List of Chairmen of the Soviet of the Union

Chairman of the Soviet of the Union was the presiding officer of the Soviet of the Union, one of the two chambers of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union.

List of office-holders

Name Entered office Left office
Andrey Andreyev 12 January 1938 10 February 1946
Andrei Zhdanov 12 March 1946 25 February 1947
Ivan Parfenov 25 February 1947 12 June 1950
Mikhail Yasnov 1950 1956
Alexander Volkov 1954 1956
Pavel Lobanov 14 July 1956 18 March 1962
Ivan Spiridonov 1962 1970
Alexey Shitikov 1970 1984
Lev Tolkunov 1984 1988
Yury Khristoradnov May 1988 1989
Yevgeny Primakov 3 June 1989 28 March 1990
Ivan Laptev 1990 1991
Konstantin Lubenchenko 1991 1991

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