Malenkov's first government

Malenkov's first government was created on 6 March 1953 and was dissolved on 27 April 1954, with the creation of Malenkov's second government.

Ministries The government consisted of:

Ministry Minister Took office Left office Chairman of the Council of Peoples' Commissars Georgy Malenkov 6 March 1953 27 April 1954 First Deputy chairman of the Council of Peoples' Commissars Lavrenti Beria 6 March 1953 26 June 1953 Deputy chairman of the Council of Peoples' Commissars Vyacheslav Molotov 6 March 1953 27 April 1954 Nikolai Bulganin 6 March 1953 27 April 1954 Anastas Mikoyan 6 March 1953 27 April 1954 Lazar Kaganovich 6 March 1953 27 April 1954 Aleksei Kosygin 6 March 1953 27 April 1954 Maksim Saburov 6 March 1953 27 April 1954 Vjatsheslav Malyshev 6 March 1953 27 April 1954 Ivan Tervosyan 6 March 1953 27 April 1954 Minister of Agriculture Aleksei Kozlov 6 March 1953 26 September 1953 Ivan Benediktov 26 September 1953 27 April 1954 Minister of Automotive Industry Ivan Likhatshev 16 September 1953 27 April 1954 Minister of Aviation Industry Pyotr Dementev 24 August 1953 27 April 1954 Minister of Chemical Industry Sergei Tikhomirov 6 March 1953 27 April 1954 Minister of Chemical Industry Sergei Tikhomirov 6 March 1953 27 April 1954 Minister of Coal Industry Alexander Zasyadko 6 March 1953 27 April 1954 Minister of Commerce Anastas Mikoyan 6 March 1953 3 March 1954 Vasili Zavoronkov 3 March 1954 21 April 1954 Minister of Communications Nikolai Psurtshev 6 March 1953 27 April 1954 Minister of Construction Nikolai Dygai 6 March 1953 27 April 1954 Minister of Culture Panteleimon Ponomarenko 15 March 1953 9 March 1954 Georgy Aleksandrov 9 March 1954 27 April 1954 Minister of Defence Nikolai Bulganin 6 March 1953 27 April 1954 Minister of Ferrous Metallurgy Anatoli Kuzmin 8 February 1954 27 April 1954 Minister of Finance Arseny Zverev 6 March 1953 27 April 1954 Minister of Fish Industry Aleksandr Ishkov 6 April 1954 27 April 1954 Minister of Food Industry Vasili Zotov 24 August 1953 21 April 1954 Minister of Foreign Affairs Vyacheslav Molotov 6 March 1953 27 April 1954 Minister of Geology Pyotr Antropov 31 August 1953 27 April 1954 Minister of Foreign Trade Ivan Kabanov 15 September 1953 27 April 1954 Minister of Health Andrei Tretiakov 6 March 1953 3 March 1954 Maria Kovrigina 6 March 1953 27 April 1954 Minister of Heavy Machine Building Vjatsheslav Malyshev 6 March 1953 13 July 1953 Ivan Nosenko 13 July 1953 27 April 1954 Minister of Education Vjatsheslav Yeljutin 9 March 1953 27 April 1954 Minister of the Interior Lavrentiy Beria 13 March 1953 26 July 1953 Sergei Kruglov 26 July 1953 27 April 1954 Minister of Justice Konstantin Gorshenin 6 March 1953 27 April 1954 Minister of Machine Building Maksim Saburov 6 March 1953 29 June 1953 Stepan Akopov 29 June 1953 21 April 1954 Minister of Medium Machine Building Vjatsheslav Malyshev 17 July 1953 27 April 1954 Minister of Non-Ferrous Metallurgy Pjotr Lomako 8 February 1954 27 April 1954 Minister of Oil Industry Nikolai Baibakov 6 March 1953 27 April 1954 Minister of Power Plants & Electrical Industry Mikhail Pervukhin 15 March 1953 17 April 1954 Aleksei Pavlenko 17 April 1954 27 April 1954 Minister of Railways Boris Beshchev 6 March 1953 27 April 1954 Minister of Radio Industry Valeri Kalmykov 21 January 1954 27 April 1954 Minister of State Farms Aleksei Kozlov 15 March 1953 21 April 1954 Minister of Transport Vjatsheslav Malyshev 6 March 1953 13 July 1953 Ivan Nosenko 13 July 1953 27 April 1954

Committees Committee Chairman Took office Left office Chairman of the State Control Commission Vsevolod Merkulov 6 March 1953 27 April 1954 Chairman of the State Planning Commission Grigori Kosyachenko 6 March 1953 29 June 1953 Maksim Saburov 29 June 1953 27 April 1954 Chair of State Committee for State Security (KGB) Ivan Serov 13 March 1954 27 April 1954

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