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| native_name = Александр Власов
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| office = Head of the Economic and Social Policy Department of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union of the [[Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union|Central Committee]]
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| term_start = 14 July 1990
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| term_end = 29 August 1991
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|office = Head of the [[Economic and Social Policy Department of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union|Economic and Social Policy Department]] of the [[Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union|Central Committee]]
|term_start = 14 July 1990
| predecessor = Vladimir Shimko
|term_end = 29 August 1991
| successor = ''Office abolished''
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| office1 = [[List of leaders of the Russian SFSR|Chairman]] of the [[Government of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic|Council of Ministers – Government]] of the [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic|Russian SFSR]]
|predecessor = [[Vladimir Shimko]]
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| president1 = [[Vitaly Vorotnikov]]
|successor = Post abolished
| predecessor1 = Vitaly Vorotnikov
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| office1 = [[List of leaders of the Russian SFSR|Chairman]] of the [[Government of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic|Council of Ministers – Government]] of the [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic|Russian SFSR]]
| president1 = [[Vitaly Vorotnikov]]
| successor1 = [[Ivan Silayev]]
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| term_start1 = October 1988
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| predecessor1 = Vitaly Vorotnikov
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| term_end1 = June 1990
| successor1 = [[Ivan Silayev]]
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| office2 = [[Ministry of Internal Affairs (Soviet Union)|Minister of Interior Affairs of the Soviet Union]]
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| term_start1 = October 1988
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| term_end1 = June 1990
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| predecessor2 = [[Vitaly Fedorchuk]]
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| office2 = [[Ministry of Internal Affairs (Russia)|Minister of Interior]] of the [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic|Russian SFSR]]
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| successor2 = [[Vadim Bakatin]]
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| term_start2 = January 1986
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| predecessor2 = [[Vitaly Fedorchuk]]
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| term_end2 = 10 October 1988
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| successor2 = [[Vadim Bakatin]]
| birth_name = Aleksandr Vladimirovich Vlasov
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| term_start2 = January 1986
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1932|01|20|df=yes}}
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| term_end2 = 10 October 1988
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| birth_place = [[Babushkin (town)|Babushkin]], [[Buryat-Mongol ASSR]], [[Russian SFSR]], [[Soviet Union|USSR]]
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| death_place = [[Moscow]], Russia
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| death_place = [[Moscow]], Russia
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| party = [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union]] (1956-1991)
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| alma_mater = [[Irkutsk State Technical University|Irkutsk Mining Metallurgical Institute]]
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| party = [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union]] (1956-1991)
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| alma_mater = [[Irkutsk State Technical University|Irkutsk Mining Metallurgical Institute]]
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'''Aleksandr Vladimirovich Vlasov''' ({{lang-ru|Александр Владимирович Власов}}; 20 January 1932 &ndash; 9 June 2002) was a Soviet politician, who held different positions, including interior minister and prime minister. He was the last communist prime minister of [[Russia]],<ref name=Sakwa2008>{{cite book|author=Richard Sakwa|title=Russian politics and society|url=https://archive.org/details/russianpoliticss00sakw|url-access=registration|accessdate=31 March 2013|year=2008|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-0-415-41528-6|pages=[https://archive.org/details/russianpoliticss00sakw/page/16 16]}}</ref> and a close ally of [[Mikhail Gorbachev]].<ref name=jbdun>{{cite book|title=The Rise of Russia and the Fall of the Soviet Empire|year=1993|publisher=Princeton University Press|location=Princeton, NJ|page=17|url=https://www.questia.com/read/99822825/the-rise-of-russia-and-the-fall-of-the-soviet-empire|author=John B. Dunlop|accessdate=12 September 2013}}{{Subscription required|via=Questia}}</ref>
'''Aleksandr Vlasov''' ({{langx|ru|Александр Владимирович Власов}}; 20 January 1932 &ndash; 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,<ref>{{cite book
|author=Richard Sakwa|title=Russian politics and society|url=https://archive.org/details/russianpoliticss00sakw|url-access=registration|year=2008
|publisher=[[Routledge]]|isbn=978-0-415-41528-6|page=[https://archive.org/details/russianpoliticss00sakw/page/16 16]|location=London; New York}}</ref> and a close ally of [[Mikhail Gorbachev]].<ref>{{cite book|title=The Rise of Russia and the Fall of the Soviet Empire|year=1993|page=17
|publisher=[[Princeton University Press]]|location=Princeton, NJ|isbn=0-691-07875-0|author=John B. Dunlop}}</ref>


