Nikolai Baibakov

Nikolai Baibakov
Николай Байбаков
Baibakov in 1946
Chairman of the State Planning Committee
In office
2 October 1965 – 14 October 1985
PremierAlexei Kosygin
Nikolai Tikhonov
Preceded byPyotr Lomako
Succeeded byNikolai Talyzin
In office
25 May 1955 – 3 May 1957
PremierNikolai Bulganin
Preceded byMaksim Saburov
Succeeded byJoseph Kuzmin
Minister of Oil Industry
In office
28 December 1948 – 25 May 1955
PremierJoseph Stalin
Georgy Malenkov
Nikolai Bulganin
Preceded byPost reestablished
Succeeded byMikhail Evseenko
In office
30 November 1944 – 4 March 1946
PremierJoseph Stalin
Preceded byIvan Sedin
Succeeded byPost abolished
(post reestablished in 1948)
Personal details
Born(1911-03-06)6 March 1911
Sabunchu, Baku Governorate, Russian Empire
Died31 March 2008(2008-03-31) (aged 97)
Moscow, Russian Federation
NationalitySoviet/Russian
Political partyCommunist Party of the Soviet Union (1939–1988)

Nikolai Konstantinovich Baibakov (Russian: Никола́й Константи́нович Байбако́в; 6 March 1911 – 31 March 2008) was a Soviet statesman and economist who served as Minister of Oil Industry from 1944–1956 and 1948–1955, and Chairman of the State Planning Committee from 1955–1957 and 1965–1985. He was awarded a Hero of Socialist Labour in 1981.