<page_title> List of heads of state of the Soviet Union </page_title> <section_title> List of heads of state </section_title> <table> <cell> Andrei Gromyko (1909–1989) <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> <col_header> Anastas Mikoyan (1895–1978) </col_header> <col_header> Nikolai Podgorny (1903–1983) </col_header> <col_header> Leonid Brezhnev (1906–1982) </col_header> <col_header> Vasili Kuznetsov (1901–1990) </col_header> <col_header> Yuri Andropov (1914–1984) </col_header> <col_header> Vasili Kuznetsov (1901–1990) </col_header> <col_header> Konstantin Chernenko (1911–1985) </col_header> <col_header> Vasili Kuznetsov (1901–1990) </col_header> <row_header> 9 </row_header> </cell> </table>
Gromyko held the office of the Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet, head of state.