925)
• Gazanfar Musabekov (May 21, 1925 - June 1937)
• Nedirbay Aytakov (May 21, 1925 - 21 July 1937)
• Fayzulla Khodzhayev (May 21, 1925 - June 17, 1937)
• Nusratullo Maksum (or Nusratullo Lutfullayev) (March 18, 1931 - January 4, 1934)
• Abdullo Rakhimbayev (4 January 1934 - September 1937)

[edit] Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR

• Mikhail Kalinin (January 17, 1938 - March 19, 1946)
• Nikolay Shvernik (March 19, 1946 - March 6, 1953)
• Kliment Voroshilov (March 15, 1953 - May 7, 1960)
• Leonid Brezhnev (May 7, 1960- July 15, 1964)
• Anastas Mikoyan (July 15, 1964 - December 9, 1965)
• Nikolai Podgorny (December 9, 1965 - June 16, 1977)
• Leonid Brezhnev (June 16, 1977 - November 10, 1982) (died in office)
• Vasily Kuznetsov (November 10, 1982 - June 16, 1983) (acting)
• Yuri Andropov (June 16, 1983 - February 9, 1984) (died in office)
• Vasily Kuznetsov (February 9, 1984 - April 11, 1984) (acting)
• Konstantin Chernenko (April 11, 1984 - March 10, 1985) (died in office)
• Vasily Kuznetsov (March 10, 1985 - July 27, 1985) (acting)
• Andrei Gromyko (July 27, 1985 - October 1, 1988)
• Mikhail Gorbachev (October 1, 1988 - May 25, 1989) (office renamed)

[edit] Chairmen of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR

• Mikhail Gorbachev May 25, 1989 - March 15, 1990

[edit] President of the Soviet Union

• Mikhail Gorbachev (March 15, 1990 - December 25, 1991) (office abolished with the dissolution of the USSR)
• Gennady Yanayev (acting) (August 19, 1991 - August 21, 1991)

[edit] See also

• Central Executive Committee
• Soviet Union (USSR)