# Tikhonov's First Government

The government of the Soviet Union under Alexei Kosygin was dissolved following Kosygin's resignation in October 1980, with Nikolai Tikhonov taking over the office of Premier. This government was dissolved following the nationwide 1984 legislative election.

## Ministries

| Ministry | Minister | Period |
| Chairman of the Council of Ministers | Nikolai Tikhonov | 23 October 1980 – 11 April 1984 |
| First Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers | Heydar Aliyev | 24 November 1982 – 11 April 1984 |
| First Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers | Ivan Arkhipov | 27 October 1980 – 11 April 1984 |
| First Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers | Andrei Gromyko | 24 March 1983 – 11 April 1984 |
| Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers | Nikolai Baibakov | 23 October 1980 – 11 April 1984 |
| Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers | Veniamin Dymshits | 23 October 1980 – 11 April 1984 |
| Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers | Konstantin Katushev | 23 October 1980 – 30 July 1982 |
| Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers | Nikolai Talyzin | 23 October 1980 – 11 April 1984 |
| Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers | Leonid Kostandov | 5 November 1980 – 11 April 1984 |
| Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers | Juri Marchuk | 23 October 1980 – 11 April 1984 |
| Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers | Valentin Makejev | 23 October 1980 – 20 January 1983 |
| Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers | Nikolai Martynov | 23 October 1980 – 11 April 1984 |
| Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers | Ignati Novikov | 23 October 1980 – 20 July 1983 |
| Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers | Aleksei Antonov | 20 December 1980 – 11 April 1984 |
| Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers | Ziya Nuriyev | 23 October 1980 – 11 April 1984 |
| Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers | Leonid Smirnov | 23 October 1980 – 11 April 1984 |
| Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers | Ivan Bodyul | 19 December 1980 – 11 April 1984 |
| Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers | Boris Shcherbina | 22 February – 11 April 1984 |
| Minister of Agriculture Construction | Stepan Khitrov | 23 October 1980 – 8 December 1982 |
| Minister of Agriculture Construction | Viktor Danilenko | 8 December 1982 – 11 April 1984 |
| Minister of Agricultural Products Procurement | Grigori Zolotukhin | 23 October 1980 – 11 April 1984 |
| Minister of Agriculture | Valentin Mesyats | 23 October 1980 – 11 April 1984 |
| Minister of Aviation Industry | Vasili Kazakov | 23 October 1980 – 17 February 1981 |
| Minister of Aviation Industry | Ivan Silayev | 21 February 1981 – 11 April 1984 |
| Minister of Assembling and Special Construction | Boris Bakin | 23 October 1980 – 11 April 1984 |
| Minister of Automobile Industry | Viktor Poljakov | 23 October 1980 – 11 April 1984 |
| Minister of Building Material Industry | Aleksei Jasin | 23 October 1980 – 11 April 1984 |
| Minister of Chemical Industry | Leonid Kostandov | 23 October – 6 November 1980 |
| Minister of Chemical Industry | Vladimir Listov | 6 November 1980 – 11 April 1984 |
| Minister of Civil Aviation | Boris Bugajev | 23 October 1980 – 11 April 1984 |
| Minister of Coal Industry | Boris Bratshenko | 23 October 1980 – 11 April 1984 |
| Minister of Communications | Nikolai Talyshin | 23 October 1980 – 11 April 1984 |
| Minister of Construction | Georgi Karavajev | 23 October 1980 – 11 April 1984 |
