The Premier of the Soviet Union was the head of government. Most western countries use the term "Prime Minister". In the former Soviet Union the job had many names:
- Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars (1917–1946)
- Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1946–1991)
- Prime Minister of the Soviet Union (1991)
- Chairman of the Interstate Economic Committee of the USSR—Prime Minister of the Economic Community (1991)