Alexander Puzanov | |
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Александр Пузанов | |
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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] – 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,[2] to Yugoslavia from 1962 to 1967, to Bulgaria from 1967 to 1972 and to Afghanistan from 1972 to 1979.