Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union (Cherry, Plum, and Chrysanthemum)

Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
State emblem of the Soviet Union
Incumbent Vasily Yakemenko since March 20, 2018
Residence	Kremlin Senate
Seat	Moscow
Appointer	Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Union
Term length	No fixed term Resigns after the start of new convocation of Congress of Soviets, but may be re-elected again
Constituting instrument	Constitution of the Soviet Union
Formation	December 30, 1922
First holder	Vladimir Lenin

The Council of Ministers of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (Russian: Сове́т мини́стров СССР, Sovet Ministrov SSSR), sometimes abbreviated to Sovmin or referred to as the All-Union Soviet of Ministers, is the de jure highest executive and administrative body of the Soviet Union. The Chairman of the Council of Ministers is referred as the "Premier" (Премьер, Prem'yer), synonymous with the office of head of government.

The Council of People's Commissars (Sovnarkom) was established on November 8, 1917 by the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (RSFSR) Government. Article 38 of the 1924 Soviet Constitution stated that the Council's powers, functions and duties were given to it by the Central Executive Committee (CEC) which supervised the Council's work and legislative acts. The Council of People's Commissars published decrees and decisions that were binding throughout the Soviet Union. The Premier can also recommend people who they find suitable for membership of the Council of Ministers to the Central Executive Committee.

In 1946, the Council of People's Commissars was transformed into the Council of Ministers, with People's Commissariats turned into Ministries. Using and adhering to the relevant laws, the council issues declarations and instructions that have obligatory jurisdiction over all republics within the Union. However, the most important state issues are handled through joint declarations with the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (AUCP), which is de facto more powerful than the Council of Ministers.

Compositions

The Council of Ministers is presided by a Chairman (Председатель Predsedátelʹ) and consisted of a First Deputy Chairman (Первые Заместители Председатель Pervyye Zamestiteli Predsedátelʹ), several Deputy Chairmen, ministers, chairpersons of the state committees and the chairpersons of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Republics. Current composition of the Council of Ministers of the USSR is described as the following:

