Kosygin's Fifth Government

The former government of Alexei Kosygin was dissolved following the Soviet legislative election of 1979. Kosygin was once again elected Premier by the Politburo and the Central Committee following the election. His fourth government lasted a little over one year due to bad health which led him to resign.

Ministries Ministry Minister PeriodChairman of the Council of MinistersAlexei Kosygin19 April 1979 – 23 November 1980First Deputy Chairman of the Council of MinistersNikolai Tikhonov19 April 1979 – 23 November 1980 Deputy Chairman of the Council of MinistersIvan Arkhipov19 April 1979 – 23 November 1980Nikolai Baibakov19 April 1979 – 23 November 1980Veniamin Dymshits19 April 1979 – 23 November 1980Konstantin Katushev19 April 1979 – 23 November 1980Vladimir Kirillin19 April 1979 – 22 January 1980Juri Marchuk22 January – 23 November 1980Vladimir Novikov19 April 1979 – 23 November 1980Tikhon Kiselev19 April 1979 – 23 November 1980Mikhail Lesetshko19 April 1979 – 23 November 1980Nikolai Martynov19 April 1979 – 23 November 1980Ignati Novikov19 April 1979 – 23 November 1980Vladimir Novikov19 April 1979 – 23 November 1980Ziya Nuriyev19 April 1979 – 23 November 1980Leonid Smirnov19 April 1979 – 23 November 1980Minister of Agriculture ConstructionStepan Khitrov19 April 1979 – 23 November 1980Minister of Agricultural Products ProcurementGrigori Zolotukhin19 April 1979 – 23 November 1980Minister of AgricultureValentin Mesyats19 April 1979 – 23 November 1980Minister of Aviation IndustryVasili Kazakov19 April 1979 – 23 November 1980Minister of Assembling and Special ConstructionBoris Bakin19 April 1979 – 23 November 1980Minister of Automobile IndustryViktor Poljakov19 April 1979 – 23 November 1980Minister of Building Material IndustryAleksei Jasin19 April 1979 – 23 November 1980Minister of Chemical IndustryLeonid Kostandov19 April 1979 – 23 November 1980Minister of Civil AviationBoris Bugajev19 April 1979 – 23 November 1980Minister of Coal IndustryBoris Bratshenko19 April 1979 – 23 November 1980Minister of CommunicationsNikolai Talyshin19 April 1979 – 23 November 1980Minister of ConstructionGeorgi Karavajev19 April 1979 – 23 November 1980Minister of Construction the Far East and Transbaikal RegionSergei Bashilov18 December 1979 – 23 November 1980Ministry of Construction of Heavy IndustryNikolai Goldin19 April 1979 – 23 November 1980Minister of Construction of Oil and Gas IndustryBoris Shcherbina19 April 1979 – 23 November 1980Minister of Construction of Petrochemical MachineryKonstantin Brekhov19 April 1979 – 23 November 1980Minister of Construction of Power PlantsViktor Krotov19 April 1979 – 23 November 1980Minister of CulturePyotr Demichev19 April 1979 – 23 November 1980Minister of Construction, Road Building and Communal MachinesJefim Novosjelov19 April 1979 – 23 November 1980Minister of DefenceDmitriy Ustinov19 April 1979 – 23 November 1980Minister of Defence IndustryPavel Finogenov19 April 1979 – 23 November 1980Minister of EducationMikhail Prokofjev19 April 1979 – 23 November 1980Minister of Electrical EngineeringAleksei Antonov19 April 1979 – 23 November 1980Minister of Electrical Power and ElectrificationPyotr Neporozhny19 April 1979 – 23 November 1980Minister of Electronic IndustryAleksandr Shokin19 April 1979 – 23 November 1980Minister of FinanceVasily Garbuzov19 April 1979 – 23 November 1980Minister of Fish IndustryVladimir Kamentsev19 April 1979 – 23 November 1980Minister of Food IndustryVoldemar Lein19 April 1979 – 23 November 1980Minister of Foreign AffairsAndrei