Nikolai Shvernik

Nikolai Shvernik
Николай Шверник
Shvernik in 1938
Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union
In office 19 March 1946 – 15 March 1953
General Secretary	Joseph Stalin
Preceded by	Mikhail Kalinin
Succeeded by	Kliment Voroshilov
First Deputy Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet
In office 4 March 1944 – 25 June 1946
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Position abolished (Until 1977) Vasily Kuznetsov
Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR
In office 4 March 1944 – 25 June 1946
Preceded by	Aleksei Badayev Ivan Vlasov (Acting)
Succeeded by	Ivan Vlasov
Full member of the 20th, 22nd Presidium
In office 29 June 1957 – 8 April 1966
In office 16 October 1952 – 5 March 1953
Additional positions Candidate member of the 18th, 19th Presidium In office 5 March 1953 – 29 June 1957 Full member of the 14th, 16th, 17th Orgburo In office 22 March 1939 – 16 October 1952 In office 9 April 1926 – 16 April 1927 Full member of the 16th Secretariat In office 13 July 1930 – 10 February 1934 Candidate member of the 14th Secretariat In office 9 April 1926 – 16 April 1927
Personal details
Born	(1888-05-07)7 May 1888 St. Petersburg, Russian Empire
Died	24 December 1970(1970-12-24) (aged 82) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Resting place	Kremlin Wall Necropolis, Moscow
Nationality	Soviet
Political party	RSDLP (Bolsheviks) (1905–1918) Russian Communist Party (1918–1966)
Spouse	Mariya Fedorovna Ulazovskaya

Nikolai Mikhailovich Shvernik (Russian: Николай Михайлович Шверник, 19 May [O.S. 7 May] 1888 – 24 December 1970) was a Soviet politician who served as the Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet from 19 March 1946 until 15 March 1953. Though the titular Soviet head of state, Shvernik had less power than Joseph Stalin as Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union.