Kosygin's Fourth Government
File:05.11.1966._Kossiguine_à_Toulouse._(1966)_-_53Fi3436_(cropped).jpg The former government of Alexei Kosygin was dissolved following the Soviet legislative election of 1974. Kosygin was once again elected premier by the Politburo and the Central Committee following the election. His fourth government lasted for nearly five years, until the 1979 Soviet election.
Ministries
| class="wikitable" |
| Ministry
! Minister ! Period |
|---|
| Chairman of the Council of Ministers
|26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979 |
| rowspan="2"|First Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers
|26 July 1974 – 28 November 1978 |
| Nikolai Tikhonov
|2 September 1976 – 16 April 1979 |
| rowspan="13" | Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers
|26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979 |
| Nikolai Baibakov
|26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979 |
| Veniamin Dymshits
|26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979 |
| Mikhail Lesetshko
|26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979 |
| Vladimir Kirillin
|26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979 |
| Ignati Novikov
|26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979 |
| Vladimir Novikov
|26 July 1974 – 28 November 1978 |
| Tikhon Kiselyov
|5 December 1978 – 16 April 1979 |
| Ziya Nuriyev
|26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979 |
| Leonid Smirnov
|26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979 |
| Nikolai Tikhonov
|26 July 1974 – 2 September 1976 |
| Nikolai Martynov
|25 June 1976 – 16 April 1979 |
| Konstantin Katushev
|16 March 1977 – 16 April 1979 |
| rowspan="2"|Minister of Aviation Industry
|26 July 1974 – 14 May 1977 |
| Vasili Kazakov
|3 June 1977 – 16 April 1979 |
| Minister of Instrument-Making, Automation and Control System
|26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979 |
| rowspan="2"|Minister of Automobile Industry
|26 July 1974 – 28 June 1975 |
| Viktor Poljakov
|17 July 1975 – 16 April 1979 |
| Minister of Chemical Industry
|26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979 |
| Minister of Construction of Petrochemical Machinery
|26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979 |
| Minister of Civil Aviation
|26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979 |
| Minister of Construction of Oil and Gas Industry
|26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979 |
| rowspan="2"|Minister of Defence Industry
|26 July 1974 – 17 December 1970 |
| Pavel Finogenov
|2 January – 16 April 1979 |
| Minister of Electrical Engineering
|26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979 |
| Minister of Electronic Industry
|26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979 |
| Minister of Gas Industry
|26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979 |
| Minister of Heavy and Transport Machines Construction
|26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979 |
| Minister of Machine Building
|26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979 |
| Minister of Construction, Road Building and Communal Machines
|26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979 |
| rowspan="2"|Minister of Machine Building for Light and Food Industries
|26 July 1974 – 23 February 1977 |
| Ivan Pudkov
|28 March 1977 – 16 April 1979 |
| Minister of Machinery for Stock Raising and Feeding
|26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979 |
| Minister of General Machine Building
|26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979 |
| Minister of Medium Machine Building
|26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979 |
| Minister of Machine-Tool and Instrument Making
|26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979 |
| Minister of Manufacture of Communication Media
|26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979 |
| rowspan="2"|Minister of Medical Industry
|26 July 1974 – 28 January 1975 |
| Afanasi Melnitshenko
|23 May 1975 – 16 April 1979 |
| Minister of Merchant Marine
|26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979 |
| rowspan="2"|Minister of Oil Industry
|26 July 1974 – 22 March 1977 |
| Nikolai Maltsev
|5 April 1977 – 16 April 1979 |
| Minister of Pulp and Paper Industry
|26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979 |
| Minister of Radio Industry
|26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979 |
| rowspan="2"|Minister of Railways
|26 July 1974 – 14 January 1977 |
| Ivan Pavlovski
|14 January 1977 – 16 April 1979 |
| rowspan="2"|Minister of Shipbuilding
|26 July 1974 – 19 July 1977 |
| Mikhail Yegorov
|19 July 1977 – 16 April 1979 |
| Minister of Tractors and Agricultural Machines
|26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979 |
| Minister of Foreign Trade
|26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979 |
| rowspan="2"|Minister of Transport Construction
|26 July 1974 – 5 March 1975 |
| Ivan Sosnov
|5 March 1975 – 16 April 1979 |
| rowspan="2"|Minister of Agriculture
|26 July 1974 – 6 March 1976 |
| Valentin Mesyats
|6 March 1976 – 16 April 1979 |
| Minister of Agricultural Production
|26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979 |
| Minister of Agricultural Products Procurement
|26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979 |
| rowspan="2"|Minister of Heavy and Transport Machines Construction
|26 July 1974 – 27 March 1975 |
| Boris Bakin
|22 May 1975 – 16 April 1979 |
| Minister of Construction, Road Building and Communal Machines
|26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979 |
| rowspan="2"|Minister of Building Materials Industry
|26 July 1974 – 4 January 1979 |
| Aleksei Jasin
|24 January – 16 April 1979 |
| Minister of Coal Industry
|26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979 |
| rowspan="2"|Minister of Communications
|26 July 1974 – 4 September 1975 |
| Nikolai Talyshin
|4 September 1975 – 16 April 1979 |
| Minister of Construction
|26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979 |
| Minister of Construction of Heavy Industry
|26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979 |
| rowspan="2"|Minister of Culture
|26 July – 25 October 1974 |
| Pyotr Demichev
|14 November 1974 – 16 April 1979 |
| rowspan="2"|Minister of Defence
|26 July 1974 – 26 April 1976 |
| Dmitriy Ustinov
|29 April 1976 – 16 April 1979 |
| Minister of Education
|26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979 |
| Ministry of Finance
|26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979 |
| rowspan="2"|Minister of Fish Industry
|26 July 1974 – 6 February 1978 |
| Vladimir Kamentsev
|14 February – 16 April 1979 |
| Minister of Food Industry
|26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979 |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs
|26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979 |
| rowspan="2"|Minister of Geology
|26 July 1974 – 29 December 1975 |
| Jevgeni Kozlovski
|29 December 1975 – 26 July 1974 |
| Minister of Health
|26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979 |
| Minister of Higher Education
|26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979 |
| Minister of Industrial Construction
|26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979 |
| Minister of Internal Affairs
|26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979 |
| Minister of Iron and Steel Industry
|26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979 |
| Minister of Justice
|26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979 |
| rowspan="2"|Minister of Land Reclamation and Water Conservancy
|26 July 1974 – 1 January 1979 |
| Nikolai Vasiljev
|13–16 April 1979 |
| Minister of Light Industry
|26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979 |
| Minister of Meat and Dairy Industry
|26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979 |
| Minister of Non-Ferrous Metallurgy
|26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979 |
| Minister of Oil Processing and Petrochemical Industry
|26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979 |
| Minister of Electrical Power and Electrification
|26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979 |
| Minister of Timber and Wood Processing Industry
|26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979 |
| Minister of Trade, Home
|26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979 |
| Minister of Construction of Power Plants
|26 May 1975 – 16 April 1979 |
Committees
| class="wikitable" |
| Committee
! Chairman ! Period |
|---|
| Chairman of the People's Control Commission
|26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979 |
| Chairman of the State Planning Committee
|26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979 |
| Chairman of State Committee for State Security (KGB)
|26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979 |
References
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