Nikolai Tikhonov

Nikolai Alexandrovich Tikhonov (Russian: Николай Александрович Тихонов; 14 May [O.S. 1 May] 1905 – 1 June 1997) was a Soviet politician during the Cold War. He was Chairman of the Council of Ministers from 1980 to 1985.^[1]

Nikolai Tikhonov
Николай Тихонов
9th Premier of the Soviet Union
In office 23 October 1980 – 27 September 1985
First Deputies	Ivan Arkhipov Heydar Aliyev Andrei Gromyko
Preceded by	Alexei Kosygin
Succeeded by	Nikolai Ryzhkov
First Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union
In office 2 September 1976 – 23 October 1980
Premier	Alexei Kosygin
Preceded by	Dmitry Polyansky
Succeeded by	Ivan Arkhipov
Full member of the 25th, 26th, 27th Politburo
In office 27 November 1979 – 15 October 1985
Candidate member of the 25th Politburo
In office 27 November 1978 – 27 November 1979
Personal details
Born	(1905-05-14)14 May 1905 Kharkiv, Kharkov Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	1 June 1997(1997-06-01) (aged 92) Moscow, Russia
Citizenship	Soviet and Russian
Nationality	Russian
Political party	Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1940-1989)
Alma mater	Dnipropetrovsk Metallurgical Institute
Profession	Metallurgists

References

1. "Soviet Union: And Then There Was One". Time. 3 November 1980. Archived from the original on 20 January 2011. Retrieved 21 January 2011.