Gennady Vasilyevich Kulik (russian: link=no, Геннадий Васильевич Кулик; 20 January 1935 – 16 June 2023) was a Soviet and Russian politician. He held the post of the first deputy premier of the

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in the last years of the Soviet Union, and also was a deputy of the 1st–7th

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s of the Russian Federation.

Biography

Gennady Kulik was born on 20 January 1935 in modern

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to a peasant family. In 1957 he graduated from the Faculty of Economics of the A. A. Zhdanov Leningrad State University. To 1965 he worked at the

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''biografija.ru'' Kulik died on 16 June 2023, at the age of 88.

Minister

From July 1990 to July 1991 he was the First Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Russia and Minister of Agriculture and Food in the

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. In April 1991 he signed an agreement with

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's Noga SA on the supply of food in exchange for oil. Litigation under this agreement had not been resolved to 2008. In July 1991 Kulik's rank in the

Ivan Silayev's Second Cabinet Second cabinet of Ivan Silayev was the last composition of the Council of Ministers of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, working from July to November 1991. Most of its members kept their positions from the Ivan Silayev's First C ...

was lowered to "ordinary" deputy premier, retaining the position of the Minister of Agriculture. In late 1991 Kulik was a member of Silayev-led Committee for Operative Management of National Economy, which acted as a provisional government of crumbling USSR.

Member of parliament

In 1993 Gennady Kulik was

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member of the

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. He joined the faction of the

Agrarian Party of Russia The Agrarian Party of Russia (APR; ''Agrarnaya Partiya Rossii'', Аграрная Партия России, АПР) was an agrarian political party in Russia. Founded in February 1993, it was among the earliest parties in the Russian Federation ...

. On 21 September 1998, he was appointed Deputy Prime Minister in the

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, supervising the agro-industrial complex. In 1999 he was

to the

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in the Kalmykia constituency. Kulik was a member of

Fatherland – All Russia Fatherland – All Russia (russian: Отечество – Вся Россия; ОВР; ''Otečestvo – Vsä Rossija'', ''OVR'') was a political bloc that existed in Russia from 1998 to 2002. It was formed from the movement Fatherland, chaire ...

faction up to 2003 and deputy chairman of the Committee on Budget and Taxes. In 2002–07 — Chairman of the Committee on Agrarian Issues. Kulik resigned as a member of parliament on 11 February 2020. His seat passed to

Alexey Gordeyev Alexey Vasilyevich Gordeyev (russian: Алексей Васильевич Гордеев; born 28 February 1955) is a Russian politician who served as Member and Deputy Speaker of the State Duma. Previously he was the Deputy Prime Minister of R ...

. Gennady Kulik had been accused of lobbying the interests of tobacco companies. In 2002 he supported the requests of the tobacco industry to allow the sale of unsold cigarettes produced before 2001 law "On the restriction of tobacco smoking", which made

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on the packs mandatory. In 2006 Kulik, together with MPs

Ivan Savvidis Ivan Ignatyevich Savvidi (russian: Иван Игнатьевич Саввиди, , el, Ιβάν Σαββίδης, translit=Ivan Savvidis, , ka, ივან ეგნატეს ძე სავიდი, ''Ivan Egnates dze Savidi'', , also ...

and Airat Khairullin, initiated the consideration of draft "Technical regulations for tobacco products", allowing to use chemical additives banned in other countries, and making graphic warning messages unnecessary.

Awards

Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" The Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" (russian: Орден «За заслуги перед Отечеством», ''Orden "Za zaslugi pered Otechestvom"'') is a state decoration of the Russian Federation. It was instituted on 2 March 1994 by P ...

** 3rd class (25 January 2010) — for merits in lawmaking and the development of Russian parliamentarism ** 4th class (20 April 2006) — for active participation in lawmaking and many years of conscientious work * Order of Honour (10 December 2001) — for high achievements in production activities, a great contribution to the strengthening of friendship and cooperation between the nations and many years of conscientious workDecree of the President of the Russian Federation of 12/10/2001, No. 1420
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(26 August 2016) — for active legislative activity and many years of conscientious work * Two Orders of the Red Banner of Labour *

Order of the Badge of Honour The Order of the Badge of Honour (russian: орден «Знак Почёта», orden "Znak Pochyota") was a civilian award of the Soviet Union. It was established on 25 November 1935, and was conferred on citizens of the USSR for outstanding ...

* Order of the White Lotus of

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(2005) * Honored economist of the RSFSR (11 January 1985) * Certificate of honor of the Government of Russia (1999)

References

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