Vasily Garbuzov

Vasily Garbuzov
Василий Гарбузов
Garbuzov in 1960
Minister of Finance of the USSR
In office
16 May 1960  12 November 1985
PremierNikita Khrushchev (until 1964)
Alexei Kosygin (until 1980)
Nikolai Tikhonov (until 1985)
Nikolai Ryzhkov
Preceded byArseny Zverev
Succeeded byBoris Gostev
Personal details
Born(1911-06-20)20 June 1911
Belgorod, Belgorod Oblast, Imperial Russia
Died12 November 1985(1985-11-12) (aged 74)
Moscow, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Political partyCommunist Party of the Soviet Union (1938-1985)
EducationKharkiv Financial and Economic Institute
ProfessionEconomist

Vasily Fyodorovich Garbuzov (Russian: Василий Федорович Гарбузов; 20 June 1911 – 12 November 1985) was a Soviet economist and politician. He served as Minister of Finance from 1960 until his death in November 1985. Along with other Soviet economists such as Lev Gatovsky, Garbuzov played a role in the formulation of the 1965 Soviet Economic Reform.