President of the Soviet Union
| President of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics | |
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| Президент Союза Советских Социалистических Республик | |
Coat of arms of the Soviet Union (1956–1991) | |
| Presidium of the Supreme Soviet Government of the Soviet Union | |
| Style | Mr. President (informal) His Excellency (diplomatic) Comrade Supreme Commander (military) |
| Type | Head of state |
| Residence | Kremlin Senate, Moscow |
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| Precursor | Presidium of the Supreme Soviet (as head of state) |
| Formation | 15 March 1990 |
| First holder | Mikhail Gorbachev |
| Final holder | Mikhail Gorbachev |
| Abolished | 25 December 1991 |
| Succession | None (USSR dissolved) |
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The president of the Soviet Union (Russian: Президент Советского Союза, romanized: Prezident Sovetskogo Soyuza), officially the president of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (Президент Союза Советских Социалистических Республик), abbreviated as president of the USSR (Президент СССР), was the executive head of state of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics from 15 March 1990 to 25 December 1991.
Mikhail Gorbachev was the only person to occupy this office. Gorbachev was also General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union between March 1985 and August 1991. He derived an increasingly large share of his power from his position as president through his resignation as General Secretary following the 1991 coup d'état attempt.