Stalin's third government

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Stalin's third government
Soviet Union
13th government of the Soviet Union
Date formedMarch 12, 1950
Date dissolvedMarch 15, 1953
People and organisations
Head of stateNikolai Shvernik
Head of governmentPresident of the Sovmin
Deputy head of governmentVyacheslav Molotov
No. of ministers56
Member party All-Union Communist Party (Bolshevik)
Status in legislatureThird Convocation of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union
History
Election(s)1950 Soviet Union legislative election
Outgoing election1954 Soviet Union legislative election
PredecessorStalin II
SuccessorMalenkov I

The Third Government of Stalin was the cabinet of the Soviet Union established in 1950 with Joseph Stalin as head of government, serving as president of the Council of Ministers. It functioned until March 15, 1953, with the death of Stalin, when Georgy Malenkov succeeded him as president of the Council of Ministers.[1]

Ministries[2][edit]

Ministry Minister Party
Chairman of the Council of Ministers Joseph Stalin PCU (b)
First Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers Vyacheslav Molotov[3][4] PCU (b)
Nikolai Bulganin[5][6] PCU (b)
Deputy Chairmen of the Council of Ministers Lavrenti Beria PCU (b)
Andrei Andreyev PCU (b)
Nikolai Bulganin (1950) PCU (b)
Kliment Voroshilov PCU (b)
Aleksandr Yefremov[7][8] (1950-1951) PCU (b)
Alexei Kosygin PCU (b)
Georgy Malenkov PCU (b)
Anastas Mikoyan[9] PCU (b)
Maksim Saburov PCU (b)
Ivan Tevosian[10] PCU (b)
Mikhail Pervukhin PCU (b)
Panteleimon Ponomarenko (1952–1953) PCU (b)
Administrator of Affairs Mikhail Pomaznev PCU (b)
Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrey Vyshinsky PCU (b)
Minister of Armed Forces Aleksandr Vasilievsky PCU (b)
Minister of Navy Ivan Yumashev (1950–1951) PCU (b)
Nikolai Kuznetsov (1951–1953) PCU (b)
Minister of Defense Nikolai Bulganin PCU (b)
Minister of Foreign Trade Mikhail Menshikov (1950–1951) PCU (b)
Pavel Kumykin (1951–1953) PCU (b)
Minister of Trade Basilio Zhavoronkov PCU (b)
Minister of Railways Boris Beshev PCU (b)
Minister of Information Nikolay Psurtsev PCU (b)
Minister of Timber Industry Georgy Orlov (1950–1951) PCU (b)
Ivan Emelianovich (1951–1953) PCU (b)
Minister of Light Industry Alexei Kosygin PCU (b)
Minister of Meat and Dairy Industry Ivan Kuzminy PCU (b)
Minister of Broad Consumer Goods Alexei Kosygin PCU (b)
Minister of Aeronautical Industry Mikhail Krunichev PCU (b)
Minister of Automotive Industry Ivan Jlamov PCU (b)
Minister of Naval Industry Vyacheslav Malyshev (1950–1952) PCU (b)
Ivan Nosenko (1952–1953) PCU (b)
Minister of Armaments Dmitry Ustínov PCU (b)
Minister of Agricultural Electrical Engineering Piotr Goremykin (1950–1951) PCU (b)
Georgy Popov (1951) PCU (b)
Sergei Stepanov (1951–1953) PCU (b)
Minister of Heavy Construction Industry Nikolai Kazakov PCU (b)
Minister of Automotive and Tractor Industry Stepan Akopov[11] (1950) PCU (b)
Grigory Xlamov (1950–1953) PCU (b)
Minister of Mechanics and Tools Pyotr Parshin PCU (b)
Minister of Metallurgical Industry Ivan Tevosian[10] PCU (b)
Minister of Ferrous Metallurgy Ivan Tevosian[10] PCU (b)
Minister of Non-Ferrous Metallurgy Pyotr Lomako PCU (b)
Minister of Petroleum Industry Nikolai Baibakov PCU (b)
Minister of Coal Industry Alexander Zasyadko PCU (b)
Minister of Electrical Industry Ivan Kabanov (1950–1951) PCU (b)
Dmitry Yefremov [ru] (1951–1953) PCU (b)
Minister of Energy Dmitri Zhimerin PCU (b)
Minister of Chemical Industry Sergei Tikhomirov PCU (b)
Minister of Building Materials Industry Simon Ginzburg (1950) PCU (b)
Pavel Yudin (1950–1953) PCU (b)
Minister of Transport Engineering Yuri Maksarev PCU (b)
Minister of Construction and Mechanical Engineering Semyon Fomin PCU (b)
Minister of Finance Arseny Zverev PCU (b)
Minister of Rural Affairs Ivan Benediktov PCU (b)
Minister of State Farms Nikolay Skvortsov PCU (b)
Minister of Cotton Usman Yusupov PCU (b)
Minister of Maritime Transport Nikolai Novikov PCU (b)
Minister of River Transport Zosima Shashkov PCU (b)
Minister of Internal Affairs Sergey Kruglov PCU (b)
Minister of Health Yefim Smirnov (1950–1952) PCU (b)
Aleksandr Shabanov (1952–1953) PCU (b)
Andrei Treitakov (1953) PCU (b)
Minister of Justice Konstantin Gorshenin PCU (b)
Minister of Food Industry Boris Dvinsky (1950) PCU (b)
Panteleimon Ponomarenko (1951–1952) PCU (b)
Nikolai Ignatov (1952–1953) PCU (b)
Minister of Fishing Industry Konstantín Rusakov (1950–1952) PCU (b)
Dmitri Pavlov (1952–1953) PCU (b)
Minister of Meat and Dairy Industry Ivan Kuzminy PCU (b)
Minister of State Security Viktor Abakumov (1950–1951) PCU (b)
Semyon Ignatiev (1951–1953) PCU (b)
Minister of Construction Engineering Nikolai Dygai PCU (b)
Minister of State Control Lev Mejlis (1950) PCU (b)
Viktor Abakumov (1950–1953) PCU (b)
Minister of Higher Education Sergei Kaftanov (1950–1951) PCU (b)
Vsevolod Stoletov (1951–1953) PCU (b)
State Committee on Cinematography Ivan Bolshakov PCU (b)
Minister of Labor and Employment Vasily Pronin PCU (b)
Minister of Communications Alekseenko Gennady PCU (b)
Minister of Road Transport Aleksandr Kurshev PCU (b)
Minister of Railways Boris Beshev PCU (b)
Minister of Geology Piotr Zajarov PCU (b)
Minister of Urban Development Georgy Popov PCU (b)
Minister of Gosbank Vasily Popov PCU (b)
Minister of State Planning Committee Maksim Saburov PCU (b)

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Government offices
Preceded by Governments of the Soviet Union
March 12, 1950 – March 15, 1953
Succeeded by