Minister of Defence (Soviet Union)

Minister of Defence of the Soviet Union
Министр обороны СССР
Standard of the Minister of Defence (1964–1991)
Longest serving Kliment Voroshilov 6 November 1925 – 7 May 1940
Ministry of Defense
Status	Abolished
Reports to	Premier
Nominator	Defense Council
Appointer	Politburo
Precursor	Minister of War (Russian Empire)
Formation	8 November 1917
First holder	Council on War and Navy Affairs
Final holder	Yevgeny Shaposhnikov
Abolished	14 February 1992[1]
Succession	Commander-in-Chief of the CIS Armed Forces (1992–1993) Minister of Defence (Russian Federation)

The Minister of Defence of the Soviet Union (Russian: Министр обороны СССР) refers to the head of the Ministry of Defence who was responsible for defence of the socialist/communist Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic from 1917 to 1922 and the Soviet Union from 1922 to 1992.