Alexander Puzanov | |
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Александр Пузанов | |
Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Russian SFSR | |
In office 20 October 1952 – 24 January 1956 | |
Preceded by | Boris Chernousov |
Succeeded by | Mikhail Yasnov |
Candidate member of the 19th Presidium, Member of the CPSU Central Committee | |
In office 16 October 1952 – 6 March 1953 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Lezhkovka, Yuryevetsky Uyezd, Kostroma Governorate, Russian Empire | 25 October 1906
Died | 1 March 1998 Moscow, Russia | (aged 91)
Resting place | Vagankovo Cemetery |
Nationality | Soviet and Russian |
Political party | Communist Party of the Soviet Union |
Alexander Mikhailovich Puzanov (Russian: Александр Михайлович Пузанов; 25 October [O.S. 12 October] 1906 – 1 March 1998) was a Soviet and Russian statesman who was from 1952 to 1956 the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Russian SFSR, literally meaning Premier or Prime Minister.
Puzanov also had a diplomatic career. He served as the Ambassador of the Soviet Union to North Korea from 1957 to 1962, to Yugoslavia from 1962 to 1967, to Bulgaria from 1967 to 1972 and to Afghanistan from 1972 to 1979.