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First Deputy Premier of the Soviet Union

Deputy head of government in the USSR

Summary

Deputy head of government in the USSR

FieldValue
postFirst Deputy Premier
bodythe
Soviet Union
native_nameПервый заместитель Председателя Совета Народных Комиссаров СССР (1923–1946)
Первый заместитель Председателя Совета министров СССР (1946–1991)
Первый заместитель премьер-министра СССР (1991)
insigniaCoat of arms of the Soviet Union 1.svg
insigniasize120px
insigniacaptionCoat of arms of the Soviet Union
imageKirill Mazurov.jpg
imagecaption**Longest serving
Kirill Mazurov**
26 March 1965 – 28 November 1978
typeDeputy head of government
reports_toPremier
formation14 May 1934
firstValerian Kuybyshev
last
abolished26 November 1991
successionFirst Deputy Prime Minister of Russia

Soviet Union Первый заместитель Председателя Совета министров СССР (1946–1991) Первый заместитель премьер-министра СССР (1991) Kirill Mazurov** 26 March 1965 – 28 November 1978 The first deputy premier of the Soviet Union was the deputy head of government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). Despite the title, the office was not always held by a single individual. The office bore three different titles throughout its existence: First Deputy Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars (1923–1946), First Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1946–1991), and First Deputy Prime Minister of the Soviet Union (1991). The term "first deputy premier" was used by outside commentators to describe the office of first deputy head of government.

A first deputy premier was responsible for a specific policy area. For example, Kirill Mazurov was responsible for industry, while Dmitry Polyansky was responsible for agriculture in the Soviet Union. In addition, an officeholder would be responsible for coordinating the activities of ministries, state committees, and other bodies subordinated to the government. It was expected that a First Deputy gave these organs guidance in an expeditious manner to ensure the implementation of plans for economic and social development and to check if the orders and decisions of the government were being followed. If the premier could not perform his duties one of the first deputies would take on the role of acting premier until the premier's return. During the late 1970s, when the health of Premier Alexei Kosygin deteriorated, First Deputy Premier Nikolai Tikhonov acted on his behalf as during his absence. Finally, a first deputy was by right a member of the government Presidium, its highest decision-making organ.

Twenty-six individuals held the office of first deputy premier. The first officeholder was Valerian Kuibyshev, who was inaugurated in 1934. Lavrentiy Beria spent the shortest time in office, serving for 113 days. At more than seventeen years, Vyacheslav Molotov spent the longest time in office, and held his position for most of Joseph Stalin's chairmanship, as well as through the chairmanships of Georgy Malenkov and Nikolai Bulganin.

