Aleksandr Vlasov (politician)

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Vladimirovich and the family name is Vlasov.

Aleksandr Vlasov
Head of the Economic and Social Policy Department of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union of the Central Committee
In office
14 July 1990 – 29 August 1991
Preceded byVladimir Shimko
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Chairman of the Council of Ministers – Government of the Russian SFSR
In office
October 1988 – June 1990
PresidentVitaly Vorotnikov
Preceded byVitaly Vorotnikov
Succeeded byIvan Silayev
Minister of Interior Affairs of the Soviet Union
In office
January 1986 – 10 October 1988
Preceded byVitaly Fedorchuk
Succeeded byVadim Bakatin
Personal details
Born
Aleksandr Vladimirovich Vlasov

(1932-01-20)20 January 1932
Babushkin, Buryat-Mongol ASSR, Russian SFSR, USSR
Died9 June 2002(2002-06-09) (aged 70)
Moscow, Russia
Political partyCommunist Party of the Soviet Union (1956-1991)
Alma materIrkutsk Mining Metallurgical Institute

Aleksandr Vlasov (Russian: Александр Владимирович Власов; 20 January 1932 – 9 June 2002) was a Soviet politician, who held different cabinet posts, including interior minister and prime minister. He was the last communist prime minister of Russia,[1] and a close ally of Mikhail Gorbachev.[2]

  1. ^ Richard Sakwa (2008). Russian politics and society. London; New York: Routledge. p. 16. ISBN 978-0-415-41528-6.
  2. ^ John B. Dunlop (1993). The Rise of Russia and the Fall of the Soviet Empire. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. p. 17. ISBN 0-691-07875-0.