Vitaly Husseynovich Doguzhiyev (Russian: Виталий Хуссейнович Догужиев; 25 December 1935 – 3 October 2016) was a Soviet official appointed as the First Deputy Prime Minister of the Cabinet of Ministers in 1991. Together with Vladimir Velichko, he was the last official on this position before the dissolution of the Soviet Union.

Vitaly Doguzhiyev
Виталий Догужиев
Premier of the Soviet Union
Acting
In office
19 August – 28 August 1991
PresidentMikhail Gorbachev
Preceded byValentin Pavlov
Succeeded byIvan Silayev
First Deputy Premier of the Soviet Union
In office
15 January 1991 – 26 November 1991
PremierValentin Pavlov
Ivan Silayev
Preceded byVladilen Niktin
Succeeded byPost abolished
Personal details
Born(1935-12-25)25 December 1935
Yenakiyevo, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Died3 October 2016(2016-10-03) (aged 80)
Moscow, Russia
NationalitySoviet/Russian
Political partyCommunist Party of the Soviet Union

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He graduated from the Dnipropetrovsk University in 1958.

During the events of 19-22 August 1991, due to the illness of the USSR Prime Minister Valentin Pavlov, Doguzhiev was temporarily assigned the duties of the head of government.[1][2] On 28 August the functions of the government of the Soviet Union were entrusted to the Committee on the Operational Management of the Soviet economy (COMSE) led by Ivan Silayev.

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