Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union

Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union
Председатель Совета Министров Советского Союза
Coat of Arms of the Soviet Union
Nikolay Ryzhkov, last in office
Residence	Moscow Kremlin
Appointer	Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union
Precursor	Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Soviet Union
Formation	March 15, 1946
First holder	Joseph Stalin
Final holder	Nikolay Ryzhkov
Abolished	January 14, 1991
Succession	Prime Minister of the Soviet Union

The Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union was the head of the government of the Soviet Union during the existence of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union from 1946 to 1991.