Alexander Puzanov

Александр ПузановChairman of the Council of Ministers of the Russian SFSRIn office
20 October 1952 – 24 January 1956Preceded byBoris ChernousovSucceeded byMikhail YasnovCandidate member of the 19th Presidium, Member of the CPSU Central CommitteeIn office
16 October 1952 – 6 March 1953 Personal detailsBorn(1906-10-25)25 October 1906
Lezhkovka, Yuryevetsky Uyezd, Kostroma Governorate, Russian EmpireDied1 March 1998(1998-03-01) (aged 91)
Moscow, RussiaResting placeVagankovo CemeteryNationalitySoviet and RussianPolitical 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.