Alexander Zaveryukha | |
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Александр Заверюха | |
Deputy Prime Minister of Russia | |
In office 10 February 1993 – 17 March 1997 | |
President | Boris Yeltsin |
Prime Minister | Viktor Chernomyrdin |
Minister of Agriculture | |
In office 12 January – 14 May 1996 | |
President | Boris Yeltsin |
Prime Minister | Viktor Chernomyrdin |
Preceded by | Aleksandr Nazarchuk |
Succeeded by | Viktor Khlystun |
Personal details | |
Born | April 30, 1940 |
Died | March 21, 2015 | (aged 74)
Nationality | Russian |
Political party | Agrarian Party of Russia |
Alma mater | George Washington University Orenburg Agricultural Institute |
Occupation | Politician |
Military service | |
Allegiance | Soviet Union |
Branch/service | Soviet Army |
Years of service | 1959–1962 |
Alexander Kharlampieyevich Zaveryukha (Russian: Алекса́ндр Харла́мпиевич Заверю́ха; 30 April 1940 — 21 March 2015) was a Russian politician of the late Soviet Union and the early years of the Russian Federation, serving under President Boris Yeltsin. He served as a Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation for the agricultural industry in Viktor Chernomyrdin's first and second cabinets. Zaveryukha was also the leader of the Agrarian Party of Russia.