President of the Soviet Union

President of the Union
of Soviet Socialist Republics
President of the Union; of Soviet Socialist Republics
Президент Союза Советских Социалистических Республик
	Flag of the President as the; Commander-in-chief
	Only office holder; Mikhail Gorbachev; 15 March 1990 – 25 December 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
Appointer	Direct election (constitutional); Congress of People's Deputies (inaugurual holder);
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)

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 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 greater share of his power from his position as president until he finally resigned as General Secretary after the 1991 coup d'état attempt.

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