Gromyko19 April 1979 – 23 November 1980Minister of Foreign TradeNikolai Patolitshev19 April 1979 – 23 November 1980Minister of Gas IndustrySabit Orudzhev19 April 1979 – 23 November 1980Minister of GeologyJevgeni Kozlovski19 April 1979 – 23 November 1980Minister of HealthBoris Petrovski19 April 1979 – 23 November 1980Minister of Heavy and Transport ConstructionVladimir Zhigalin19 April 1979 – 23 November 1980Ministry of Higher EducationVjatsheslav Yeljutin19 April 1979 – 23 November 1980Ministry of Industrial ConstructionAleksandr Tokarjev19 April 1979 – 23 November 1980Minister of Instrument-Making, Automation and Control SystemsKonstantin Rudnev19 April 1979 – 1 July 1980Mikhail Shkabardnya10 September – 23 November 1980Minister of Internal AffairsNikolai Shchelokov19 April 1979 – 23 November 1980Minister of Iron and Steel IndustryIvan Kazanetz19 April 1979 – 23 November 1980Minister of JusticeVladimir Terebilov19 April 1979 – 23 November 1980Minister of Land Reclamation and Water ConservancyNikolai Vasiljev19 April 1979 – 23 November 1980Minister of Light IndustryNikolai Tarasov19 April 1979 – 23 November 1980Minister of Machine BuildingVjatsheslav Bakhirov19 April 1979 – 23 November 1980Minister of Construction, Road Building and Communal MachinesJefim Novosjelov19 April 1979 – 23 November 1980Minister of Machine Building for Light and Food IndustriesIvan Pudkov19 April 1979 – 23 November 1980Minister of Machinery for Stock Raising and FeedingKonstantin Beljak19 April 1979 – 23 November 1980Minister of General Machine BuildingSergei Afanasjev19 April 1979 – 23 November 1980Minister of Machine-Tool and Instrument MakingAnatoli Kostousov19 April 1979 – 23 November 1980Minister of Manufacture of Communication MediaErien Pervyshin19 April 1979 – 23 November 1980Minister of Meat and Dairy IndustrySergei Antonov19 April 1979 – 23 November 1980Minister of Medical IndustryAfanasi Melnitshenko19 April 1979 – 23 November 1980Minister of Medium Machine BuildingYefim Slavski19 April 1979 – 23 November 1980Minister of Merchant MarineTimofei Guzenko19 April 1979 – 23 November 1980Minister of Non-Ferrous MetallurgyPyotr Lomako19 April 1979 – 23 November 1980Minister of Oil IndustryNikolai Maltsev19 April 1979 – 23 November 1980Minister of Oil Processing and Petrochemical IndustryViktor Fjodorov19 April 1979 – 23 November 1980Minister of Pulp and Paper IndustryKonstantin Galantshin19 April 1979 – 23 November 1980Minister of Radio IndustryPyotr Pleshakov19 April 1979 – 23 November 1980Minister of RailwaysIvan Pavlovski19 April 1979 – 23 November 1980Minister of ShipbuildingMikhail Yegorov19 April 1979 – 23 November 1980Ministry of Timber and Wood Processing IndustryNikolai Timofjejev19 April 1979 – 23 November 1980Minister of Tractors and Agricultural MachinesIvan Sinizyn19 April 1979 – 10 October 1980Aleksandr Yezhevski10 October – 23 November 1980Minister of Trade, HomeAleksandr Strujev19 April 1979 – 23 November 1980Minister of Transport ConstructionIvan Sosnov19 April 1979 – 23 November 1980

Committees Committee Chairman PeriodChief Administrator of the Council of MinistersMikhail Smirtyukov19 April 1979 – 23 November 1980Chairman of the People's Control CommissionAleksei Shkolnikov19 April 1979 – 23 November 1980Chairman of the State Planning CommitteeNikolai Baibakov19 April 1979 – 23 November 1980Chairman of State Committee for State Security (KGB)Yuri Andropov19 April 1979 – 23 November 1980

References General

Government of the Soviet Union > List

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