At the time of its creation it exercised legislative, executive and judicial powers and therefore members of the Council issued direction which created Board of Commissioners as of September 1, 1944 in order to shift the executive powers.
After World War II the Sixth Board was created and a lot of changes were put in practise.
Another turnover was that there were established a presidency (leader was newly a single person).
After elections in 1946 Slovak National Council created new Boards (seventh and eight) on August 14, 1946 led by Gustáv Husák.
Gustáv Husák is considered to be former quasi Prime Minister of Slovak part of the republic.
On July 11, 1960, a new Constitution of Czechoslovak Socialist Republic was adopted and Board of Commissioners was entirely abolished.
Later, in 1968, the Constitutional Act on the Czechoslovak Federation re-established the Board of Commissioners in the form of the Government of the Slovak Socialist Republic.