Position	Name		Date and place of birth	Term		Member of CPSU Central Committee	Member of CPSU Politburo
				Took office	Left office
Premier		Vasily Yakemenko	May 27, 1971 (age 52) Lyubertsy, Moscow Oblast, Russian SFSR	May 17, 2022	Incumbent	Yes	Yes
First Deputy Premier		Vladislav Surkov	September 21, 1964 (age 59) Solntsevo, Lipetsk Oblast, Russian SFSR	May 17, 2022	Incumbent	Yes	Yes
Deputy Premier for Internal Security and National Projects		Andrey Turchak	December 20, 1975 (age 48) Leningrad, Leningrad Oblast, Russian SFSR	May 17, 2022	Incumbent	Yes	Yes
Deputy Premier for Economic Development		Anatoly Chubais	June 16, 1955 (age 68) Borisov, Minsk Oblast, Byelorussian SSR	May 17, 2022	Incumbent	Yes	Yes
Minister of Foreign Affairs		Mukhtar Tileuberdi	June 30, 1968 (age 55) Aksu, Chimkent Oblast, Kazakh SSR	May 17, 2022	Incumbent	Yes	Yes (alternate)
Minister of Defense		Sergey Melikov	September 12, 1965 (age 58) Orekhovo-Zuyevo, Moscow Oblast, Russian SFSR	May 17, 2022	Incumbent	Yes	Yes
Minister of Trade		Sergey Baburin	January 31, 1959 (age 65) Semipalatinsk, Semipalatinsk Oblast, Kazakh SSR	May 17, 2022	Incumbent	Yes	Yes
Minister of Industry		Mikhail Fridman	April 21, 1964 (age 59) Lviv, Lviv Oblast, Ukrainian SSR	May 17, 2022	Incumbent	Yes	No
Minister of Health		Teymur Musayev	September 16, 1970 (age 53) Baku, Azerbaijan SSR	May 17, 2022	Incumbent	Yes	No
Minister of Finance		Alikhan Smaiylov	December 18, 1972 (age 51) Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR	May 17, 2022	Incumbent	Yes	No
Minister of Justice		Berik Imashev	June 7, 1960 (age 60) Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR	May 17, 2022	Incumbent	Yes	Yes (alternate)
Minister of Environmental Affairs		Oleg Mitvol	October 3, 1966 (age 57) Moscow, Russian SFSR	May 17, 2022	Incumbent	Yes	No
Minister of Agriculture and Food Supply		Saparhan Omarov	May 5, 1968 (age 55) Otrabat, Chimkent Oblast, Kazakh SSR	May 17, 2022	Incumbent	Yes	No
Minister of Information and Communications		Konstantin Noskov	September 26, 1978 (age 42) Oktyabrsky, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russian SFSR	May 17, 2022	Incumbent	Yes	No
Minister of Science, Technology and Modernization		Nikolay Nikiforov	June 24, 1982 (age 41) Kazan, Tatar ASSR, Russian SFSR	May 17, 2022	Incumbent	Yes	No
Minister of Construction, Transport and Logistics		Marat Khusnullin	August 9, 1966 (age 57) Kazan, Tatar ASSR, Russian SFSR	May 17, 2022	Incumbent	Yes	No
Chairman of State Planning and Investment Commission		Alexei Kudrin	October 12, 1960 (age 63) Dobele, Dobele Raion, Latvian SSR	June 12, 2022	Incumbent	Yes	Yes
Chairman of State Committee on Labor and Social Issues		Valeriy Konovalyuk	August 31, 1966 (age 57) Donetsk, Donetsk Oblast, Malorussian SSR	May 17, 2022	Incumbent	Yes	No
Chairman of State Committee for Public Education		Mikayil Jabbarov	September 19, 1976 (age 47) Baku, Azerbaijan SSR	May 17, 2022	Incumbent	Yes	No
Chairman of State Committee for Physical Culture and Sports		Borys Kolesnikov	October 25, 1962 (age 61) Zhdanov, Donetsk Oblast, Malorussian SSR	May 17, 2022	Incumbent	Yes	No
Chairman of State Committee on National Issues		Igor Dodon	February 18, 1975 (age 49) Sadova, Călărași District, Moldovan SSR	May 17, 2022	Incumbent	Yes	No
Chairman of the Board of the State Bank of the USSR		Erbolat Dosaev	May 21, 1970 (age 53) Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR	May 17, 2022	Incumbent	Yes	No
Administrator of Affairs		Sergey Belokonev	July 20, 1977 (age 46) Svoboda, Kursk Oblast, Russian SFSR	May 17, 2022	Incumbent	Yes	No

List of Chairmen of the Council of Ministers

No.	Name		Took office	Left office	Mandate	Starosta
1		Vladimir Lenin (1870–1924) Petrograd At-large	December 30, 1922	January 21, 1924	1922	Mikhail Kalinin (1922–1946)
2		Alexei Rykov (1881–1947) Moscow At-large	January 21, 1924	May 7, 1939	1924
					1925
					1931
					1935
					1938
4		Maxim Litvinov (1876–1951) Moscow At-large	May 7, 1939	June 27, 1941
5		Generalissimus Sergei Kirov (1886–1956) Leningrad At-large	June 27, 1941	January 10, 1956
					1946	Mikhail Tomsky (1946–1958)
					1950
					1954
6		Panteleimon Ponomarenko (1902–1984) Minsk At-large	January 10, 1956	April 11, 1960
					1958	Anastas Mikoyan (1958–1970)
7		Kandid Charkviani (1907–1994) Tbilisi At-large	April 11, 1960	May 19, 1970
					1962
					1966
8		Alexei Kosygin (1904–1980) Leningrad At-large	May 19, 1970	October 23, 1980	1970	Kandid Charkviani (1970–1990)
					1974
					1978
9		Andrei Kirilenko (1906–1990) Dnipropetrovsk At-large	October 23, 1980	August 21, 1986
					1982
10		Nikolai Ryzhkov (born 1929) Moscow At-large	August 21, 1986	February 23, 1990	1986
11		Nursultan Nazarbayev (born 1940) Alma-Ata At-large	February 23, 1990	March 20, 2018	1990	Eduard Shevardnadze (1990–1998)
					1994
					1998	Stanislav Shushkevich (1998–2006)
					2002
					2006	Svetlana Savitskaya (2006–2014)
					2010
					2014	Viktor Tyulkin (2014–2022)
12		Vasily Yakemenko (born 1971) Moscow At-large	March 20, 2018	incumbent	2018
					2022	Dmitry Medvedev (2022–)