Grigory Kaminsky | |
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People's Commissar for Health | |
In office 20 July 1936 – 26 June 1937 |
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Premier | Vyacheslav Molotov |
Succeeded by | Mikhail Boldyrev |
Executive Secretary of the Azerbaijan Communist Party | |
In office 24 October 1920 – 24 July 1921 |
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Preceded by | Mirza Davud Huseynov |
Succeeded by | Sergey Kirov |
Personal details | |
Born |
Ekaterinoslav, Ukraine |
November 1, 1895
Died | February 10, 1938 Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
(aged 42)
Nationality | Soviet |
Political party | All-Union Communist Party (bolsheviks) |
Grigory Naumovich Kaminsky (Azerbaijani: Griqoriy Kaminski Naum oğlu, Russian: Каминский, Григорий Наумович; November 1, 1895 – February 10, 1938), was the 2nd First Secretary of Azerbaijan Communist Party, Soviet politician and one of founders of health care system in Soviet Union.
Kaminsky was born in the family of a Jewish blacksmith in Ekaterinoslav, Ukraine. He graduated from Lomonosov Moscow State University with a degree in Medical Studies. Kaminsky was an active participant of youth revolutionary movement.
In 1917, he became a member of Moscow bureau of Russian Social Democratic Labour Party, secretary of the party committee in Tula and served in administration of the 2nd army. In 1920-1921, Kaminsky was the First Secretary of Azerbaijan Communist Party, chairman of the Baku Commune and Red Army deputies. From 1922 through 1929, he was the chairman of Central Committee of Vserabotzemles trade union and a chairman of kolkhoz center.
In 1930, he was appointed the Secretary of Moscow State Committee of the Communist Party. In 1934-1936, he served as the People's Commissar of Health of Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (RSFSR) and Chief Sanitary Inspector and in 1936-1937 - as People's Commissar of Health Care of Soviet Union. He's credited with extensive work in establishing production of medicine, preparation of medical personnel, fighting malaria in Soviet Union and promotion of medical science in education system.