Formed 1991 Dissolved 5 September 1991 | Preceding agency Council of Ministers | |
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Jurisdiction Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Headquarters Moscow Kremlin in Moscow, RSFSR, Soviet Union Employees 55 members (February 1991) | ||
Cabinet of Ministers of the USSR (Russian: Кабинет Министров СССР) functioned as the administrative, executive body and the government after the Council of Ministers was dissolved. It consisted of the Prime Minister, his deputies and the ministers.
The Cabinet of Ministers was to be the responsibility of the President of the Soviet Union and the Supreme Soviet. All newly formed Cabinets were to submit their program to the Supreme Soviet for approval.
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