Alexander Zaveryukha

Alexander Zaveryukha
Александр Заверюха
Deputy Prime Minister of Russia
In office
10 February 1993 – 17 March 1997
PresidentBoris Yeltsin
Prime MinisterViktor Chernomyrdin
Minister of Agriculture
In office
12 January – 14 May 1996
PresidentBoris Yeltsin
Prime MinisterViktor Chernomyrdin
Preceded byAleksandr Nazarchuk
Succeeded byViktor Khlystun
Personal details
Born(1940-04-30)April 30, 1940
DiedMarch 21, 2015(2015-03-21) (aged 74)
NationalityRussian
Political partyAgrarian Party of Russia
Alma materGeorge Washington University
Orenburg Agricultural Institute
OccupationPolitician
Military service
Allegiance Soviet Union
Branch/service Soviet Army
Years of service1959–1962

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.