Aleksandr Vlasov | |
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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 by | Vladimir Shimko |
Succeeded by | Office abolished |
Chairman of the Council of Ministers – Government of the Russian SFSR | |
In office October 1988 – June 1990 | |
President | Vitaly Vorotnikov |
Preceded by | Vitaly Vorotnikov |
Succeeded by | Ivan Silayev |
Minister of Interior Affairs of the Soviet Union | |
In office January 1986 – 10 October 1988 | |
Preceded by | Vitaly Fedorchuk |
Succeeded by | Vadim Bakatin |
Personal details | |
Born | Aleksandr Vladimirovich Vlasov 20 January 1932 Babushkin, Buryat-Mongol ASSR, Russian SFSR, USSR |
Died | 9 June 2002 Moscow, Russia | (aged 70)
Political party | Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1956-1991) |
Alma mater | Irkutsk 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]
Vlasov was born into a Russian family in Babushkin, Buryat-Mongol ASSR, Russian SFSR (now Buryatia, Russia) on 20 January 1932. [3] He attended the Irkutsk Mining Metallurgical Institute and graduated with a degree in mining engineering in 1954. [3] [4]
Vlasov worked as a foreman in an eastern Siberia mine. [5] He left the job less than in a year and joined the Communist Party in 1956. [4] [6] Then he began to work in the Komsomol. [6]
In 1965, Vlasov was named as second secretary of Yakut party obkom. [3] He also worked a member of the military council of the North Caucasian military district when Gorbachev was working there. [4] Vlasov began to work at the central committee of the Communist Party in Moscow from 1972. [3] [7] He was promoted to first secretary of the party in 1975. [3] Then Vlasov became first secretary of the party in Rostov in southern Russia in 1984. [8]
In January 1986, Vlasov was appointed interior minister, replacing Vitaly Fedorchuk in the post. [9] [10] Then Vlasov was appointed to the Politburo as a non-voting member in late September 1988. [11] [12] His tenure as interior minister lasted until 10 October 1988. [13] Vadim Bakatin replaced him as interior minister. [14]
Vlasov was elected as prime minister of the Russian Republic by the Supreme Soviet on 3 October 1988. [15] [16] He succeeded Vitaly Vorotnikov in the post. [8]
Vlasov was nominated for presidency of the Supreme Soviet in May 1990. [17] However, he lost the election to Boris Yeltsin who outpolled him, 535 votes to 467, receiving just 4 votes more than the minimum required for election. [18] [19]