Kosygin's Third Government

The former government of Alexei Kosygin was dissolved following the Soviet legislative election of 1970. Kosygin was once again elected Premier by the Politburo and the Central Committee following the election. His third government would last for four years, until the 1974 Soviet election.

Ministries[]

Ministry	Minister	Period
Chairman of the Council of Ministers	Alexei Kosygin	14 July, 1970 – 26 July 1974
First Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers	Dmitry Polyansky	14 July, 1970 – 2 February 1973
First Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers	Kirill Mazurov	14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974
Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers		14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974
		14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974
		14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974
	Leonid Smirnov	14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974
	Nikolai Baibakov	14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974
	Vladimir Kirillin	14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974
	Nikolai Tikhonov	14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974
	Mikhail Yefremov	14 July 1970 – 1 January 1971
	Pyotr Shelest	19 May 1972 – 7 May 1973
		3 April 1973 – 1 January 1971
	Ivan Arkhipov	14 March 1973 – 26 July 1974
Minister of Foreign Trade		14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974
Minister of Railways		14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974
Minister of Merchant Marine		14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974
Minister of Medium Machine Building		14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974
Minister of Transport Construction		14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974
Minister of Aviation Industry		14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974
Minister of Shipbuilding		14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974
Minister of Radio Industry		14 July 1970 – 8 April 1974
Minister of Radio Industry		8 April – 26 July 1974
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Andrei Gromyko	14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974
Minister of Internal Affairs	Nikolai Shchelokov	14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974
Minister of Culture		14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974
Minister of Education		14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974
Minister of Higher Education		14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974
Minister of Finance	Vasily Garbuzov	14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974
		14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974
Minister of Defence	Andrei Grechko	14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974
Minister of Communications		14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974
Minister of Health		14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974
Minister of Agriculture	Vladimir Matskevich	14 July 1970 – 2 February 1973
Minister of Agriculture		2 February 1973 – 26 July 1974
Minister of Geology		14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974
Minister of Energy and Electrification		14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974
Minister of Civil Aviation		14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974
Minister of Civil Aviation		14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974
Minister of Ferrous Metallurgy		14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974
Minister of Coal Industry		14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974
Minister of Chemical Industry		14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974
Minister of Oil Industry		14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974
		14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974
		14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974
Minister of Building Materials Industry		14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974
Minister of Light Industry	Nikolai Tarasov	14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974
Minister of Food Industry		14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974
Minister of Fish Industry		14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974
Minister of Meat and Dairy Industry		14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974
Minister of Heavy and Transport Machines Construction		14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974
		14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974
Minister of Construction, Road Building and Communal Machines		14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974
Minister of Tractors and Agricultural Machines		14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974
Minister of Automobile Industry		14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974
		14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974
Minister of Electrical Engineering		14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974
Minister of Instrument-Making, Automation and Control Systems		14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974
		14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974
Minister of Assembling and Special Construction		14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974
		14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974
Minister of Gas Industry		14 July 1970 – 20 September 1972
Minister of Gas Industry		20 September 1972 – 26 July 1974
Minister of Construction of Oil and Gas Industry		14 July 1970 – 11 December 1973
Minister of Construction of Oil and Gas Industry		11 December 1973 – 26 July 1974
Minister of General Machine Building		14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974
Minister of Non-Ferrous Metallurgy	Pyotr Lomako	14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974
Minister of Electronic Industry		14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974
Minister of Defence Industry		14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974
		14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974
Minister of Construction of Heavy Industry		14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974
		14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974
		14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974
Minister of Construction		14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974
Minister of Medical Industry		14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974
		14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974
Minister of Cellulose and Paper Industry		14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974
		11 October 1973– 26 July 1974
Minister of Production of Communication Media		11 April – 26 July 1974

Committees[]

Committee	Chairman	Period
Chairman of the People's Control Commission		14 July 1970 – 23 July 1971
Chairman of the People's Control Commission	Gennady Voronov	23 July 1971 – 26 July 1974
Chairman of the State Planning Committee	Nikolai Baibakov	14 July 1970 – 7 May 1973
Chairman of State Committee for State Security (KGB)	Yuri Andropov	14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974

References[]

General

Government of the Soviet Union > List
- "Governments of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1964–1991)". elisa.net. Archived from the original on February 24, 2012. Retrieved September 12, 2010.

Specific

Government offices
Preceded by Kosygin II	Governments of the Soviet Union 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974	Succeeded by Kosygin IV