President Of The Soviet Union: Head of State of the Soviet Union between 1990 and 1991
The President of the Soviet Union, officially called President of the USSR or President of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics was the head of state of the Soviet Union.
Mikhail Gorbachev was the last person to hold the office. Gorbachev was also General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union between March 1985 and August 1991. He was the 10th and the only executive President of the Soviet Union rather than his predecessors who were Ceremonial Presidents.
| President of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Президент Союза Советских Социалистических Республик | |
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| Style | His Excellence |
| Residence | Kremlin Senate, Moscow |
| Appointer | Direct election, Congress of People's Deputies |
| Precursor | Minister-President of Russian Republic |
| Formation | 15 March 1990 (As President) 17 January 1938 (As Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Sovie Union) 30 December 1922 (As Chairman of the Central Executive Committee of the USSR) |
| First holder | Mikhail Kalinin |
| Final holder | Mikhail Gorbachev |
| Abolished | 25 December 1991 |
| Succession | President of Russia |
List of President
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