The Administrator of Affairs of the Council of People's Commissars of the Soviet Union and Council of Labour and Defense (russian: Управляющие делами Совета Народных Комиссаров Союза ССР и Совета Труда и Обороны), or Secretary to the Premier, was a high-standing officer within the

Soviet Government The Government of the Soviet Union ( rus, Прави́тельство СССР, p=prɐˈvʲitʲɪlʲstvə ɛs ɛs ɛs ˈɛr, r=Pravítelstvo SSSR, lang=no), formally the All-Union Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, commonly ab ...

whose main task was to co-sign, with the

Premier of the Soviet Union The Premier of the Soviet Union (russian: Глава Правительства СССР) was the head of government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). The office had four different names throughout its existence: Chairman of th ...

, decrees and resolutions made by the All-Union government. The government apparatus (office of government affairs, russian: Управление Делами Совета Народных Комиссаров Союза ССР) prepared items of policy, which the office holder would check systematically against decrees of the Party-Government. This function consisted of several departments and other structural units. The Soviet government apparatus was headed by the Administrator of Affairs who, in accordance with the established order, was a member of the federal government body.

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