The Ministry of the Gas Industry (Mingazprom; russian: Министерство газовой промышленности СССР) was a
government ministry
Ministry or department (also less commonly used secretariat, office, or directorate) are designations used by first-level executive bodies in the machinery of governments that manage a specific sector of public administration." Энцикло ...
in the
Soviet Union responsible for the Soviet oil industry and related sectors.
It was created in 1957 as the Main Administration for the Gas Industry; renamed State Production Committee for the Gas Industry in 1963. It received its ministerial title in 1965.
In 1989
Gazprom
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was established as a successor to the ministry. After the
collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, assets outside of Russia were transferred to national companies such as
Ukrgazprom
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Turkmengazprom.
List of ministers
''Source'':
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Aleksei Kortunov (2.10.1965 - 20.9.1972)
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Sabit Orujov (20.9.1972 - 10.5.1981)
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Vasili Dinkov (10.5.1981 - 13.2.1985)
*
Viktor Chernomyrdin (13.2.1985 - 17.7.1989)
References
Gas Industry
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