Yevgeniy Chazov
Yevgeniy Ivanovich Chazov (Russian: Евгений Иванович Чазов; 10 June 1929 – 12 November 2021) was a Russian physician and politician. He was the Chief of the Fourth Directorate of the Ministry of Health of the USSR between 1987 until 1990.
Yevgeniy Chazov Евгений Чазов | |
|---|---|
 Chazov in 2014 | |
| Minister of Health | |
| In office 17 February 1987 – 29 March 1990 | |
| Premier | Nikolai Ryzhkov |
| Preceded by | Sergei Burenkov |
| Succeeded by | Igor Denisov |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 June 1929[1][2] Nizhny Novgorod, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union[1] |
| Died | 12 November 2021 (aged 92) Moscow, Russia |
| Nationality | Soviet/Russian |
| Political party | Communist Party of the Soviet Union |
| Awards | Order of Lenin (1969, 1976, 1978, 1981) USSR State Prize (1975)[1] Hero of Socialist Labour (1978) Lenin Prize (1982)[3] Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" (2004, 2009, 2014, 2019) |
Chazov died on 12 November 2021 in Moscow, Russia at the age of 92.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Великий вопреки: жизнь и достижения академика Евгения Чазова. Tass.ru. 12 November 2021
- ↑ "Soviet Union: Political Affairs" (PDF). JPRS. 12 December 1989. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 February 2017. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Умер академик Евгений Чазов. Tass.ru. 12 November 2021