Stalin's first government was created on 7 May 1941 and was dissolved on 15 March 1946, with the creation of Stalin's second government. It was the government throughout the Great Patriotic War.
Ministries The government consisted of:
Some periods in the table below start before 7 May 1941 or end after 15 March 1946 because the minister was in previous or later governments.
Ministry Minister Took office Left office Chairman of the Council of Peoples' Commissars Joseph Stalin 6 May 1941 5 March 1953 First Deputy Chairman of the Council of Peoples' Commissars Vyacheslav Molotov 16 August 1942 15 July 1964 Deputy Chairman of the Council of Peoples' Commissars Vyacheslav Molotov 7 May 1941 16 August 1942 Anastas Mikoyan 7 May 1941 15 March 1946 Lazar Kaganovich 7 May 1941 15 March 1946 Nikolai Voznesenski 7 May 1941 15 March 1946 Andrey Vyshinsky 7 May 1941 1 January 1944 Rosalia Zemlyachka 7 May 1941 1 January 1943 Aleksei Kosygin 7 May 1941 15 March 1946 Mikhail Pervukhin 7 May 1941 1 January 1944 Lavrentiy Beria 7 May 1941 15 March 1946 Maksim Saburov 7 May 1941 1 January 1943 People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs Vyacheslav Molotov 7 May 1941 4 March 1949 People's Commissar for Agriculture Ivan Benediktov 7 May 1941 11 December 1943 Andrey Andreyevich Andreyev 11 December 1943 26 March 1946 People's Commissar for Armament Boris Vannikov 7 May 1941 9 June 1941 Dmitri Ustinov 9 June 1941 6 March 1953 People's Commissar for Ammunition 7 May 1941 16 February 1942 Boris Vannikov 16 February 1942 7 January 1946 People's Commissar for Tank Industry Vyatsheslav Malyshev 1 September 1941 16 October 1945 People's Commissar for Mortar Arms 20 November 1941 17 February 1946 People's Commissar for Aviation Industry Aleksey Shakhurin 7 May 1941 15 March 1946 People's Commissar for Building Materials Industry Leonid Sosnin 7 May 1941 21 December 1944 Lazar Kaganovich 21 December 1944 12 March 1947 People's Commissar for Chemical Industry Mikhail Denisov 7 May 1941 26 February 1942 Mikhail Pervukhin 26 February 1942 17 January 1950 People's Commissar for Coal Industry Vasily Vakhrushev 12 October 1939 19 January 1946 People's Commissar for Commerce Aleksandr Vasilievich Lyubimov 7 May 1941 1 March 1948 People's Commissar for Transport Lazar Kaganovich 7 May 1941 21 December 1944 Ivan Kovalev 21 December 1944 15 March 1946 People's Commissar for Construction Semyon Zakharovich Ginzburg 7 May 1941 19 January 1946 People's Commissar for Defence Semyon Timoshenko 7 May 1941 19 July 1941 Joseph Stalin 19 July 1941 3 March 1947 People's Commissar for Electrotechnical Industry Ivan Kabanov 7 May 1941 19 March 1946 People's Commissar for Ferrous Metallurgy Ivan Tevosian 17 April 1940 29 July 1948 People's Commissar for Finance Arseny Zverev 19 January 1938 16 February 1948 People's Commissar for the Fishing Industry Aleksandr Ishkov 1 July 1940 8 May 1946 People's Commissar for Food Industry 7 May 1941 26 April 1951 People's Commissar for Foreign Trade Anastas Mikoyan 30 November 1938 4 March 1949 People's Commissar for Health Georgy Miterev 8 September 1939 17 February 1947 People's Commissar for Heavy Machine Building Aleksandr Yefremov 17 April 1940 6 June 1941 Nikolai Kazakov 6 June 1941 6 March 1953 People's Commissar for the Interior Lavrentiy Beria 25 November 1938 14 January 1946 Sergei Kruglov 14 January 1946 13 March 1953 People's Commissar for Justice Nikolay Rychkov 19 January 1939 5 February 1948 People's Commissar for Light Industry 2 January 1939 11 June 1947 People's Commissar for Machine Building 7 May 1941 20 November 1941 17 February 1946 15 March 1946 People's Commissar for Medium Machine Building Stepan Akopov 1 January 1942 17 February 1946 People's Commissar for Meat and Dairy Industry Pavel Smirnov 19 January 1939 22 August 1946 People's Commissar for Merchant Marine on Rivers Zosima Shashkov 7 May 1941 19 March 1946 People's Commissar for Merchant Marine in Open Sea Semjon Dukelski 7 May 1941 8 February 1942 Pjotr Sirshov 6 June 1941 15 March 1946 People's Commissars for the Navy Nikolay Kuznetsov 28 April 1939 25 February 1946 People's Commissars for Non-Ferrous Metallurgy Pyotr Lomako 9 July 1940 26 June 1948
Committees Committee Chairman Took office Left office Chairman of the State Control Commission Maksim Saburov 7 May 1941 8 December 1942 Nikolai Voznesensky 8 December 1942 15 March 1946
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