Yevgeniy Chazov

Yevgeniy Ivanovich Chazov (Russian: Евгений Иванович Чазов; 10 June 1929 – 12 November 2021) was a Russian physician and politician. He was the Chief of the Fourth Directorate of the Ministry of Health of the USSR between 1987 until 1990.

Yevgeniy Chazov Евгений Чазов
Chazov in 2014
Minister of Health
In office 17 February 1987 – 29 March 1990
Premier	Nikolai Ryzhkov
Preceded by	Sergei Burenkov
Succeeded by	Igor Denisov
Personal details
Born	10 June 1929[1][2] Nizhny Novgorod, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union[1]
Died	12 November 2021 (aged 92) Moscow, Russia
Nationality	Soviet/Russian
Political party	Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Awards	Order of Lenin (1969, 1976, 1978, 1981) USSR State Prize (1975)[1] Hero of Socialist Labour (1978) Lenin Prize (1982)[3] Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" (2004, 2009, 2014, 2019)

Chazov died on 12 November 2021 in Moscow, Russia at the age of 92.^[3]