Yevgeny Smirnov (politician)

Yevgeny Smirnov
Евгений Смирнов
Prime Minister of Khakassia
In office
5 February 1992 – 8 January 1997
Succeeded byAleksey Lebed
Minister of Energy of the Soviet Union
In office
1961–1982
Personal details
BornYevgeny Aleksandrovich Smirnov
(1937-11-15) 15 November 1937[1]
PartyCommunist Party of the Russian Federation
Other political
affiliations
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Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Smirnov (Russian: Евгений Александрович Смирнов; born on 15 November 1937), is a Russian politician who served as Prime Minister of Khakassia from 1992 to 1997. He was also the Minister of Energy from 1961 to 1982.

Biography

Yevgeny Smirnov was born on 15 November 1937, in Raiki, Porkhovsky district, Leningrad Oblast (present day Pskov Oblast).[2]

After graduating from the Kharkov Polytechnic Institute in 1960, he was sent to the Novo-Kramatorsk Machine-Building Plant as a design engineer.[2]

In 1961, he was seconded to a unit of the USSR Ministry of Energy and Electrification and sent to the construction of the Bratsk Hydroelectric Power Station. He worked in the USSR Ministry of Energy from 1961 to 1982 on the construction of the Bratsk, Krasnoyarsk and Sayano-Shushensk hydroelectric power stations.[2]

In 1980, he was elected secretary of the party committee of the Krasnoyarskgesstroy management, then secretary of the Sayanogorsk CPSU Civil Committee, and in 1985 transferred to head of the construction department of the Khakass regional committee of the CPSU. From 1988 to February 1992, he worked in the Khakass Regional Executive Committee.[2]

On 6 February 1992, Smirnov was appointed Prime Minister of Khakassia[3]

On 3 December 1996, Smirnov ran and lost reelection to Aleksey Lebed.[4] He left office on 8 January 1997.

Since 1998, he was the chairman of the Federation of Trade Unions of the Republic of Khakassia.

References

  1. ^ "Смирнов Евгений Александрович". Совет Федерации Федерального Собрания Российской Федерации (in Russian). Retrieved 2025-11-29.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Смирнов Евгений Александрович". fprh.ru. Archived from the original on 2020-09-21. Retrieved 2025-11-29.
  3. ^ "Сводка оперативной информации "россия"" [Summary of operational information "Russia"] (PDF). ruarxive.org (in Russian).
  4. ^ "Губернские выборы: Лебедь-младший". www.kommersant.ru (in Russian). 1996-12-03. Retrieved 2025-11-29.