| Minister of Construction the Far East and Transbaikal Region | Sergei Bashilov | 23 October 1980 – 10 September 1983 |
| Minister of Construction the Far East and Transbaikal Region | Aleksandr Babenko | 10 September 1983 – 11 April 1984 |
| Ministry of Constructuction of Heavy Industry | Nikolai Goldin | 19 April 1979 – 11 April 1984 |
| Minister of Construction of Oil and Gas Industry | Boris Shcherbina | 23 October 1980 – 22 February 1984 |
| Minister of Construction of Oil and Gas Industry | Vladimir Chirskov | 22 February – 11 April 1984 |
| Minister of Construction of Petrochemical Machinery | Konstantin Brekhov | 23 October 1980 – 11 April 1984 |
| Minister of Construction of Power Plants | Viktor Krotov | 23 October 1980 – 11 December 1983 |
| Minister of Construction of Power Plants | Vladimir Velichko | 11 December 1983 – 11 April 1984 |
| Minister of Construction, Road Building and Communal Machines | Jefim Novosjelov | 23 October – 2 December 1980 |
| Minister of Construction, Road Building and Communal Machines | Vitali Chudin | 2 December 1980 – 11 April 1984 |
| Minister of Culture | Pyotr Demichev | 23 October 1980 – 11 April 1984 |
| Minister of Defence | Dmitriy Ustinov | 23 October 1980 – 11 April 1984 |
| Minister of Defence Industry | Pavel Finogenov | 23 October 1980 – 11 April 1984 |
| Minister of Education | Mikhail Prokofjev | 23 October 1980 – 11 April 1984 |
| Minister of Electrical Engineering | Aleksei Antonov | 23 October – 20 December 1980 |
| Minister of Electrical Engineering | Anatoli Mayorets | 20 December 1980 – 11 April 1984 |
| Minister of Electrical Power and Electrification | Pyotr Neporozhny | 23 October 1980 – 11 April 1984 |
| Minister of Electronic Industry | Aleksandr Shokin | 23 October 1980 – 11 April 1984 |
| Minister of Finance | Vasily Garbuzov | 23 October 1980 – 11 April 1984 |
| Minister of Fish Industry | Vladimir Kamentsev | 23 October 1980 – 11 April 1984 |
| Minister of Food Industry | Voldemar Lein | 23 October 1980 – 11 April 1984 |
| Minister of Fruits and Vegetables | Nikolai Koslov | 19 December 1980 – 11 April 1984 |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | Andrei Gromyko | 23 October 1980 – 11 April 1984 |
| Minister of Foreign Trade | Nikolai Patolitshev | 23 October 1980 – 11 April 1984 |
| Minister of Gas Industry | Sabit Orudzhev | 23 October 1980 – 10 May 1981 |
| Minister of Gas Industry | Vasili Dinkov | 10 May 1981 – 11 April 1984 |
| Minister of Geology | Jevgeni Kozlovski | 23 October 1980 – 11 April 1984 |
| Minister of Health | Boris Petrovski | 23 October – 22 December 1980 |
| Minister of Health | Sergei Burenkov | 22 December 1980 – 11 April 1984 |
| Minister of Heavy and Transport Construction | Vladimir Zhigalin | 23 October 1980 – 4 April 1983 |
| Minister of Heavy and Transport Construction | Sergei Afanasjev | 4 April 1983 – 11 April 1984 |
| Ministry of Higher Education | Vjatsheslav Yeljutin | 23 October 1980 – 11 April 1984 |
| Ministry of Industrial Construction | Aleksandr Tokarjev | 23 October 1980 – 3 March 1984 |
| Ministry of Industrial Construction | Juri Solovjev | 3 March – 11 April 1984 |
| Minister of Instrument-Making, Automation and Control Systems | Mikhail Shkabardnya | 23 October 1980 – 11 April 1984 |
| Minister of Internal Affairs | Nikolai Shchelokov | 23 October 1980 – 17 December 1982 |
| Minister of Internal Affairs | Vitali Fedorchuk | 17 December 1982 – 11 April 1984 |
| Minister of Iron and Steel Industry | Ivan Kazanetz | 23 October 1980 – 11 April 1984 |
| Minister of Justice | Vladimir Terebilov | 23 October 1980 – 11 April 1984 |