List of officeholders

No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)Term of officePremierOther offices held while
First Deputy PremierRef.Took officeLeft officeTime in office
1[[File:Валериан Владимирович Куйбышев.jpg60px]]Valerian Kuybyshev
(1888–1935)14 May 193425 January 1935 †Vyacheslav MolotovChairman of the Soviet People's Control Commission
2[[File:Voznesenskiy NA.jpg60px]]Nikolai Voznesensky
(1895–1950)10 March 194115 March 1946Vyacheslav MolotovJoseph StalinChairman of the State Planning Commissionauthor=McCauley, Martintitle=Who's Who in Russia since 1900publisher=Routledgeyear=1997url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4A6rFD_AXOECisbn= 0-415-13898-1pages=224–225}}
3[[File:Molotov.bra.jpg60pxalt=A man in a dark suit, light shirt and dark tie, smiling]]Vyacheslav Molotov
(1890–1986)16 August 194229 June 1957Joseph StalinGeorgy MalenkovNikolai BulganinMinister of Foreign Affairsauthor=Phillips, Stevenpage=89title=Lenin and the Russian Revolutionpublisher=Heinemannyear=2000url =https://books.google.com/books?id=_na0zfdhKQMCisbn=0-435-32719-4}}
4[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-29921-0001, Bulganin, Nikolai Alexandrowitsch (cropped).jpg60px]]Nikolai Bulganin
(1895–1975)7 April 19508 February 1955Joseph StalinGeorgy MalenkovMinister of Defence
5[[File:Lavrenti-Beria.jpg60px]]Lavrentiy Beria
(1899–1953)5 March 195326 June 1953Georgy MalenkovMinister of Internal Affairsauthor=Service, Robertauthor-link=Robert Service (historian)title=History of Modern Russia: From Tsarism to the Twenty-first Centurypublisher=Penguin Books Ltdyear=2009page=332url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o8Z1QAAACAAJisbn=978-0-14-103797-4}}
6[[File:Лазарь Моисеевич Каганович.jpg60px]]Lazar Kaganovich
(1893–1991)5 March 195329 June 1957Georgy MalenkovNikolai BulganinNikita KhrushchevMinister of Building Materials Industry
Chairman of the State Committee of the
Council of Ministers for Labour and Wages
7[[File:Анастас Иванович Микоян.jpg60px]]Anastas Mikoyan
(1895–1978)28 February 195515 July 1964Nikolai BulganinNikita Khrushchev
8[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-77054-0001, Pervukin AdK der UdSSR (detail).jpg60px]]Mikhail Pervukhin
(1904–1974)28 February 19555 July 1957Nikolai BulganinChairman of the State Economic Commission on Current Economic Planningurl=http://www.warheroes.ru/hero/hero.asp?Hero_id=9053script-title=ru:Первухин, Михаил Георгиевичtrans-title=G. Pervukhin, Mikhaillanguage=rupublisher=War Heroesaccess-date=12 January 2011archive-date=31 January 2021archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210131233317/http://www.warheroes.ru/hero/hero.asp?Hero_id=9053url-status=live}}
9[[File:Saburov M.Z.jpg60px]]Maksim Saburov
(1900–1977)28 February 19555 July 1957Nikolai BulganinChairman of the State Planning Committeeurl=http://hronos.km.ru/biograf/saburov_mz.htmlscript-title=ru:Сабуров, Максим Захаровичtrans-title=Maksim Zakharovich Saburovlanguage=rupublisher=hronoaccess-date=12 January 2011url-status=deadarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110516115217/http://hronos.km.ru/biograf/saburov_mz.htmlarchive-date=16 May 2011 }}
10Joseph Kuzmin
(1910–1996)28 February 19555 July 1957Nikolai BulganinChairman of the State Planning Committeepage = 69title = Государственная власть СССР: Высшие органы власти и управления и их руководители: 1923—1991trans-title=The state power of the USSR: Higher authorities and governments and their leaders: 1923–1991location = Moscow, Russian Federationpublisher = Историко-биографический справочник./Сост. В. И. Ивкин.year = 2004url = https://books.google.com/books?id=tFJLIIGVk10Cisbn = 978-5-8243-0014-7 }}
11Frol Kozlov
