Molotov's Second Government

The Second Government of Molotov was the cabinet of the Soviet Union established on March 18, 1931, with Vyacheslav Molotov as the head of government, serving as the President of the Council of People's Commissars.

Molotov's Second government
8th government of the Soviet Union
Date formed	18 March 1931 (1931-03-18)
Date dissolved	2 August 1935 (1935-08-02)
People and organisations
Head of state	Mikhail Kalinin
Head of government	Vyacheslav Molotov
Deputy head of government	Valerian Kuibyshev
No. of ministers	29
History
Predecessor	Molotov I
Successor	Molotov III

It ended on August 2, 1935, when the Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Union approved a new composition of the Sovnarkom.

Composition

People's Commissar	Incumbent	Party
Chairman	Vyacheslav Molotov	CPSU (b)
First Deputy Chairman	Valerian Kuibyshev	CPSU (b)
Vice Chairmen	Janis Rudzutaks[1]	CPSU (b)
	Valerian Kuibyshev	CPSU (b)
	Valery Mezhlauk	CPSU (b)
	Vlas Chubar	CPSU (b)
	Andrei Andreyev	CPSU (b)
People's Commissar for Affairs	Platon Kerzhentsev (1931–1933)	CPSU (b)
	Ivan Miroshnikov (1933–1935)	CPSU (b)
Foreign Affairs	Maksim Litvinov	CPSU (b)
Military and Naval Affairs (1931-1934)	Kliment Voroshilov	CPSU (b)
Defense (1934-1935)
External Trade	Arkadi Rozengoltz	CPSU (b)
Supply (1931-1934)	Anastas Mikoyan	CPSU (b)
Food Industry (1933-1935)
Domestic Trade	Izrail Veytser	CPSU (b)
Railways	Moisey Rukhimovich (1931)	CPSU (b)
	Andrei Andreyev (1931–1935)	CPSU (b)
Posts and Telegraphs (1931–1932)	Aleksei Rykov	CPSU (b)
Communications (1932-1935)
Supreme Council of National Economy (1931–1932)	Sergei Ordzhonikidze	CPSU (b)
Heavy Industry (1932–1935)
Forestry	Semyon Lobov	CPSU (b)
Light Industry	Isidor Lyubimov	CPSU (b)
Labor	Anton Tsikhon	CPSU (b)
Inspection of Workers and Peasants	Andrei Andreyev (1931)	CPSU (b)
	Janis Rudzutaks (1931–1934)	C PSU (b)
Finance	Grigori Grinko	CPSU (b)
Agriculture	Yakov Yakovlev (1931–1934)	CPSU (b)
	Mikhail Chernov (1934–1935)	CPSU (b)
Water Transport	Nikolai Janson (1931–1934)	CPSU (b)
	Nikolai Pakhomov (1934–1935)	CPSU (b)
Cereal and Livestock Sovkhozes	Tikhon Yurikin (1932–1934)	CPSU (b)
	Moisei Kalmanovich (1934–1935)	CPSU (b)
Internal Affairs	Genrikh Yagoda[2]	CPSU (b)