==Early life and education==
==Early life and education==
Vlasov was born into a Russian family in [[Babushkin (town)|Babushkin]], [[Buryat-Mongol ASSR]], [[Russian SFSR]] (now [[Buryatia]], Russia) on 20 January 1932.<ref name=rulersV>{{cite web|title=Index V|url=http://rulers.org/indexv.html|publisher=Rulers|accessdate=31 March 2013}}</ref><ref name=McCauley1997>{{cite book|author=Martin McCauley|title=Who's who in Russia since 1900|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nCNuLjy8SjEC&pg=PA219|year=1997|publisher=Routledge Chapman & Hall|isbn=978-0-415-13897-0|page=219}}</ref> He attended [[Irkutsk State Technical University|the Irkutsk Mining Metallurgical Institute]] and graduated with a degree in mining engineering in 1954.<ref name=McCauley1997/><ref name=phil1oct/>
Vlasov was born into a Russian family in [[Babushkin (town)|Babushkin]], [[Buryat-Mongol ASSR]], [[Russian SFSR]] (now [[Buryatia]], Russia) on 20 January 1932.<ref name=McCauley1997>{{cite book|author=Martin McCauley|title=Who's who in Russia since 1900|publisher=Routledge Chapman & Hall
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nCNuLjy8SjEC&pg=PA219|year=1997|isbn=978-0-415-13897-0|page=219|location=London; New York}}</ref> He attended the [[Irkutsk State Technical University|Irkutsk Mining Metallurgical Institute]] and graduated with a degree in mining engineering in 1954.<ref name=McCauley1997/><ref name=phil1oct/>


==Career==
==Career==
Vlasov worked as a foreman in an [[eastern Siberia]] mine.<ref name=gold4oct>{{cite news|last=Goldstein|first=Steve|title=Gorbachev Reshapes Leadership in Largest of 15 Soviet Republics|url=http://articles.philly.com/1988-10-04/news/26270383_1_soviet-leader-yegor-k-ligachev-vitaly-i-vorotnikov|accessdate=31 March 2013|newspaper=Philly|date=4 October 1988|location=Moscow}}</ref> In 1956, he joined [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union|the communist party]].<ref name=phil1oct>{{cite news|title=Loyalists Get Positions of Power|url=http://articles.philly.com/1988-10-01/news/26269686_1_alexander-n-yakovlev-yegor-k-ligachev-alexandra-p-biryukova|accessdate=31 March 2013|newspaper=Philly|date=1 October 1988|location=Moscow}}</ref> In 1965, he was named as second secretary of Yakut party obkom.<ref name=McCauley1997/> He also worked a member of the military council of the North Caucasian military district when Gorbachev was working there.<ref name=phil1oct/> Vlasov began to work at the central committee of the communist party in Moscow in 1972.<ref name=McCauley1997/><ref name=eat26jan>{{cite news|last=Eaton|first=William J.|title=Soviet Interior Minister Shifted to Other Duties|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1986-01-26/news/mn-164_1_party-duties|accessdate=7 July 2013|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=26 January 1986}}</ref> He was promoted to first secretary of the party in 1975.<ref name=McCauley1997/> Then Vlasov became first secretary of the party in [[Rostov]] in [[southern Russia]] in 1984.<ref name=ctr4oct>{{cite news|title=Gorbachev Gains More Power|url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1988-10-04/news/8802040482_1_gorbachev-became-general-secretary-russian-federation-soviet-president|accessdate=31 March 2013|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|date=4 October 1988}}</ref>
Vlasov worked as a foreman in an [[eastern Siberia]] mine.<ref>{{cite news|author=Steve Goldstein|title=Gorbachev Reshapes Leadership in Largest of 15 Soviet Republics|newspaper=Philly|date=4 October 1988|location=Moscow|url=http://articles.philly.com/1988-10-04/news/26270383_1_soviet-leader-yegor-k-ligachev-vitaly-i-vorotnikov|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303234418/http://articles.philly.com/1988-10-04/news/26270383_1_soviet-leader-yegor-k-ligachev-vitaly-i-vorotnikov|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 March 2016|access-date=31 March 2013}}</ref> He left the job less than in a year and joined the [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union|Communist Party]] in 1956.<ref name=phil1oct>{{cite news|title=Loyalists Get Positions of Power|date=1 October 1988
|url=http://articles.philly.com/1988-10-01/news/26269686_1_alexander-n-yakovlev-yegor-k-ligachev-alexandra-p-biryukova|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304002826/http://articles.philly.com/1988-10-01/news/26269686_1_alexander-n-yakovlev-yegor-k-ligachev-alexandra-p-biryukova|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 March 2016|newspaper=Philly|access-date=31 March 2013|location=Moscow}}</ref><ref name=dlane>{{cite journal|author1=David Lane|author2=Cameron Ross|title=Limitations of Party Control: The Government Bureaucracy in the USSR|journal=Communist and Post-Communist Studies|date=March 1994|volume=27|issue=1|page=25
|jstor=45301884}}</ref> Then he began to work in the [[Komsomol]].<ref name=dlane/>


