Molotov's Third Government

The Third Molotov Government was the cabinet of the Soviet Union established on August 2, 1935 with Vyacheslav Molotov as head of government, serving as president of the Council of People's Commissars.^[1]

Third Government of Vyacheslav Molotov
9th government of the Soviet Union
Date formed	2 August 1935 (1935-08-02)
Date dissolved	5 December 1936 (1936-12-05)
People and organisations
Head of government	Vyacheslav Molotov
No. of ministers	56
Opposition party	CPSU
History
Election	1935 Soviet Union legislative election
Outgoing election	1936 Soviet Union legislative election
Incoming formation	Congress of Soviets VII
Outgoing formation	Supreme Soviet I
Predecessor	Molotov II
Successor	Molotov IV

It ended on December 5, 1936, when the Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Union approved a new composition of the Sovnarkom.

Composition

People's Commissar	Title	Party
Chairman of the Council of Ministers	Vyacheslav Molotov	PCU (b)
Administrator of Affairs	Ivan Miroshnikov	PCU (b)
Vice Chairmen	Nikolai Antipov	PCU (b)
	Valery Mezhlauk	PCU (b)
	Janis Rudzutaks	PCU (b)
	Vlas Chubar	PCU (b)
Foreign Affairs	Maksim Litvinov	PCU (b)
Defense	Kliment Voroshilov	PCU (b)
Foreign Trade	Arkadi Rozengoltz	PCU (b)
Food Industry	Anastas Mikoyan	PCU (b)
Internal Trade	Israel Weitzer	PCU (b)
Railways	Andrey Andreyev (1935)	PCU (b)
	Lazar Kaganovich (1935-1936)	PCU (b)
Communications	Alexei Rykov (1935-1936)	PCU (b)
	Genrikh Yagoda (1936)	PCU (b)
Heavy Industry	Sergo Ordzhonikidze	PCU (b)
Finance	Grigori Grinko	PCU (b)
Agriculture	Mikhail Chernov	PCU (b)
Water Transport	Nikolai Pajomov	PCU (b)
Grain and Livestock Farms	Moisey Kalmanovich	PCU (b)
Internal Affairs	Genrikh Yagoda (1935-1936)	PCU (b)
	Nikolai Yezhov (1936)	PCU (b)
Forest Industry	Semyon Lobov (1935-1936)	PCU (b)
	Vladimir Ivanov (1936)	PCU (b)
Light Industry	Isidoro Liubimov	PCU (b)