Vladimir Velichko
| Vladimir Velichko Владимир Величко |
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| First Deputy Prime Minister | |
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In office 15 January 1991 – 26 November 1991 |
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| Premier |
Valentin Pavlov Ivan Silayev |
| Preceded by | Vladilen Niktin |
| Succeeded by | Vitaly Doguzhiev |
| Minister of Heavy Machine Building | |
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In office 17 July 1989 – 1 April 1991 |
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| Premier |
Nikolai Ryzhkov Valentin Pavlov |
| Preceded by | Konstantin Petukhov |
| Succeeded by | Post abolished |
| Minister of Heavy, Power and Transport Machine Building | |
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In office 20 July 1987 – 27 June 1989 |
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| Premier | Nikolai Ryzhkov |
| Preceded by | Vladimir Zhigalin |
| Succeeded by | Post abolished |
| Minister of Power Machine Building | |
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In office 9 December 1983 – 20 July 1987 |
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| Premier |
Nikolai Tikhonov Nikolai Ryzhkov |
| Preceded by | Viktor Krotov |
| Succeeded by | Post abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
23 April 1937 Mozhayskoye Novousmanskogo, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Nationality | Soviet/Russian |
| Political party | Communist Party of the Soviet Union |
Vladimir Makarovich Velichko (Russian: Владимир Макарович Величко; Mozhayskoye Novousmanskogo, 23 April 1937) was a Soviet official and entrepreneur appointed as the First Deputy Prime Minister of the Cabinet of Ministers in 1991.
Velichko was born into a working-class family in the village of Mozhayskoye Novousmanskogo in Voronezh Oblast, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Soviet Union on 23 April 1937. According to United Russia's homepage, Velichko started his career in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. He began studying at the Leningrad Military Mechanical Institute in 1955, graduating as a mechanical engineer in 1962.
In 1962, Velichko joined the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU), and began work at a factory in Leningrad belonging to the Ministry of General Machine Building. He became Deputy Chief of the plant in 1967, and Deputy Director in 1971. Between 1971 and 1975 Velichko worked as the plant's manager and from 1986 to 1990 served as a member of the CPSU Central Committee, later becoming a Deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union.
Velichko became First Deputy Minister of Power Machine Building in 1975, and continued to work in this post until 1983 when he became the Minister of Power Machine Building. On 20 July 1987, the Ministry of Power Machine Building merged with the Ministry of Heavy and Transport Machine Building to become the Ministry of Heavy, Power and Transport Machine Building with Velichko becoming the Minister of Heavy, Power and Transport Machine Building. The Ministry of Heavy, Power and Transport Machine Building then merged with the Ministry of Construction, Road and Municipal Machine Building on 27 June 1989 to become the Ministry of Heavy Machine Building. He was elected Minister of Heavy Machine Building by the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union with only five abstentions or votes against him among about 400 delegates. He was a member of the Presidium of the Council of Ministers during the premiership of Nikolai Ryzhkov, and later became a First Deputy Prime Minister of the Cabinet of Ministers during Valentin Pavlov's Prime Ministership.
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