In 1965, Vlasov was named as second secretary of Yakut party obkom.<ref name=McCauley1997/> He also worked a member of the military council of the North Caucasian military district when Gorbachev was working there.<ref name=phil1oct/> Vlasov began to work at the central committee of the Communist Party in Moscow from 1972.<ref name=McCauley1997/><ref>{{cite news|author=William J. Eathon|title=Soviet Interior Minister Shifted to Other Duties|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-01-26-mn-164-story.html|access-date=7 July 2013
In January 1986, he was appointed interior minister, replacing [[Vitaly Fedorchuk]] in the post.<ref>{{cite web|last=Starov|first=Vadim|title=MDV. The Ministry of Internal Affairs|url=http://www.systemaspetsnaz.com/mvd-the-ministry-of-internal-affairs|publisher=Systema Spetnaz|accessdate=31 March 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Schodolski|first=Vincent J.|title=Soviets May Be Reshaping KGB|url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1988-10-03/news/8802030904_1_kgb-leadership-vladimir-kryuchkov-viktor-chebrikov|accessdate=31 March 2013|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|date=3 October 1988}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=David A Dyker|title=The Soviet Union Under Gorbachev: The Real Prospects for Reform|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=laYOAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA27|year=1987|publisher=Croom Helm, Limited|isbn=978-0-7099-4519-2|page=27}}</ref> Vlasov was appointed to [[Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union|the Politburo]] as a non-voting member in late September 1988.<ref>{{cite news|last=Parks|first=Michael|title=Gromyko Assailed in Pravda Interview|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1988-10-04/news/mn-3494_1_soviet-foreign-policy|accessdate=31 March 2013|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=4 October 1988}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Politburo Membership|url=http://articles.philly.com/1989-09-24/news/26104420_1_politburo-membership-russian-republic-lev-zaikov|accessdate=12 April 2013|newspaper=Philly|date=24 September 1989}}</ref> His tenure as interior minister lasted until 10 October 1988.<ref>{{cite news|title=New Russian premier relieved of duties as interior minister|url=http://www.apnewsarchive.com/1988/New-Russian-Premier-Relieved-Of-Duties-As-Interior-Minister/id-a64e66dab3cecc15b94b59ae23ee8c3a|accessdate=31 March 2013|newspaper=Associated Press|date=10 October 1988}}</ref> [[Vadim Bakatin]] replaced him as interior minister.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Galeotti|first=Mark|title=Perestroika, Perestrelka, Pereborka: Policing Russia in a Time of Change|journal=Europe-Asia Studies|year=1993|volume=45|issue=5|pages=769–786|jstor=153055|doi=10.1080/09668139308412123}}</ref>
|date=26 January 1986}}</ref> He was promoted to first secretary of the party in the [[Checheno-Ingush ASSR]] in 1975.<ref name=McCauley1997/> Then Vlasov became first secretary of the party in [[Rostov, Yaroslavl Oblast|Rostov]] in [[southern Russia]] in 1984.<ref name=ctr4oct>{{cite news|title=Gorbachev Gains More Power
|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1988/10/04/gorbachev-gains-more-power/
|access-date=31 March 2013|newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|date=4 October 1988}}</ref>