(1908–1965)31 March 19584 May 1960Nikita KhrushchevChairman of the State Planning Committeeurl = http://proekt-wms.narod.ru/states/kozlov-fr.htmscript-title = ru:Фрол Романович КОЗЛОВtrans-title = Frol Romanovich Kozlovlanguage = rupublisher = proekt-wms.narod.ruaccess-date = 12 January 2011author = Staff writerauthor-link = Staff writerarchive-date = 21 March 2020archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200321024230/http://proekt-wms.narod.ru/states/kozlov-fr.htmurl-status = live }}
12[[File:05.11.1966. Kossiguine à Toulouse. (1966) - 53Fi3436 (cropped).jpg60px]]Alexei Kosygin
(1904–1980)4 May 196015 October 1964Nikita Khrushchev—
13[[File:Dmitry Ustinov (colorized, full).jpg60px]]Dmitriy Ustinov
(1908–1984)13 March 196326 March 1965Nikita KhrushchevAlexei Kosygin—
14[[File:Kirill Mazurov.jpg60px]]Kirill Mazurov
(1914–1989)26 March 196528 November 1978Alexei KosyginFirst Secretary of the Communist Party of Byelorussiaurl = http://www.hrono.ru/biograf/bio_m/mazurovkt.phpscript-title = ru:Мазуров Кирилл Тимофеевичtrans-title = Kirill Trofimovich Mazurovlanguage = rupublisher = hrono.ruaccess-date = 12 January 2011author = Staff writerauthor-link = Staff writerarchive-date = 20 February 2020archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200220215722/http://www.hrono.ru/biograf/bio_m/mazurovkt.phpurl-status = live }}
15[[File:Dmitry Polyansky.jpg60px]]Dmitry Polyansky
(1917–2001)2 October 19652 February 1973Alexei Kosygin—
16[[File:AP Wire Press Photo 1981 Soviet Nikolai A Tikhonov Seeks Better Trade Ties with US.jpg60px]]Nikolai Tikhonov
(1905–1997)2 September 197623 October 1980Alexei Kosygin—
17Ivan Arkhipov
(1907–1998)27 October 19804 October 1986Nikolai TikhonovNikolai Ryzhkov—
18[[File:Officer Heydar Aliyev.jpg60pxalt=A man in a dark suit with a red tie standing in front of the Azerbaijani flag]]Heydar Aliyev
(1923–2003)24 November 198223 October 1987Nikolai TikhonovNikolai RyzhkovFirst Secretary of the Azerbaijan Communist Party
19[[File:Andrei Gromyko 1972 (cropped).jpg60pxalt=A man in a dark suit, seated, looking to his left]]Andrei Gromyko
(1909–1989)24 March 19832 July 1985Nikolai TikhonovMinister of Foreign Affairs
20Nikolai Talyzin
(1929–1991)14 October 19851 October 1988Nikolai RyzhkovChairman of the State Planning Committeeauthor = Staff writerauthor-link = Staff writertitle = Nikolai Talyzin, 62; Assisted Gorbachev in Starting Reformswork = The New York Timesurl = https://www.nytimes.com/1991/01/26/obituaries/nikolai-talyzin-62-assisted-gorbachev-in-starting-reforms.htmlaccess-date = 12 January 2011date = 26 January 1991archive-date = 4 September 2020archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200904103844/https://www.nytimes.com/1991/01/26/obituaries/nikolai-talyzin-62-assisted-gorbachev-in-starting-reforms.htmlurl-status = live }}
21Vsevolod Murakhovski
(1926–2017)1 November 19857 June 1989Nikolai RyzhkovChairman of the State Committee of the Council of Ministers for Agricultureauthor = Staff writerauthor-link = Staff writertitle = Всеволод Серафимович Мураховскийtrans-title = Vsevolod Seraphimovich Murakhovskipublisher = portrets.ruurl = http://www.portrets.ru/5.44.htmlaccess-date = 13 February 2011archive-date = 13 January 2017archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170113170032/http://portrets.ru/5.44.htmlurl-status = dead }}
22[[File:Yury Maslyukov (duma.gov.ru).jpg60px]]Yuri Maslyukov
(1937–2010)5 February 198826 December 1990Nikolai RyzhkovChairman of the State Planning Committee
23Lev Voronin
(1928–2008)17 July 198926 December 1990Nikolai Ryzhkov—
24Vladilen Nikitin
(1936–2021)27 July 198930 August 1990Nikolai Ryzhkov—
25Vladimir Velichko
(born 1937)15 January 199126 November 1991Valentin PavlovIvan SilayevMinister of Heavy Machine Building
26Vitaly Doguzhiyev
(1935–2016)15 January 199126 November 1991Valentin PavlovIvan Silayev—
27[[File:Vladimir Shcherbakov.jpg60px]]****
(born 1949)16 May 199126 November 1991Valentin PavlovIvan Silayev—

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