List of heads of state of the Soviet Union
List of heads of state
Table:
№
[note 1]

Name
(Birth–Death)

Portrait

Term of office

Convocations
[note 2]

1

Chairman of the Central Executive Committee of the Congress of Soviets (1922–1938)

Mikhail Kalinin
(1875–1946)[13]

30 December 1922 – 12 January 1938

1st–8th Convocation

Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet (1938–1989)

Mikhail Kalinin
(1875–1946)[13]

17 January 1938 – 19 March 1946

1st Convocation

2

Nikolay Shvernik
(1888–1970)[14]

A picture taken by the Soviet Government of Nikolai Shvernik in grey

19 March 1946 – 15 March 1953

2nd–3rd Convocation

3

Kliment Voroshilov
(1881–1969)[15]

15 March 1953 – 7 May 1960

3rd–5th Convocation

4

Leonid Brezhnev
(1906–1982)[16]

An official portrait of Leonid Brezhnev dating back to 1977

7 May 1960 – 15 July 1964

5th–6th Convocation

5

Anastas Mikoyan
(1895–1978)[17]

15 July 1964 – 9 December 1965

6th Convocation

6

Nikolai Podgorny
(1903–1983)[18]

9 December 1965 – 16 June 1977

6th–9th Convocation

(4)

Leonid Brezhnev
(1906–1982)[16]

An official portrait of Leonid Brezhnev dating back to 1977

16 June 1977 – 10 November 1982

9th–10th Convocation

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Vasili Kuznetsov
(1901–1990)[19]

10 November 1982 – 16 June 1983

10th Convocation

7

Yuri Andropov
(1914–1984)[20]

File:Yuri Andropov - Soviet Life, August 1983.jpg

16 June 1983 – 9 February 1984

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Vasili Kuznetsov
(1901–1990)[19]

9 February 1984 – 11 April 1984

11th Convocation

8

Konstantin Chernenko
(1911–1985)[20]

11 April 1984 – 10 March 1985

—

Vasili Kuznetsov
(1901–1990)[19]

10 March 1985 – 27 July 1985

9

Andrei Gromyko
(1909–1989)[21]

27 July 1985 – 1 October 1988

10

Mikhail Gorbachev
(1931–)[22]

1 October 1988 – 25 May 1989

11th–12th Convocation

Chairman of the Supreme Soviet (1989–1990)[note 3]

Mikhail Gorbachev
(1931–)[22]

25 May 1989 – 15 March 1990

12th Convocation

President (1990–1991)

Mikhail Gorbachev
(1931–)[22]

15 March 1990 – 25 December 1991

12th Convocation

Examining the table named List of heads of state of the Soviet Union, section List of heads of state, provide an answer in a short sentence to the question below: What years did Vasili Kuznetsov work as the Chairman of the Presidium of the supreme soviet union? Respond with the correct answer in JSON format as {"answer": "YOUR ANSWER"}.

answer: Vasili Kuznetsov was Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union from 1982 to 1983, for a second time in 1984 and for a third time in 1985.