Joseph Kuzmin

Iosif Iosifovich Kuzmin (Russian: Ио́сиф Ио́сифович Кузьми́н; 19 May [O.S. 1 June] 1910 – 12 January 1996) was a Soviet-Russian statesman who was First Deputy of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union from 1957 to 1958 and Chairman of the State Planning Committee from 1957 to 1959.^[1]

Iosif Kuzmin
Иосиф Кузьмин
Chairman of the State Planning Committee
In office 10 May 1957 – 20 March 1959
Premier	Nikita Khrushchev
Preceded by	Nikolai Baibakov
Succeeded by	Alexei Kosygin
First Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union
In office 3 May 1957 – 31 March 1958
Premier	Nikita Khrushchev
Preceded by	Maksim Saburov
Succeeded by	Frol Kozlov
Personal details
Born	(1910-05-19)19 May 1910 Astrakhan, Imperial Russia
Died	12 January 1996(1996-01-12) (aged 85) Moscow, Russian Federation
Nationality	Russian (1905–1996), Soviet (1918–1991), Russian
Political party	Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1930–1961)

Kuzmin was awarded the Order of Lenin, Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class, Order of the Red Star and the Order of the Badge of Honour.