Stalin's first government


Stalin's first government was created on 7 May 1941 and was dissolved on 15 March 1946, with the creation of Stalin's second government. It was the government throughout the Great Patriotic War.

Ministries

The government consisted of:
Some periods in the table below start before 7 May 1941 or end after 15 March 1946 because the minister was in previous or later governments.
MinistryMinisterTook officeLeft office
Chairman of the Council of Peoples' CommissarsJoseph Stalin6 May 19415 March 1953
First Deputy Chairman of the Council of Peoples' CommissarsVyacheslav Molotov16 August 194215 July 1964
Deputy Chairman of the Council of Peoples' CommissarsVyacheslav Molotov7 May 194116 August 1942
Deputy Chairman of the Council of Peoples' CommissarsAnastas Mikoyan7 May 194115 March 1946
Deputy Chairman of the Council of Peoples' CommissarsLazar Kaganovich7 May 194115 March 1946
Deputy Chairman of the Council of Peoples' CommissarsNikolai Voznesenski7 May 194115 March 1946
Deputy Chairman of the Council of Peoples' CommissarsAndrey Vyshinsky7 May 19411 January 1944
Deputy Chairman of the Council of Peoples' CommissarsRosalia Zemlyachka7 May 19411 January 1943
Deputy Chairman of the Council of Peoples' CommissarsAleksei Kosygin7 May 194115 March 1946
Deputy Chairman of the Council of Peoples' CommissarsMikhail Pervukhin7 May 19411 January 1944
Deputy Chairman of the Council of Peoples' CommissarsLavrentiy Beria7 May 194115 March 1946
Deputy Chairman of the Council of Peoples' CommissarsMaksim Saburov7 May 19411 January 1943
People's Commissar for Foreign AffairsVyacheslav Molotov7 May 19414 March 1949
People's Commissar for AgricultureIvan Benediktov7 May 194111 December 1943
People's Commissar for AgricultureAndrey Andreyevich Andreyev11 December 194326 March 1946
People's Commissar for ArmamentBoris Vannikov7 May 19419 June 1941
People's Commissar for ArmamentDmitri Ustinov9 June 19416 March 1953
People's Commissar for Ammunition7 May 194116 February 1942
People's Commissar for AmmunitionBoris Vannikov16 February 19427 January 1946
People's Commissar for Tank IndustryVyatsheslav Malyshev1 September 194116 October 1945
People's Commissar for Mortar Arms20 November 194117 February 1946
People's Commissar for Aviation IndustryAleksey Shakhurin7 May 194115 March 1946
People's Commissar for Building Materials IndustryLeonid Sosnin7 May 194121 December 1944
People's Commissar for Building Materials IndustryLazar Kaganovich21 December 194412 March 1947
People's Commissar for Chemical IndustryMikhail Denisov7 May 194126 February 1942
People's Commissar for Chemical IndustryMikhail Pervukhin26 February 194217 January 1950
People's Commissar for Coal IndustryVasily Vakhrushev12 October 193919 January 1946
People's Commissar for CommerceAleksandr Vasilievich Lyubimov7 May 19411 March 1948
People's Commissar for TransportLazar Kaganovich7 May 194121 December 1944
People's Commissar for TransportIvan Kovalev21 December 194415 March 1946
People's Commissar for ConstructionSemyon Zakharovich Ginzburg7 May 194119 January 1946
People's Commissar for DefenceSemyon Timoshenko7 May 194119 July 1941
People's Commissar for DefenceJoseph Stalin19 July 19413 March 1947
People's Commissar for Electrotechnical IndustryIvan Kabanov7 May 194119 March 1946
People's Commissar for Ferrous MetallurgyIvan Tevosian17 April 194029 July 1948
People's Commissar for FinanceArseny Zverev19 January 193816 February 1948
People's Commissar for the Fishing IndustryAleksandr Ishkov1 July 19408 May 1946
People's Commissar for Food Industry7 May 194126 April 1951
People's Commissar for Foreign TradeAnastas Mikoyan30 November 19384 March 1949
People's Commissar for HealthGeorgy Miterev8 September 193917 February 1947
People's Commissar for Heavy Machine BuildingAleksandr Yefremov17 April 19406 June 1941
People's Commissar for Heavy Machine BuildingNikolai Kazakov6 June 19416 March 1953
People's Commissar for the InteriorLavrentiy Beria25 November 193814 January 1946
People's Commissar for the InteriorSergei Kruglov14 January 194613 March 1953
People's Commissar for JusticeNikolay Rychkov19 January 19395 February 1948
People's Commissar for Light Industry2 January 193911 June 1947
People's Commissar for Machine Building7 May 194120 November 1941
People's Commissar for Machine Building17 February 194615 March 1946
People's Commissar for Medium Machine BuildingStepan Akopov1 January 194217 February 1946
Ministry of [Meat and Dairy Industry|People's Commissar for Meat and Dairy Industry]Pavel Smirnov19 January 193922 August 1946
People's Commissar for Merchant Marine on RiversZosima Shashkov7 May 194119 March 1946
People's Commissar for Merchant Marine in Open SeaSemjon Dukelski7 May 19418 February 1942
People's Commissar for Merchant Marine in Open SeaPjotr Sirshov6 June 194115 March 1946
People's Commissars for the NavyNikolay Kuznetsov28 April 193925 February 1946
People's Commissars for Non-Ferrous MetallurgyPyotr Lomako9 July 194026 June 1948