According to the Law of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union promulgated by the Soviet Union 1989 in June, the Council of Ministers (the central government) consists of the following ministries and competent institutions: 26 ministries and commissions of the Soviet Union: Ministry of Aviation Industry, Ministry of Atomic Energy and Atomic Industry, Ministry of Automobile and Agricultural Machinery Manufacturing, Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations, Ministry of Water Resources Construction, Ministry of Geology, Ministry of Civil Aviation, Ministry of Pharmaceutical Industry, Ministry of Metallurgy, Ministry of Shipping and Ministry of Oil and Natural Gas Industry. Ministry of Construction of Petroleum and Natural Gas Industry Enterprises, Ministry of Shipbuilding Industry, Ministry of Communications Construction, Ministry of Heavy Machinery Manufacturing, Ministry of Coal Industry, Ministry of Chemical and Petroleum Processing Industry, Ministry of Electronics Industry, Ministry of Motor Industry and Ministry of Instrument Manufacturing. There are 12 Soviet-Republic ministries: Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Culture, Ministry of Finance, Political Department, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, Ministry of Commerce, Ministry of Wood Industry, Ministry of Installation and Professional Construction, Ministry of Electricity and Electrification. There are four national committees in the Soviet Union: National Science and Technology Committee, National Product Quality Management and Standards Committee, National Computing Technology and Information Committee, and National Hydrometeorological Committee. There are 65,438+05 state committees in the Soviet Union and the Republic: State Planning Commission, State Material and Technology Supply Commission, State Architecture Commission, State Labor and Social Issues Commission, State Price Commission, State Statistics Commission, State Education Commission, State Television and Broadcasting Commission, State Film Commission, State Publishing Commission, State Forest Commission, State Environmental Protection Commission, State Sports Commission, State Industry and Atomic Energy Safety Operation Supervision Commission and State Security Commission. Other authorities include the Soviet National Bank. According to the law of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union, the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union should also govern its committees, general bureaus and other departments in charge of economic, social, cultural and national defense construction.

The most famous of these departments is the National Security Council, the KGB.