<page_title> List of heads of state of the Soviet Union </page_title> <section_title> List of heads of state </section_title> <table> <cell> Leonid Brezhnev (1906–1982) <col_header> Name (Birth–Death) </col_header> <col_header> Chairman of the Central Executive Committee of the Congress of Soviets (1922–1938) </col_header> <col_header> Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet (1938–1989) </col_header> <col_header> Nikolay Shvernik (1888–1970) </col_header> <col_header> Kliment Voroshilov (1881–1969) </col_header> <row_header> 4 </row_header> </cell> <cell> Anastas Mikoyan (1895–1978) <col_header> Name (Birth–Death) </col_header> <col_header> Chairman of the Central Executive Committee of the Congress of Soviets (1922–1938) </col_header> <col_header> Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet (1938–1989) </col_header> <col_header> Nikolay Shvernik (1888–1970) </col_header> <col_header> Kliment Voroshilov (1881–1969) </col_header> <col_header> Leonid Brezhnev (1906–1982) </col_header> <row_header> 5 </row_header> </cell> <cell> 15 July 1964 – 9 December 1965 <col_header> Term of office </col_header> <col_header> Chairman of the Central Executive Committee of the Congress of Soviets (1922–1938) </col_header> <col_header> Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet (1938–1989) </col_header> <row_header> 5 </row_header> <row_header> Anastas Mikoyan (1895–1978) </row_header> </cell> </table>
On 15 July 1964, Mikoyan was appointed Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet, replacing Leonid Brezhnev.