February 16 (Gengwu years), March 12, 1990, Gorbachev was elected the first president of the Soviet Union.



Gorbachev, the Soviet Union three times (very) held by the People's Congress on March 12, 1990 to 15 in Moscow, the Soviet Constitution, the General Assembly made a part of the modifications and decided to establish enjoy extensive powers of the presidency. The CPSU Central Committee General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev in 1329 votes in favor, 495 votes against, 54 votes invalid first president elected to the Soviet Union. In late March, Ge appointed 13 members of the Presidential Commission, including Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze, First Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers Maas Liu Kefu, Defense Secretary Ya Zuofu and Chairman of the National Security Council, Kryuchkov . According to the law passed by the National People's Congress, the president and Chairman of the Council of Ministers as an ex-officio member of the Presidential Commission. In 1990 10, 15, won the Nobel Peace Prize. December 25, 1991, after the establishment of the Commonwealth of Independent States, he announced his resignation, the Soviet Union formally dissolved.