President of the Soviet Union

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head of state position political office

The President of the Soviet Union was the highest executive office in the USSR, created in 1990 and most notably held by Mikhail Gorbachev during the final years of the Soviet state.

Aliases (2)

President of the USSR ×1
Президент СССР ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	head of state position → political office →
appliesToJurisdiction	Union of Soviet Socialist Republics NERFINISHED →
appointedBy	Congress of People’s Deputies of the Soviet Union →
authorityOver	Soviet Armed Forces →
category	Government of the Soviet Union → Heads of state of the Soviet Union →
coexistedWith	General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union →
commanderInChiefOf	Soviet Armed Forces →
constitutionalBasis	Constitution of the Soviet Union →
country	Soviet Union →
createdBy	Constitutional amendments of 1990 in the USSR →
dissolvedOrAbolished	1991 →
endTime	25 December 1991 →
firstHolder	Mikhail Gorbachev →
followedBy	President of Russia →
governmentBranch	executive branch of the Soviet Union →
hasPart	Vice President of the Soviet Union →
hasPower	appoint government officials → issue decrees → veto legislation →
headOfStateOf	Soviet Union →
historicalPeriod	late Soviet era →
inception	1990 →
jurisdiction	territory of the Soviet Union →
lastHolder	Mikhail Gorbachev →
legislativeBody	Congress of People’s Deputies of the Soviet Union →
location	Moscow →
nativeLabel	Президент СССР →
nativeLanguage	Russian →
numberOfOfficeHolders	1 →
officeCreatedDuring	Gorbachev reforms →
officeHolder	Mikhail Gorbachev →
officeScope	union-wide →
officeType	executive →
precededBy	Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR →
reasonForAbolition	dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 →
relatedPosition	General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union →
replaced	Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR →
replaces	collective head of state system →
residence	Kremlin →
seat	Moscow →
shortName	President USSR →
significantEvent	Soviet coup attempt of August 1991 → dissolution of the Soviet Union →
startTime	15 March 1990 →
style	Mr. President →
subordinateTo	Congress of People’s Deputies of the Soviet Union →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Congress of People's Deputies of the Soviet Union →	couldRemoveFromOffice
President of the Soviet Union ("Президент СССР") →	nativeLabel
Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the USSR ("President of the USSR") →	positionHeldBy