Alexander Kharlampieyevich Zaveryukha (russian: Алекса́ндр Харла́мпиевич Заверю́ха; 30 April 1940 — 21 March 2015) was a

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politician of the late

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and the early years of the

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, serving under

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. He served as a

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for the agricultural industry in

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and second cabinets. Zaveryukha was also the leader of the

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Early life

Born in 1940, he worked as a tractor driver and later was a tank commander in the

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, from 1959 to 1962. He then graduated from an agricultural institute and held various positions in the

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agricultural industry.Alexander Zaveryukha Harlampievich
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Career in politics

After the fall of the USSR, Zaveryukha was one of the leading members of the new

, a rural ally of the

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. In 1993 he was elected to the

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on the Agrarian ticket. On February 10, 1993, a presidential decree appointed Alexander Zaveryukha to deputy prime minister for agriculture. In early 1994 Zaveryukha's proposal for agricultural subsidies to help aid the ailing former Soviet collectivized farms was approved. From January to May 1996, he also served as acting Minister of Agriculture. One of his opponents was finance minister and deputy prime minister

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, who resigned in January 1994 after Zaveryukha and

Viktor Gerashchenko Viktor Vladimirovich Gerashchenko (russian: Ви́ктор Влади́мирович Гера́щенко; born 21 December 1937 Leningrad, Soviet Union), nicknamed ''Gerakl'' (the Russian version of Heracles, or sometimes of debacle), was the Gos ...

were not fired at his request.Sneider, Daniel (19 January 1994)
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''. Retrieved 8 September 2017. On March 17, 1997, he was removed from his post as deputy prime minister.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Zaveryukha, Alexander 1940 births 2015 deaths People from Orenburg Oblast Communist Party of the Soviet Union members Agrarian Party of Russia politicians Deputy heads of government of the Russian Federation Agriculture ministers of Russia First convocation members of the State Duma (Russian Federation) Second convocation members of the State Duma (Russian Federation) Russian agriculturalists Soviet military personnel Recipients of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class