Khrushchev's Second Government
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The former government of Nikita Khrushchev
was dissolved following the Soviet election of 1962.
Nikita Khrushchev
Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev led the Soviet Union during part of the Cold War. He served as First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964, and as Chairman of the Council of Ministers, or Premier, from 1958 to 1964...
was dissolved following the Soviet election of 1962.
Ministries
| Ministry | Minister | Period |
|---|---|---|
| Chairman Premier of the Soviet Union The office of Premier of the Soviet Union was synonymous with head of government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics . Twelve individuals have been premier... of the Council of Ministers |
Nikita Khrushchev Nikita Khrushchev Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev led the Soviet Union during part of the Cold War. He served as First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964, and as Chairman of the Council of Ministers, or Premier, from 1958 to 1964... |
25 April 1962–15 October 1964 |
| First Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers | Anastas Mikoyan Anastas Mikoyan Anastas Ivanovich Mikoyan was an Armenian Old Bolshevik and Soviet statesman during the rules of Vladimir Lenin, Joseph Stalin, Nikita Khrushchev, and Leonid Brezhnev.... |
25 April 1962–15 July 1964 |
| Alexei Kosygin | 25 April 1962–15 October 1964 | |
| Dmitriy Ustinov Dmitriy Ustinov Dmitriy Feodorovich Ustinov was Minister of Defense of the Soviet Union from 1976 until his death.-Early life:Dimitry Feodorovich Ustinov was born in a working-class family in Samara. During the civil war, when hunger became intolerable, his sick father went to Samarkand, leaving Dimitry as head... |
13 March 1963–15 October 1964 | |
| Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers | Konstantin Rudnev | 25 April 1962–15 October 1964 |
| Nikolai Ignativ | 25 April 1962–15 October 1964 | |
| Aleksandr Zasyadko | 25 April 1962–9 November 1962 | |
| Pyotr Lomako Pyotr Lomako Pyotr Faddeyevich Lomako was a Soviet politician and economist, head of Gosplan between 1962 and 1965. During the Second World War, he was responsible for overseeing the evacuation of Soviet industry to the Ural mountains... |
10 November 1962 – 15 October 1964 | |
| Vladimir Novikov Vladimir Novikov (politician) Vladimir Nikolaevich Novikov was a Soviet-Russian statesman was Chairman of the State Planning Committee from 1960 to 1962 and Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the National Economy from 1962 to 1965.... |
25 April 1962 – 24 November 1962 | |
| Dmitriy Ustinov Dmitriy Ustinov Dmitriy Feodorovich Ustinov was Minister of Defense of the Soviet Union from 1976 until his death.-Early life:Dimitry Feodorovich Ustinov was born in a working-class family in Samara. During the civil war, when hunger became intolerable, his sick father went to Samarkand, leaving Dimitry as head... |
25 April 1962 – 13 March 1963 | |
| Leonid Smirnov Leonid Smirnov (politician) Leonid Vasil’evich Smirnov was director of the the missile factory at Dnepropetrovsk in the late 1950s, developing strategic missiles for the defence of the USSR... |
13 March 1963–13 March 1964 | |
| Venyamin Dymshitz | 17 July 1962–13 March 1964 | |
| Dmitri Poljanski | 25 April 1962–15 October 1964 | |
| Alexander Shelepin Alexander Shelepin Alexander Nikolayevich Shelepin was a Soviet state security officer and party statesman. He was a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and its Politburo and was the head of the KGB from 25 December 1958 to 13 November 1961.Shelepin was born in Voronezh... |
25 April 1962–15 October 1964 | |
| Ignati Novikov | 25 April 1962–15 October 1964 | |
| Mikhail Lesetshko | 25 April 1962–15 October 1964 | |
| Minister of Foreign Trade | Nikolai Patolitshev | 25 April 1962–15 October 1964 |
| Minister of Railways Ministry of Railways (Soviet Union) The Ministry of Railways oversaw the railways of the Soviet Union. It was subdivided into 32 different railway agencies, which between them had millions of employees... |
Boris Beshchev | 25 April 1962–15 October 1964 |
| Minister of Merchant Marine | Viktor Bakajev | 25 April 1962–15 October 1964 |
