Kosygin's Fourth Government

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.

Alexei Kosygin in 1966

Ministries

Ministry	Minister	Period
Chairman of the Council of Ministers	Alexei Kosygin	26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979
First Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers	Kirill Mazurov	26 July 1974 – 28 November 1978
	Nikolai Tikhonov	2 September 1976 – 16 April 1979
Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers	Ivan Arkhipov	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
Minister of Aviation Industry	Pyotr Dementev	26 July 1974 – 14 May 1977
	Vasili Kazakov	3 June 1977 – 16 April 1979
Minister of Instrument-Making, Automation and Control System	Konstantin Rudnev	26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979
Minister of Automobile Industry	Aleksandr Tarasov	26 July 1974 – 28 June 1975
	Viktor Poljakov	17 July 1975 – 16 April 1979
Minister of Chemical Industry	Leonid Kostandov	26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979
Minister of Construction of Petrochemical Machinery	Konstantin Brekhov	26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979
Minister of Civil Aviation	Boris Bugajev	26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979
Minister of Construction of Oil and Gas Industry	Boris Shcherbina	26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979
Minister of Defence Industry	Sergei Sverov	26 July 1974 – 17 December 1970
	Pavel Finogenov	2 January – 16 April 1979
Minister of Electrical Engineering	Aleksei Antonov	26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979
Minister of Electronic Industry	Aleksandr Shokin	26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979
Minister of Gas Industry	Sabit Orudzhev	26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979
Minister of Heavy and Transport Machines Construction	Vladimir Zhigalin	26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979
Minister of Machine Building	Vjatsheslav Yeljutin	26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979
Minister of Construction, Road Building and Communal Machines	Jefim Novosjelov	26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979
Minister of Machine Building for Light and Food Industries	Vasili Doyenin	26 July 1974 – 23 February 1977
	Ivan Pudkov	28 March 1977 – 16 April 1979
Minister of Machinery for Stock Raising and Feeding	Konstantin Beljak	26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979
Minister of General Machine Building	Sergei Afanasjev	26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979
Minister of Medium Machine Building	Yefim Slavski	26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979
Minister of Machine-Tool and Instrument Making	Anatoli Kostousov	26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979
Minister of Manufacture of Communication Media	Erien Pervyshin	26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979
Minister of Medical Industry	Pyotr Gusenko	26 July 1974 – 28 January 1975
	Afanasi Melnitshenko	23 May 1975 – 16 April 1979
Minister of Merchant Marine	Timofei Guzenko	26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979
Minister of Oil Industry	Valentin Shashin	26 July 1974 – 22 March 1977
	Nikolai Maltsev	5 April 1977 – 16 April 1979
Minister of Pulp and Paper Industry	Konstantin Galantshin	26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979
Minister of Radio Industry	Pyotr Pleshakov	26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979
Minister of Railways	Boris Beshchev	26 July 1974 – 14 January 1977
	Ivan Pavlovski	14 January 1977 – 16 April 1979
Minister of Shipbuilding	Boris Butoma	26 July 1974 – 19 July 1977
	Mikhail Yegorov	19 July 1977 – 16 April 1979
Minister of Tractors and Agricultural Machines	Ivan Sinizyn	26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979
Minister of Foreign Trade	Nikolai Patolitshev	26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979
Minister of Transport Construction	Yevgeni Kozhevnikov	26 July 1974 – 5 March 1975
	Ivan Sosnov	5 March 1975 – 16 April 1979
Minister of Agriculture	Dmitry Polyansky	26 July 1974 – 6 March 1976
	Valentin Mesyats	6 March 1976 – 16 April 1979
Minister of Agricultural Production	Stepan Khitrov	26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979
Minister of Agricultural Products Procurement	Grigori Zolotukhin	26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979
Minister of Heavy and Transport Machines Construction	Fuad Jakubowski	26 July 1974 – 27 March 1975
	Boris Bakin	22 May 1975 – 16 April 1979
Minister of Construction, Road Building and Communal Machines	Jefim Novosjelov	26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979
Minister of Building Materials Industry	Ivan Grishmanov	26 July 1974 – 4 January 1979
	Aleksei Jasin	24 January – 16 April 1979
Minister of Coal Industry	Boris Bratshenko	26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979
Minister of Communications	Nikolai Psurtshev	26 July 1974 – 4 September 1975
	Nikolai Talyshin	4 September 1975 – 16 April 1979
Minister of Construction	Georgi Karavajev	26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979
Minister of Construction of Heavy Industry	Nikolai Goldin	26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979
Minister of Culture	Yekaterina Furtseva	26 July – 25 October 1974
	Pyotr Demichev	14 November 1974 – 16 April 1979
Minister of Defence	Andrei Gretchko	26 July 1974 – 26 April 1976
	Dmitriy Ustinov	29 April 1976 – 16 April 1979
Minister of Education	Mikhail Prokofjev	26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979
Ministry of Finance	Vasily Garbuzov	26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979
Minister of Fish Industry	Aleksandr Ishkov	26 July 1974 – 6 February 1978
	Vladimir Kamentsev	14 February – 16 April 1979
Minister of Food Industry	Voldemar Lein	26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Andrei Gromyko	26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979
Minister of Geology	Aleksandr Sidorenko	26 July 1974 – 29 December 1975
	Jevgeni Kozlovski	29 December 1975 – 26 July 1974
Minister of Health	Boris Petrovski	26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979
Minister of Higher Education	Vjatsheslav Yeljutin	26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979
Minister of Industrial Construction	Aleksandr Tokarjev	26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979
Minister of Internal Affairs	Nikolai Shchelokov	26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979
Minister of Iron and Steel Industry	Ivan Kazanetz	26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979
Minister of Justice	Vladimir Terebilov	26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979
Minister of Land Reclamation and Water Conservancy	Yevgeni Aleksejevski	26 July 1974 – 1 January 1979
	Nikolai Vasiljev	13–16 April 1979
Minister of Light Industry	Nikolai Tarasov	26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979
Minister of Meat and Dairy Industry	Sergei Antonov	26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979
Minister of Non-Ferrous Metallurgy	Pyotr Lomako	26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979
Minister of Oil Processing and Petrochemical Industry	Viktor Fjodorov	26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979
Minister of Electrical Power and Electrification	Pyotr Neporozhny	26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979
Minister of Timber and Wood Processing Industry	Nikolai Timofjejev	26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979
Minister of Trade, Home	Aleksandr Strujev	26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979
Minister of Construction of Power Plants	Viktor Krotov	26 May 1975 – 16 April 1979

Committees

Committee	Chairman	Period
Chairman of the People's Control Commission	Aleksei Shkolnikov	26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979
Chairman of the State Planning Committee	Nikolai Baibakov	26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979
Chairman of State Committee for State Security (KGB)	Yuri Andropov	26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979