| Minister of Land Reclamation and Water Conservancy | Nikolai Vasiljev | 23 October 1980 – 11 April 1984 |
| Minister of Light Industry | Nikolai Tarasov | 23 October 1980 – 11 April 1984 |
| Minister of Machine Building | Vjatsheslav Bakhirov | 23 October 1980 – 11 April 1984 |
| Minister of Machine Building for Light and Food Industries | Ivan Pudkov | 23 October 1980 – 11 April 1984 |
| Minister of Machinery for Stock Raising and Feeding | Konstantin Beljak | 23 October 1980 – 11 April 1984 |
| Minister of General Machine Building | Sergei Afanasjev | 23 October 1980 – 4 April 1983 |
| Minister of General Machine Building | Oleg Baklamov | 4 April 1983 – 11 April 1984 |
| Minister of Machine-Tool and Instrument Making | Anatoli Kostousov | 23 October – 1 December 1980 |
| Minister of Machine-Tool and Instrument Making | Ivan Silayev | 1 December 1980 – 21 February 1981 |
| Minister of Machine-Tool and Instrument Making | Boris Balmont | 21 February 1981 – 11 April 1984 |
| Minister of Manufacture of Communication Media | Erien Pervyshin | 23 October 1980 – 11 April 1984 |
| Minister of Meat and Dairy Industry | Sergei Antonov | 23 October 1980 – 12 January 1984 |
| Minister of Meat and Dairy Industry | Jevgeni Sizenko | 12 January – 11 April 1984 |
| Minister of Medical Industry | Afanasi Melnitshenko | 23 October 1980 – 11 April 1984 |
| Minister of Medium Machine Building | Yefim Slavski | 23 October 1980 – 11 April 1984 |
| Minister of Merchant Marine | Timofei Guzenko | 23 October 1980 – 11 April 1984 |
| Minister of Mineral Fertilizer Production | Aleksei Petrishchev | 6 November 1980 – 11 April 1984 |
| Minister of Non-Ferrous Metallurgy | Pyotr Lomako | 23 October 1980 – 11 April 1984 |
| Minister of Oil Industry | Nikolai Maltsev | 23 October 1980 – 11 April 1984 |
| Minister of Oil Processing and Petrochemical Industry | Viktor Fjodorov | 23 October 1980 – 11 April 1984 |
| Minister of Pulp and Paper Industry | Konstantin Galantshin | 23 October 1980 – 11 April 1984 |
| Minister of Radio Industry | Pyotr Pleshakov | 23 October 1980 – 11 April 1984 |
| Minister of Railways | Ivan Pavlovski | 23 October 1980 – 29 November 1982 |
| Minister of Railways | Nikolai Konarjev | 1 December – 11 April 1984 |
| Minister of Shipbuilding | Mikhail Yegorov | 23 October 1980 – 10 January 1984 |
| Minister of Shipbuilding | Igor Belousov | 10 January – 11 April 1984 |
| Ministry of Timber and Wood Processing Industry | Nikolai Timofjejev | 23 October 1980 – 1 April 1982 |
| Ministry of Timber and Wood Processing Industry | Mikhail Busygin | 1 April – 11 April 1984 |
| Minister of Tractors and Agricultural Machines | Aleksandr Yezhevski | 23 October 1980 – 11 April 1984 |
| Minister of Trade, Home | Aleksandr Strujev | 23 October 1980 – 20 January 1983 |
| Minister of Trade, Home | Grigori Vashchenko | 20 January 1983 – 11 April 1984 |
| Minister of Transport Construction | Ivan Sosnov | 23 October 1980 – 11 April 1984 |

## Committees

| Committee | Chairman | Period |
| Chief Administrator of the Council of Ministers | Mikhail Smirtyukov | 23 October 1980 – 11 April 1984 |
| Chairman of the People's Control Commission | Aleksei Shkolnikov | 23 October 1980 – 11 April 1984 |
| Chairman of the State Planning Committee | Nikolai Baibakov | 23 October 1980 – 11 April 1984 |
| Chairman of State Committee for State Security (KGB) | Yuri Andropov | 23 October 1980 – 26 May 1982 |
| Chairman of State Committee for State Security (KGB) | Vitali Fedorchuk | 26 May – 17 December 1982 |
| Chairman of State Committee for State Security (KGB) | Viktor Chebrikov | 17 December 1982 – 11 April 1984 |