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 SecretaryJoseph Stalin
Preceded byMikhail Kalinin
Succeeded byKliment Voroshilov
First Deputy Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet
In office
4 March 1944 – 25 June 1946
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byPosition 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 byAleksei Badayev
Ivan Vlasov (Acting)
Succeeded byIvan 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
Died24 December 1970(1970-12-24) (aged 82)
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Resting placeKremlin Wall Necropolis, Moscow
NationalitySoviet
Political partyRSDLP (Bolsheviks) (1905–1918)
Russian Communist Party (1918–1966)
SpouseMariya 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.