| Minister of Medium Machine Building | Yefim Slavski | 25 April 1962–13 March 1963 |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | Andrei Gromyko Andrei Gromyko Andrei Andreyevich Gromyko was a Soviet statesman during the Cold War. He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs and as Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet . Gromyko was responsible for many top decisions on Soviet foreign policy until he retired in 1987. In the West he was given the... |
25 April 1962–15 October 1964 |
| Minister of Culture Ministry of Culture (Soviet Union) The Ministry of Culture of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , formed in 1936, was one of the most important government offices in the Soviet Union. It was formerly known as the State Committee on the Arts . The Ministry, at the all-Union level, was established in 1953, after existing as a... |
Jekaterina Furtzeva | 25 April 1962–15 October 1964 |
| Minister of Higher Education | Vjatsheslav Yeljutin | 25 April 1962–15 October 1964 |
| Minister of Finance | Vasily Garbuzov | 25 April 1962–15 October 1964 |
| Minister of Defence | Rodion Malinovsky Rodion Malinovsky Rodion Yakovlevich Malinovsky was a Soviet military commander in World War II and Defense Minister of the Soviet Union in the late 1950s and 1960s. He contributed to the major defeat of Nazi Germany at the Battle of Stalingrad and the Battle of Budapest... |
25 April 1962–15 October 1964 |
| Minister of Communications Ministry of Communications (Soviet Union) The Ministry of Communications of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was the central state administration body on communications in the Soviet Union from 1946 to 1991... |
Nikolai Psurtshev | 25 April 1962–15 October 1964 |
| Minister of Health Ministry of Health (Soviet Union) The Ministry of Health of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , formed on 15 March 1946, was one of the most important government offices in the Soviet Union. It was formerly known as the People's Commissariat for Health... |
Sergei Kurashov | 25 April 1962–15 October 1964 |
| Minister of Agriculture | Konstantin Pysin | 25 April 1962–8 March 1963 |
| Ivan Volovtshenko | 8 March 1963 – 15 October 1964 | |
| Minister of Geology | Aleksandr Sidorenko | 25 April 1962–13 March 1963 |
| Minister of Energy and Electrification | Ignati Novikov | 25 April 1962–24 November 1962 |
| Pyotr Neporozhny | 26 November 1962–15 October 1964 | |
| Minister of Civil Aviation | Yevgeni Loginov | 28 July – 15 October 1964 |
Committees
| Committee | Chairman | Period |
|---|---|---|
| Chairman of the State Control Commission | Georgi Yenyutin | 25 April–24 November 1962 |
| Chairman of the People's Control Commission | Alexander Shelepin Alexander Shelepin Alexander Nikolayevich Shelepin was a Soviet state security officer and party statesman. He was a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and its Politburo and was the head of the KGB from 25 December 1958 to 13 November 1961.Shelepin was born in Voronezh... |
24 November 1962–15 October 1964 |
| Chairman of the State Planning Committee Gosplan Gosplan or State Planning Committee was the committee responsible for economic planning in the Soviet Union. The word "Gosplan" is an abbreviation for Gosudarstvenniy Komitet po Planirovaniyu... |
Vladimir Novikov Vladimir Novikov (politician) Vladimir Nikolaevich Novikov was a Soviet-Russian statesman was Chairman of the State Planning Committee from 1960 to 1962 and Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the National Economy from 1962 to 1965.... |
25 April 1962–17 July 1962 |
| Venyamin Dymshitz | 18 July 1962–24 November 1962 | |
| Pyotr Lomako Pyotr Lomako Pyotr Faddeyevich Lomako was a Soviet politician and economist, head of Gosplan between 1962 and 1965. During the Second World War, he was responsible for overseeing the evacuation of Soviet industry to the Ural mountains... |
24 November 1962–15 October 1964 | |
| Chairman of the State Committee for Transport Construction | Yevgeni Kozhevnikov | 25 April 1962–15 October 1964 |
| Chairman of the State Committee for State Security KGB The KGB was the commonly used acronym for the . It was the national security agency of the Soviet Union from 1954 until 1991, and was the premier internal security, intelligence, and secret police organization during that time.The State Security Agency of the Republic of Belarus currently uses the... (KGB) |
Vladimir Semichastny Vladimir Semichastny Vladimir Yefimovich Semichastny was the head of the KGB from November 1961 to April 1967.... |
25 April 1962–15 October 1964 |