Cabinet Name: | Stalin's third government |
Cabinet Type: | government |
Cabinet Number: | 13th |
Jurisdiction: | the Soviet Union |
Flag: | Soviet Union |
Flag Border: | true |
Date Formed: | March 12, 1950 |
Date Dissolved: | March 15, 1953 |
Government Head: | President of the Sovmin |
Deputy Government Head: | Vyacheslav Molotov |
Members Number: | 56 |
Political Party: | All-Union Communist Party (Bolshevik) |
Legislature Status: | Third Convocation of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union |
Predecessor: | Stalin II |
Successor: | Malenkov I |
The Third Government of Stalin was the cabinet of the Soviet Union established in 1950 with Joseph Stalin as head of government, serving as president of the Council of Ministers. It functioned until March 15, 1953, with the death of Stalin, when Georgy Malenkov succeeded him as president of the Council of Ministers.[1]
See also: Bibliography of Stalinism and the Soviet Union.