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.^[1]

Kosygin's First Government
19th Government of the Soviet Union
Date formed	15 October 1964
Date dissolved	3 August 1966
People and organisations
Head of state	Anastas Mikoyan Nikolai Podgorny
Head of government	Alexei Kosygin
Deputy head of government	Dimitry Ustinov Kirill Mazurov Dmitry Polyansky
Member party	CPSU
Status in legislature	One Party State
History
Election	1962 legislative election
Outgoing election	1966 legislative election
Legislature term	6th Convocation of the Supreme Soviet
Predecessor	Khrushchev's Second Government
Successor	Kosygin's Second 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
	Kirill Mazurov	26 March 1965 – 3 August 1966
	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
	Ignaty Novikov	27 March 1964 – 3 August 1966
	Veniamin Dymshits	27 March 1964 – 3 August 1966
	Mikhail Lesechko	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
	Vladimir Kirillin	2 October 1965 – 3 August 1966
	Nikolai Tikhonov	2 October 1965 – 3 August 1966
Minister of Foreign Trade	Nikolai Patolichev	15 October 1964 – 3 August 1966
Minister of Railways	Boris Beshchev	15 October 1964 – 3 August 1966
Minister of Merchant Marine	Viktor Bakayev	15 October 1964 – 3 August 1966
Minister of Medium Machine Building	Yefim Slavski	2 March 1965 – 3 August 1966
Minister of Transport Construction	Yevgeny Kozhevnikov	2 October 1965 – 3 August 1966
Minister of Aviation Industry	Pyotr Dementyev	2 October 1965 – 3 August 1966
Minister of Shipbuilding	Boris Butoma	2 March 1965 – 3 August 1966
Minister of Radio Industry	Valery Kalmykov	2 March 1965 – 3 August 1966
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Andrei Gromyko	15 October 1964 – 3 August 1966
Minister of Culture	Yekaterina Furtseva	15 October 1964 – 3 August 1966
Minister of Higher Education	Vyacheslav Yelyutin	15 October 1964 – 3 August 1966
Minister of Finance	Vasily Garbuzov	15 October 1964 – 3 August 1966
Minister of Commerce	Alexander Struyev	2 October 1965 – 3 August 1966
Minister of Defence	Rodion Malinovsky	2 October 1965 – 3 August 1966
Minister of Communications	Nikolai Psurtsev	2 October 1965 – 3 August 1966
Minister of Health	Sergei Kurashov	2 October 1965 – 23 August 1965
	Boris Petrovsky	8 September 1965 – 3 August 1966
Minister of Agriculture	Ivan Volovchenko	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	Yevgeny Loginov	15 October 1964 – 3 August 1966
Minister of Ferrous Metallurgy	Ivan Kazanets	2 October 1965 – 3 August 1966
Minister of Coal Industry	Boris Bratchenko	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 Fyodorov	2 October 1965 – 3 August 1966
Minister of Timber and Wood Processing Industry	Nikolai Timofeyev	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	Vasily Zotov	15 October 1964 – 3 August 1966
Minister of Fish Industry	Alexander 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	Yefim Novosyolov	2 October 1965 – 3 August 1966
Minister of Tractors and Agricultural Machines	Ivan Sinitsyn	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 Yakubovsky	2 October 1965 – 3 August 1966
Minister of Land Reclamation and Water Conservancy	Yevgeny Alekseyevsky	2 October 1965 – 3 August 1966
Minister of Gas Industry	Aleksei Kortunov	2 October 1965 – 3 August 1966
Minister of General Machine Building	Sergei Afanasyev	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