Kosygin's First Government

The former government of Nikita Khrushchev was dissolved following his removal from the post of the Chairman of the Council of Ministers. Alexei Kosygin was elected Premier by the Politburo and the Central Committee following the removal of Khrushchev. His first government would last for two years, until the 1966 Soviet election held in June. Kosygin's first government saw the re-creation of many ministries that were removed under Khrushchev's previous government.

Ministries

Ministry	Minister	Period
Chairman of the Council of Ministers	Alexei Kosygin	15 October 1964 – 3 August 1966
First Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers	Dmitriy Ustinov	15 October 1964 – 27 March 1965
	Dmitry Polyansky	27 March 1965 – 3 August 1966
Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers	Konstantin Rudnev	27 March 1964 – 10 April 1965
	Aleksandr Shelepin	27 March 1964 – 9 December 1965
	Ignati Novikov	27 March 1964 – 3 August 1966
	Venyamin Dymshitz	27 March 1964 – 3 August 1966
	Mikhail Lesetshko	27 March 1964 – 3 August 1966
	Leonid Smirnov	27 March 1964 – 3 August 1966
	Vladimir Novikov	27 March 1964 – 13 November 1965
	Mikhail Yefremov	13 November 1965 – 3 August 1966
	Nikolai Baibakov	27 March 1964 – 3 August 1966
	Kirill Mazurov	26 March 1965 – 3 August 1966
	Vladimir Kirillin	2 October 1965 – 3 August 1966
	Nikolai Tikhonov	2 October 1965 – 3 August 1966
Minister of Foreign Trade	Nikolai Patolitshev	15 October 1964 – 3 August 1966
Minister of Railways	Boris Beshchev	15 October 1964 – 3 August 1966
Minister of Merchant Marine	Viktor Bakajev	15 October 1964 – 3 August 1966
Minister of Medium Machine Building	Yefim Slavski	2 March 1965 – 3 August 1966
Minister of Transport Construction	Yevgeni Kozhevnikov	2 October 1965 – 3 August 1966
Minister of Aviation Industry	Pyotr Dementev	2 October 1965 – 3 August 1966
Minister of Shipbuilding	Boris Butoma	2 March 1965 – 3 August 1966
Minister of Radio Industry	Valeri Kalmykov	2 March 1965 – 3 August 1966
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Andrei Gromyko	15 October 1964 – 3 August 1966
Minister of Culture	Jekaterina Furtzeva	15 October 1964 – 3 August 1966
Minister of Higher Education	Vjatsheslav Yeljutin	15 October 1964 – 3 August 1966
Minister of Finance	Vasily Garbuzov	15 October 1964 – 3 August 1966
Minister of Commerce	Aleksandr Strujev	2 October 1965 – 3 August 1966
Minister of Defence	Rodion Malinovsky	2 October 1965 – 3 August 1966
Minister of Communications	Nikolai Psurtshev	2 October 1965 – 3 August 1966
Minister of Health	Sergei Kurashov	2 October 1965 – 23 August 1965
	Boris Petrovski	8 September 1965 – 3 August 1966
Minister of Agriculture	Ivan Volovtshenko	15 October 1964 – 18 February 1965
	Vladimir Matskevich	18 February 1965 – 3 August 1966
Minister of Geology	Aleksandr Sidorenko	2 October 1965 – 3 August 1966
Minister of Energy and Electrification	Pyotr Neporozhny	15 October 1964 – 3 August 1966
Minister of Civil Aviation	Yevgeni Loginov	15 October 1964 – 3 August 1966
Minister of Ferrous Metallurgy	Ivan Kazanetz	2 October 1965 – 3 August 1966
Minister of Coal Industry	Boris Bratshenko	2 October 1965 – 3 August 1966
Minister of Chemical Industry	Leonid Kostandov	2 October 1965 – 3 August 1966
Minister of Oil Industry	Valentin Shashin	2 October 1965 – 3 August 1966
Minister of Oil and Petrochemical Industry	Viktor Fjodorov	2 October 1965 – 3 August 1966
Minister of Timber and Wood Processing Industry	Nikolai Timofjejev	2 October 1965 – 3 August 1966
Minister of Building Materials Industry	Ivan Grishmanov	2 October 1965 – 3 August 1966
Minister of Light Industry	Nikolai Tarasov	2 October 1965 – 3 August 1966
Minister of Food Industry	Vasili Zotov	15 October 1964 – 3 August 1966
Minister of Fish Industry	Aleksandr Ishkov	2 October 1965 – 3 August 1966
Minister of Meat and Dairy Industry	Sergei Antonov	2 October 1965 – 3 August 1966
Minister of Heavy and Transport Machines Construction	Vladimir Zhigalin	2 October 1965 – 3 August 1966
Minister of Construction of Tool-Machines	Anatoli Kostousov	2 October 1965 – 3 August 1966
Minister of Construction, Road Building and Communal Machines	Jefim Novosjelov	2 October 1965 – 3 August 1966
Minister of Tractors and Agricultural Machines	Ivan Sinizyn	2 October 1965 – 3 August 1966
Minister of Automobile Industry	Aleksandr Tarasov	2 October 1965 – 3 August 1966
Minister of Construction of Petrochemical Machinery	Konstantin Brekhov	2 October 1965 – 3 August 1966
Minister of Electrical Engineering	Aleksei Antonov	2 October 1965 – 3 August 1966
Minister of Instrument-Making, Automation and Control Systems	Konstantin Rudnev	2 October 1965 – 3 August 1966
Minister of Machine Building for Light and Food Industries	Vasili Doyenin	1 October 1965 – 3 August 1966
Minister of Assembling and Special Construction	Fuad Jakubowski	2 October 1965 – 3 August 1966
Minister of Land Reclamation and Water Conservancy	Yevgeni Aleksejevski	2 October 1965 – 3 August 1966
Minister of Gas Industry	Aleksei Kortunov	2 October 1965 – 3 August 1966
Minister of General Machine Building	Sergei Afanasjev	2 October 1965 – 3 August 1966
Minister of Non-Ferrous Metallurgy	Pyotr Lomako	2 October 1965 – 3 August 1966
Minister of Electronic Industry	Aleksandr Shokin	2 October 1965 – 3 August 1966
Minister of Defence Industry	Sergei Sverov	2 October 1965 – 3 August 1966
Minister of Housing and Architecture	Mikhail Pozokhin	15 October 1964 – 3 August 1966

Committees

Committee	Chairman	Period
Chairman of the State Control Commission	Aleksandr Shelepin	15 October 1964 – 3 December 1965
Chairman of the People's Control Commission	Pavel Kovanov	3 December 1965 – 3 August 1966
Chairman of the State Planning Committee	Pyotr Lomako	15 October 1964 – 2 December 1965
	Nikolai Baibakov	2 December 1965 – 3 August 1966
Chairman of State Committee for State Security (KGB)	Vladimir Semichastny	15 October 1964 – 3 August 1966

References

General

• Government of the Soviet Union > List

Specific

Government offices
Preceded by Khrushchev II	Governments of the Soviet Union 15 October 1964–3 August 1966	Succeeded by Kosygin II