President of the Soviet Union (TheodoresTomfooleries)
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Chairwoman of the Supreme Soviet | |
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Председатель Президиума Верховного Совета | |
Presidium of the Supreme Soviet | |
Style | Miss President (informal) Her/His Excellency (diplomatic) |
Abbreviation | Chairwoman of the Presidium |
Member of | Presidium of the Supreme Soviet |
Reports to | Supreme Soviet of the USSR |
Residence | Moscow Kremlin |
Appointer | Supreme Soviet |
Term length | 5 years |
Constituting instrument | 2002 Soviet Constitution |
Precursor | Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Union |
Formation | 17 January, 1938 |
First holder | Mikhail Kalinin |
Unofficial names | President of the Soviet Union |
Deputy | Vice-Chairman |
The Chairwoman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet (Russian: Председатель Президиума Верховного Совета; tr. Pryedsyedatyel' Pryezidiuma Vyerhovnogo Sovyeta) (Chairman when the office is occupied by a male) is the head of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet, the collective Presidency of the Soviet Union. Though not the sole member of the presidency, due to their office's importance of organizing the other 38 members, the Chairwoman is considered by non-Soviet sources to be "the President" of the USSR or the "Head of State of the Soviet Union". The post was established in 1938 after the introduction of the 1936 Soviet Constitution.