List of chairmen of the KGB

Chairman of the Committee for State Security
Flag of the Chairman
Longest serving Yuri Andropov 18 May 1967–26 May 1982
Committee for State Security
Seat	Lubyanka Building, 2 Bolshaya Lubyanka Street, Moscow, Russian SFSR
Appointer	Premier
Precursor	Minister of State Security
Formation	13 March 1954
First holder	Ivan Serov
Final holder	Vadim Bakatin
Abolished	3 December 1991[1]
Superseded by	Head of the Inter-republican Security Service [ru]
Deputy	First Deputy Chairman

The chairman of the KGB was the head of the Soviet KGB. He was assisted by one or two first deputy chairmen, and four to six deputy chairmen. He was also the head of the Collegium of the KGB—which consisted of the chairman, deputy chairmen, directorate chiefs, and one or two republic-level KGB organization chairmen—who affected key policy decisions.

In 1934–1943 the Soviet State Security agency was part of the People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs (NKVD) as the Main Directorate of State Security (GUGB). The director of the GUGB was the first deputy of the People's Commissar of Interior.