Yuri Dmitriyevich Maslyukov (Russian

Russian language

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: Юрий Дмитриевич Маслюков; 30 September 1937 – 1 April 2010) was a Russian

Russians

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 politician

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 who was in charge of the Gosplan

Gosplan

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 for three years preceding the demise of the Soviet Union.

Early life

Yuri Maslyukov was born on 30 September 1937 in the Leninabad

Khujand

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 in Tajik SSR

Tajik SSR

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. He graduated from the Leningrad Mechanical Institute.

Political career

Maslyukov served several positions within both the Soviet Union

Soviet Union

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 and the Russian Federation. Within the CPSU, he was candidate member of the Central Committee's Politburo

Politburo

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 in 1988-1989 and full member from September 20, 1989 to July 14, 1990. Prior to the collapse of the Soviet Union, he held several high ranking positions with the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, including the post of First Deputy Defense Industry Minister of the Soviet Union. Then he joined the Communist Party of Russia

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 (CPRF).

Maslyukov was the only Communist member of the Russian Cabinet under Boris Yeltsin

Boris Yeltsin

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, serving as First Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation in the wake of the 1998 Russian financial crisis. He ultimately served as a member of the Committee on Budget Issues and Taxes of the State Duma

State Duma

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, until his death on 1 April 2010.