In January 1986, Vlasov was appointed interior minister, replacing [[Vitaly Fedorchuk]] in the post.<ref>{{cite news|author=Vincent J. Schodolski
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Vlasov was elected as prime minister of the Russian Republic by [[Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union|the supreme Soviet]] on 3 October 1988.<ref>{{cite news|title=Gorbachev ally new Russian premier|url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/19439/GORBACHEV-ALLY-NEW-RUSSIAN-PREMIER.html?pg=all|accessdate=31 March 2013|newspaper=Deseret News|date=3 October 1988}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Porubcansky|first=Mark J.|title=Vorotnikov moved upstairs, Vlasov becomes premier of Russian Republic|url=http://www.apnewsarchive.com/1988/Vorotnikov-Moved-Upstairs-Vlasov-Becomes-Premier-of-Russian-Republic/id-9fea2d3e21ad886acb973bda391b2f4b|accessdate=12 April 2013|work=Associated News|date=3 October 1988|location=Moscow}}</ref> He succeeded [[Vitaly Vorotnikov]] in the post.<ref name=ctr4oct/>
|title=Soviets May Be Reshaping KGB|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1988/10/03/soviets-may-be-reshaping-kgb/|access-date=31 March 2013|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|date=3 October 1988}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=David A. Dyker|title=The Soviet Union Under Gorbachev: The Real Prospects for Reform|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=laYOAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA27|year=1987|publisher=Croom Helm Limited|isbn=978-0-7099-4519-2|page=27|location=London}}</ref> Then Vlasov was appointed to the [[Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union|Politburo]] as a non-voting member in late September 1988.<ref>{{cite news|author=Michael Parks|title=Gromyko Assailed in Pravda Interview|access-date=31 March 2013|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-10-04-mn-3494-story.html
|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=4 October 1988}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Politburo Membership|url=http://articles.philly.com/1989-09-24/news/26104420_1_politburo-membership-russian-republic-lev-zaikov|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140514140837/http://articles.philly.com/1989-09-24/news/26104420_1_politburo-membership-russian-republic-lev-zaikov|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 May 2014|access-date=12 April 2013|newspaper=Philly|date=24 September 1989}}</ref> His tenure as interior minister lasted until 10 October 1988.<ref>{{cite news|title=New Russian premier relieved of duties as interior minister
|url=https://apnews.com/a64e66dab3cecc15b94b59ae23ee8c3a|access-date=31 March 2013|work=[[Associated Press]]|date=10 October 1988}}</ref> [[Vadim Bakatin]] replaced him as interior minister.<ref>{{cite journal|author=Mark Galeotti|title=Perestroika, Perestrelka, Pereborka: Policing Russia in a Time of Change|journal=[[Europe-Asia Studies]]|year=1993|volume=45|issue=5|pages=769–786|jstor=153055|doi=10.1080/09668139308412123}}</ref>


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Vlasov was elected as prime minister of the Russian Republic by the [[Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union|Supreme Soviet]] on 3 October 1988.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=[[Deseret News]]|title=Gorbachev ally new Russian premier|url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/19439/GORBACHEV-ALLY-NEW-RUSSIAN-PREMIER.html?pg=all|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303235548/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/19439/GORBACHEV-ALLY-NEW-RUSSIAN-PREMIER.html?pg=all|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 March 2016|access-date=31 March 2013|date=3 October 1988}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Mark J. Porubcansky|title=Vorotnikov moved upstairs, Vlasov becomes premier of Russian Republic|url=https://apnews.com/9fea2d3e21ad886acb973bda391b2f4b|access-date=12 April 2013
Then Vlasov was nominated for presidency of the supreme Soviet in May 1990.<ref>{{cite book|author=Donald Murray|title=Democracy of Despots|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HxB1l5KfFJgC&pg=PA99|year=1995|publisher=MQUP|isbn=978-0-7735-6568-5|page=99}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite book|author=Conor O'Clery|title=Moscow, December 25, 1991: the last day of the Soviet Union|url=https://archive.org/details/moscowdecember250000ocle|url-access=registration|accessdate=31 March 2013|year=2011|publisher=Public Affairs|isbn=978-1-61039-012-5|page=[https://archive.org/details/moscowdecember250000ocle/page/11 11]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Dahlburg|first=John Thor|title=Yeltsin Is Elected Russia President|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1990-05-30/news/mn-58_1_soviet-union|accessdate=31 March 2013|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=30 May 1990}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Garcelon|first=Marc|title=Revolutionary Passage: From Soviet to Post-Soviet Russia, 1985-2000|year=2005|publisher=Temple University Press|location=Philadelphia|page=99|url=https://www.questia.com/read/117695589/revolutionary-passage-from-soviet-to-post-soviet|accessdate=30 August 2013}} {{Subscription required|via=Questia}}</ref>
|work=[[Associated Press]]|date=3 October 1988|location=Moscow}}</ref> He succeeded [[Vitaly Vorotnikov]] in the post.<ref name=ctr4oct/>


