Boris Gostev
- August 10, 2015
- 87 years
About Boris Gostev
Boris Gostev, 87, Russian politician, Minister of Finance of the Soviet Union (1985–1989).
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|Boris Ivanovich Gostev (Russian: Борис Иванович Гостев; 15 September 1927 – 10 August 2015) was a Soviet engineer, economist and politician.
Biography
Gostev was born in 1927. He served an as aide to Prime Minister Nikolai Ryzhkov. He was a deputy under Ryzhkov in the economic department of the Communist Party Central Committee. Gostev was appointed minister of finance on 14 December 1985, replacing long-term finance minister Vasily Garbuzov in the post. Gostev's term ended on 17 July 1989. He died in 2015.
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