Mikhail Rodionov

Mikhail Rodionov
Михаи́л Родио́нов
Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Russian SFSR
In office
23 March 1946 – 9 March 1949
Premier Joseph Stalin
Preceded by Alexei Kosygin
Succeeded by Boris Chernousov
Personal details
Born 25 October 1907(1907-10-25)
Makarievsky District, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Imperial Russia
Died 1 October 1950(1950-10-01) (aged 42)
Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Nationality Soviet
Political party All-Union Communist Party (bolsheviks)

Mikhail Ivanovich Rodionov (Russian: Михаи́л Ива́нович Родио́нов; Makarievsky District, Russian Empire, 25 October 1907 – Moscow, 1 October 1950) was a Soviet-Russian statesman who was from 1946 to 1949 the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Russian SFSR, literally meaning Premier or Prime Minister. He was executed in the aftermath of the Leningrad Affair.

He was a close companion of Alexei Kosygin.