The Ministry of Medical Industry (Minmedprom; russian: Министерство медицинской промышленности СССР) was a

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in the Soviet Union.

History

The Ministry of Medical Industry USSR existed from 14 June 1946 to 1 March 1948. The law which established it stated that it was to be "formed on a basis of enterprises of the chemical-pharmaceutical industry, the medical instrument industry, and the prosthetic industry of the Ministry of Health USSR, the union-republic ministries of health, and the union-republic ministries of social security." Enterprises and organizations were transferred to it "according to a list confirmed by the Council of Ministers USSR."

List of ministers

''Source'': * Andrei Tretjakov (14.6.1946 - 1.3.1948) * Pjotr Gusenko (25.4.1967 - 28.1.1975) * Afanasi Melnitshenko (23.5.1975 - 22.11.1985) * Valeri Bykov (22.11.1985 - 24.8.1991)

References

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