Alexander Puzanov

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Alexander Puzanov
Александр Пузанов
Presidium
, Member of the CPSU Central Committee
In office
16 October 1952 – 6 March 1953
Personal details
Born(1906-10-25)25 October 1906
Lezhkovka,
Russian
Political partyCommunist Party of the Soviet Union

Alexander Mikhailovich Puzanov (Russian: Александр Михайлович Пузанов; 25 October [O.S. 12 October] 1906 – 1 March 1998) was a Soviet and Russian statesman who was from 1952 to 1956 the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Russian SFSR, literally meaning Premier or Prime Minister.

Puzanov also had a diplomatic career. He served as the Ambassador of the Soviet Union to North Korea from 1957 to 1962, to Yugoslavia from 1962 to 1967, to Bulgaria from 1967 to 1972 and to Afghanistan from 1972 to 1979.