Nikolai Ryzhkov
| Nikolai Ryzhkov Николай Рыжков |
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| Member of the State Duma Federation Council |
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Assumed office 17 September 2003 |
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| Constituency | Belgorod Oblast |
| Member of the State Duma Federal Assembly |
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In office 17 December 1995 – 17 September 2003 |
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| Constituency | Belgorod Oblast |
| Chairman of the Executive Committee of the People's Patriotic Union | |
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In office 7 August 1996 – 1998 |
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| Preceded by | None—post established |
| Succeeded by | Fistul Zorkal'tsev |
| Chairman of the Council of Ministers | |
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In office 27 September 1985 – 14 January 1991 |
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| Preceded by | Nikolai Tikhonov |
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Valentin Pavlov (as Prime Minister) |
| Head of the Economic Department of the Central Committee | |
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In office 1982 – August 1985 |
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| Preceded by | Boris Gostev |
| Succeeded by | Boris Gostev |
| Full member of the 26th, 27th Politburo | |
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In office 23 April 1985 – 13 July 1990 |
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| Member of the 25th Secretariat | |
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In office 22 November 1982 – 15 October 1985 |
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| Full member of the 26th, 27th, 28th of the Central Committee | |
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In office 3 March 1981 – 29 August 1991 |
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| Personal details | |
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Nikolai Ivanovich Ryzhkov 28 September 1929 Donetsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Citizenship | Soviet/Russian |
| Political party | Independent (present) |
| Other political affiliations |
People's Patriotic Union Communist Party of the Soviet Union |
| Spouse(s) | Ludmila Ryzhkova |
| Children | Marina |
Nikolai Ivanovich Ryzhkov (Ukrainian: Рижков Микола Іванович, Russian: Николай Иванович Рыжков, Nikolaj Ivanovič Ryžkov; born 28 September 1929) is a former Soviet official who became a Russian politician following the dissolution of the Soviet Union. He served as the last Chairman of the Council of Ministers (the post was abolished and replaced by that of Prime Minister in 1991). Responsible for the cultural and economic administration of the Soviet Union during the late Gorbachev Era, Ryzhkov was succeeded as premier by Valentin Pavlov in 1991. The same year, he lost his seat on the Presidential Council, going on to become Boris Yeltsin's leading opponent in the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (RSFSR) 1991 presidential election.
Ryzhkov was born in the city of Dzerzhynsk, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1929. After graduating in the 1950s he started work in the 1970s and began his political career in local industry, working his way up through the hierarchy of Soviet industrial ministries. In 1979 Ryzhkov was appointed First Deputy Chairman of the State Planning Committee. Following Nikolai Tikhonov's resignation as Chairman of the Council of Ministers, Ryzhkov was voted into office in his place. During his tenure, he supported Mikhail Gorbachev's 1980s reform of the Soviet economy.
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