List of Chairmen of The KGB - List

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# Name
(birth–death)		 Took office Left office Premier
1 Chairman of the Cheka (1917–1922)
Felix Dzerzhinsky
(1877–1926)		 20 December 1917 6 February 1922
  • Vladimir Lenin (1917–1924)
Chairman of the GPU (1922–1934)
Felix Dzerzhinsky
(1877–1926)		 6 February 1922 20 July 1926
  • Vladimir Lenin (1917–1924)
  • Alexey Rykov (1924–1930)
  • Vyacheslav Molotov (1930–1941)
2 Vyacheslav| Menzhinsky
(1874–1934)		 30 July 1926 10 May 1934
  • Vyacheslav Molotov (1930–1941)
3 People's Commissar for Internal Affairs (1934–1934)
Genrikh Yagoda
(1891–1936)		 10 July 1934 26 September 1936
  • Vyacheslav Molotov (1930–1941)
4 Nikolai Yezhov
(1885–1940)		 26 September 1936 25 November 1938
  • Vyacheslav Molotov (1930–1941)
5 Lavrentiy Beriya
(1899–1953)		 25 November 1938 3 February 1941
  • Vyacheslav Molotov (1930–1941)
6 People's Commissar for State Security (1941)
Vsevolod Merkulov
(1895–1953)		 3 February 1941 20 July 1941
  • Vyacheslav Molotov (1930–1941)
  • Joseph Stalin (1941–1953)
5 People's Commissar for Internal Affairs (1941–1943)
Lavrentiy Beriya
(1899–1953)		 20 July 1941 14 April 1943
  • Joseph Stalin (1941–1953)
6 People's Commissar for State Security (1943–1946)
Vsevolod Merkulov
(1895–1953)		 14 April 1943 15 March 1946
  • Joseph Stalin (1941–1953)
Ministry of State Security (1946–1953)
Vsevolod Merkulov
(1895–1954)		 15 March 1946 18 March 1946
  • Joseph Stalin (1941–1953)
7 Viktor Abakumov
(1908–1954)		 — 18 March 1946 1951
  • Joseph Stalin (1941–1953)
8 Semyon Ignatyev
(1904–1983)		 — 1951 5 March 1953
  • Joseph Stalin (1941–1953)
5 Lavrentiy Beriya
(1899–1953)		 5 March 1953 26 June 1953
  • Georgy Malenkov (1953–1955)
9 Sergei Kruglov
(1907–1977)		 — June 1953 13 March 1954
  • Georgy Malenkov (1953–1955)
10 Chairman of the Committee for State Security (1953–1991)
Ivan Serov
(1905–1990)		 — 13 March 1954 8 December 1958
  • Georgy Malenkov (1953–1955)
  • Nikolai Bulganin (1955–1958)
  • Nikita Khrushchev (1958–1964)
11 Alexander Shelepin
(1918–1994)		 — 25 December 1958 13 November 1961
  • Nikita Khrushchev (1958–1964)
12 Vladimir Semichastny
(1924–2001)		 13 November 1961 18 May 1967
  • Nikita Khrushchev (1958–1964)
  • Alexei Kosygin (1964–1980)
13 Yuri Andropov
(1914–1984)		 18 May 1967 26 May 1982
  • Alexei Kosygin (1964–1980)
  • Nikolai Tikhonov (1980–1985)
14 Vitaly Fedorchuk
(1918–2004)		 — 26 May 1982 17 December 1982
  • Nikolai Tikhonov (1980–1985)
15 Viktor Chebrikov
(1923–1999)		 17 December 1982 1 October 1988
  • Nikolai Tikhonov (1980–1985)
  • Nikolai Ryzhkov (1985–1991)
16 Vladimir Kryuchkov
(1924–2007)		 1 October 1988 22 August 1991
  • Nikolai Ryzhkov (1985–1991)
  • Valentin Pavlov (1991)
- Leonid Shebarshin (interim)
(1935–2012)		 — 22 August 1991 23 August 1991
17 Vadim Bakatin
(born 1937)		 — 23 August 1991 22 October 1991
  • Ivan Silayev (1991)

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