# Stalin's third government

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.

## Ministries

| Ministry | Minister | Party |
| Chairman of the Council of Ministers | Joseph Stalin | PCU (b) |
| First Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers | Vyacheslav Molotov | PCU (b) |
| First Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers | Nikolai Bulganin | PCU (b) |
| Deputy Chairmen of the Council of Ministers | Lavrenti Beria | PCU (b) |
| Deputy Chairmen of the Council of Ministers | Andrei Andreyev | PCU (b) |
| Deputy Chairmen of the Council of Ministers | Nikolai Bulganin (1950) | PCU (b) |
| Deputy Chairmen of the Council of Ministers | Kliment Voroshilov | PCU (b) |
| Deputy Chairmen of the Council of Ministers | Aleksandr Yefremov (1950-1951) | PCU (b) |
| Deputy Chairmen of the Council of Ministers | Alexei Kosygin | PCU (b) |
| Deputy Chairmen of the Council of Ministers | Georgy Malenkov | PCU (b) |
| Deputy Chairmen of the Council of Ministers | Anastas Mikoyan | PCU (b) |
| Deputy Chairmen of the Council of Ministers | Maksim Saburov | PCU (b) |
| Deputy Chairmen of the Council of Ministers | Ivan Tevosian | PCU (b) |
| Deputy Chairmen of the Council of Ministers | Mikhail Pervukhin | PCU (b) |
| Deputy Chairmen of the Council of Ministers | Panteleimon Ponomarenko (1952–1953) | PCU (b) |
| Administrator of Affairs | Mikhail Pomaznev | PCU (b) |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | Andrey Vyshinsky | PCU (b) |
| Minister of Armed Forces | Aleksandr Vasilievsky | PCU (b) |
| Minister of Navy | Ivan Yumashev (1950–1951) | PCU (b) |
| Minister of Navy | Nikolai Kuznetsov (1951–1953) | PCU (b) |
| Minister of Defense | Nikolai Bulganin | PCU (b) |
| Minister of Foreign Trade | Mikhail Menshikov (1950–1951) | PCU (b) |
| Minister of Foreign Trade | Pavel Kumykin (1951–1953) | PCU (b) |
| Minister of Trade | Basilio Zhavoronkov | PCU (b) |
| Minister of Railways | Boris Beshev | PCU (b) |
| Minister of Information | Nikolay Psurtsev | PCU (b) |
| Minister of Timber Industry | Georgy Orlov (1950–1951) | PCU (b) |
| Minister of Timber Industry | Ivan Emelianovich (1951–1953) | PCU (b) |
| Minister of Light Industry | Alexei Kosygin | PCU (b) |
| Minister of Meat and Dairy Industry | Ivan Kuzminy | PCU (b) |
| Minister of Broad Consumer Goods | Alexei Kosygin | PCU (b) |
| Minister of Aeronautical Industry | Mikhail Krunichev | PCU (b) |
| Minister of Automotive Industry | Ivan Jlamov | PCU (b) |
| Minister of Naval Industry | Vyacheslav Malyshev (1950–1952) | PCU (b) |
| Minister of Naval Industry | Ivan Nosenko (1952–1953) | PCU (b) |
| Minister of Armaments | Dmitry Ustínov | PCU (b) |
| Minister of Agricultural Electrical Engineering | Piotr Goremykin (1950–1951) | PCU (b) |
| Minister of Agricultural Electrical Engineering | Georgy Popov (1951) | PCU (b) |
| Minister of Agricultural Electrical Engineering | Sergei Stepanov (1951–1953) | PCU (b) |
| Minister of Heavy Construction Industry | Nikolai Kazakov | PCU (b) |
| Minister of Automotive and Tractor Industry | Stepan Akopov (1950) | PCU (b) |
| Minister of Automotive and Tractor Industry | Grigory Xlamov (1950–1953) | PCU (b) |
| Minister of Mechanics and Tools | Pyotr Parshin | PCU (b) |
| Minister of Metallurgical Industry | Ivan Tevosian | PCU (b) |
| Minister of Ferrous Metallurgy | Ivan Tevosian | PCU (b) |
| Minister of Non-Ferrous Metallurgy | Pyotr Lomako | PCU (b) |
| Minister of Petroleum Industry | Nikolai Baibakov | PCU (b) |
| Minister of Coal Industry | Alexander Zasyadko | PCU (b) |
| Minister of Electrical Industry | Ivan Kabanov (1950–1951) | PCU (b) |
| Minister of Electrical Industry | Dmitry Yefremov [ru] (1951–1953) | PCU (b) |
| Minister of Energy | Dmitri Zhimerin | PCU (b) |
| Minister of Chemical Industry | Sergei Tikhomirov | PCU (b) |
| Minister of Building Materials Industry | Simon Ginzburg (1950) | PCU (b) |
| Minister of Building Materials Industry | Pavel Yudin (1950–1953) | PCU (b) |
| Minister of Transport Engineering | Yuri Maksarev | PCU (b) |
| Minister of Construction and Mechanical Engineering | Semyon Fomin | PCU (b) |
| Minister of Finance | Arseny Zverev | PCU (b) |
| Minister of Rural Affairs | Ivan Benediktov | PCU (b) |
| Minister of State Farms | Nikolay Skvortsov | PCU (b) |
| Minister of Cotton | Usman Yusupov | PCU (b) |
| Minister of Maritime Transport | Nikolai Novikov | PCU (b) |
| Minister of River Transport | Zosima Shashkov | PCU (b) |
| Minister of Internal Affairs | Sergey Kruglov | PCU (b) |
| Minister of Health | Yefim Smirnov (1950–1952) | PCU (b) |
| Minister of Health | Aleksandr Shabanov (1952–1953) | PCU (b) |
| Minister of Health | Andrei Treitakov (1953) | PCU (b) |
| Minister of Justice | Konstantin Gorshenin | PCU (b) |
| Minister of Food Industry | Boris Dvinsky (1950) | PCU (b) |
| Minister of Food Industry | Panteleimon Ponomarenko (1951–1952) | PCU (b) |
| Minister of Food Industry | Nikolai Ignatov (1952–1953) | PCU (b) |
| Minister of Fishing Industry | Konstantín Rusakov (1950–1952) | PCU (b) |
| Minister of Fishing Industry | Dmitri Pavlov (1952–1953) | PCU (b) |
| Minister of Meat and Dairy Industry | Ivan Kuzminy | PCU (b) |
| Minister of State Security | Viktor Abakumov (1950–1951) | PCU (b) |
| Minister of State Security | Semyon Ignatiev (1951–1953) | PCU (b) |
| Minister of Construction Engineering | Nikolai Dygai | PCU (b) |
| Minister of State Control | Lev Mejlis (1950) | PCU (b) |
| Minister of State Control | Viktor Abakumov (1950–1953) | PCU (b) |
| Minister of Higher Education | Sergei Kaftanov (1950–1951) | PCU (b) |
| Minister of Higher Education | Vsevolod Stoletov (1951–1953) | PCU (b) |
| State Committee on Cinematography | Ivan Bolshakov | PCU (b) |
| Minister of Labor and Employment | Vasily Pronin | PCU (b) |
| Minister of Communications | Alekseenko Gennady | PCU (b) |
| Minister of Road Transport | Aleksandr Kurshev | PCU (b) |
| Minister of Railways | Boris Beshev | PCU (b) |
| Minister of Geology | Piotr Zajarov | PCU (b) |
| Minister of Urban Development | Georgy Popov | PCU (b) |
| Minister of Gosbank | Vasily Popov | PCU (b) |
| Minister of State Planning Committee | Maksim Saburov | PCU (b) |