Vlasov was nominated for presidency of the Supreme Soviet in May 1990.<ref>{{cite book|author=Donald Murray|title=Democracy of Despots
==Death==
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HxB1l5KfFJgC&pg=PA99|year=1995|publisher=[[McGill–Queen's University Press]]|location=Montreal; Kingston; London; Buffalo, NY|isbn=978-0-7735-6568-5|page=99}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite book|author=Conor O'Clery|title=Moscow, December 25, 1991: The last day of the Soviet Union|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/moscowdecember250000ocle|location=New York|year=2011
Vlasov died in [[Moscow]] on 9 June 2002.<ref name=rulersV/>
|publisher=Public Affairs|isbn=978-1-61039-012-5|page=[https://archive.org/details/moscowdecember250000ocle/page/11 11]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news
|author=John Thor Dahlburg|title=Yeltsin Is Elected Russia President|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-05-30-mn-58-story.html
|access-date=31 March 2013|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=30 May 1990}}</ref>


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Latest revision as of 18:29, 4 December 2024

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Vladimirovich and the family name is Vlasov.

Aleksandr Vlasov
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 byVladimir Shimko
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Chairman of the Council of Ministers – Government of the Russian SFSR
In office
October 1988 – June 1990
PresidentVitaly Vorotnikov
Preceded byVitaly Vorotnikov
Succeeded byIvan Silayev
Minister of Interior Affairs of the Soviet Union
In office
January 1986 – 10 October 1988
Preceded byVitaly Fedorchuk
Succeeded byVadim Bakatin
Personal details
Born
Aleksandr Vladimirovich Vlasov

(1932-01-20)20 January 1932
Babushkin, Buryat-Mongol ASSR, Russian SFSR, USSR
Died9 June 2002(2002-06-09) (aged 70)
Moscow, Russia
Political partyCommunist Party of the Soviet Union (1956-1991)
Alma materIrkutsk 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]

Early life and education

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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]

Career

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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 the Checheno-Ingush ASSR 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]

Decorations and awards

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References

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  1. ^ Richard Sakwa (2008). Russian politics and society. London; New York: Routledge. p. 16. ISBN 978-0-415-41528-6.
  2. ^ John B. Dunlop (1993). The Rise of Russia and the Fall of the Soviet Empire. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. p. 17. ISBN 0-691-07875-0.
  3. ^ a b c d e Martin McCauley (1997). Who's who in Russia since 1900. London; New York: Routledge Chapman & Hall. p. 219. ISBN 978-0-415-13897-0.
  4. ^ a b c "Loyalists Get Positions of Power". Philly. Moscow. 1 October 1988. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
  5. ^ Steve Goldstein (4 October 1988). "Gorbachev Reshapes Leadership in Largest of 15 Soviet Republics". Philly. Moscow. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
  6. ^ a b David Lane; Cameron Ross (March 1994). "Limitations of Party Control: The Government Bureaucracy in the USSR". Communist and Post-Communist Studies. 27 (1): 25. JSTOR 45301884.
  7. ^ William J. Eathon (26 January 1986). "Soviet Interior Minister Shifted to Other Duties". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
  8. ^ a b "Gorbachev Gains More Power". Chicago Tribune. 4 October 1988. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
  9. ^ Vincent J. Schodolski (3 October 1988). "Soviets May Be Reshaping KGB". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
  10. ^ David A. Dyker (1987). The Soviet Union Under Gorbachev: The Real Prospects for Reform. London: Croom Helm Limited. p. 27. ISBN 978-0-7099-4519-2.
  11. ^ Michael Parks (4 October 1988). "Gromyko Assailed in Pravda Interview". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
  12. ^ "Politburo Membership". Philly. 24 September 1989. Archived from the original on 14 May 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2013.
  13. ^ "New Russian premier relieved of duties as interior minister". Associated Press. 10 October 1988. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
  14. ^ Mark Galeotti (1993). "Perestroika, Perestrelka, Pereborka: Policing Russia in a Time of Change". Europe-Asia Studies. 45 (5): 769–786. doi:10.1080/09668139308412123. JSTOR 153055.
  15. ^ "Gorbachev ally new Russian premier". Deseret News. 3 October 1988. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
  16. ^ Mark J. Porubcansky (3 October 1988). "Vorotnikov moved upstairs, Vlasov becomes premier of Russian Republic". Associated Press. Moscow. Retrieved 12 April 2013.
  17. ^ Donald Murray (1995). Democracy of Despots. Montreal; Kingston; London; Buffalo, NY: McGill–Queen's University Press. p. 99. ISBN 978-0-7735-6568-5.
  18. ^ Conor O'Clery (2011). Moscow, December 25, 1991: The last day of the Soviet Union. New York: Public Affairs. p. 11. ISBN 978-1-61039-012-5.
  19. ^ John Thor Dahlburg (30 May 1990). "Yeltsin Is Elected Russia President". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
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