Ivan Fadeev (24 March 1906–21 October 1976) was a Soviet economist and politician who served as the

minister of finance A finance minister is an executive or cabinet position in charge of one or more of government finances, economic policy and financial regulation. A finance minister's portfolio has a large variety of names around the world, such as "treasury", " ...

of the

Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR or RSFSR ( rus, Российская Советская Федеративная Социалистическая Республика, Rossíyskaya Sovétskaya Federatívnaya Soci ...

(RSFSR) from September 1949 to March 1973.

Biography

Fadeev was born on 24 March 1906 in Gzhatsk, now Gagarin, in the Smolensk region. Until 1924 he was in the army. Then, he completed his undergraduate education at the Moscow Financial and Economic Institute in 1930. In 1937 he joined the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. He served there in several posts, including head of the national economy sector of the People's Commissariat of Finance of the

Yakut ASSR The Yakut Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (russian: Якутская Автономная Советская Социалистическая Республика, ''Yakutskaya Avtonomnaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika''; sah, С� ...

, and deputy of the People's Commissar of Finance of the Yakut ASSR. In October 1938 he began to work in the central office of the Ministry of Finance. From 1938 to 1941 he was the head of the budget department of the ministry. Between 1941 and 1942 he was the deputy at the ministry's department for state control. From September 1949 to March 1973, he served as the minister of finance. In addition, he was elected several times as a deputy to the

Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR The Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR (russian: Верховный Совет РСФСР, ''Verkhovny Sovet RSFSR''), later Supreme Soviet of the Russian Federation (russian: Верховный Совет Российской Федерации, ...

during his career. Fadeev retired from the office in 1973. Fadeev married Claudia Ivanovna Fadeeva (1905-1980) who was also an economist. He died in Moscow on 21 October 1976 and was buried there in

Novodevichy cemetery Novodevichy Cemetery ( rus, Новоде́вичье кла́дбище, Novodevichye kladbishche) is a cemetery in Moscow. It lies next to the southern wall of the 16th-century Novodevichy Convent, which is the city's third most popular touris ...

. He was the recipient of various awards, including the

Order of Lenin The Order of Lenin (russian: Орден Ленина, Orden Lenina, ), named after the leader of the Russian October Revolution, was established by the Central Executive Committee on April 6, 1930. The order was the highest civilian decoration ...

, the

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, the Red Banner of Labor and other medals.

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