Dimitri Venediktov

Dimitri Venediktov
Dimitri Venediktov
Дмитрий Венедиктов
Deputy Health Minister of the Soviet Union
	In office; 1965–1981
Minister	Boris Petrovsky; Sergei Burenkov
Leader	Leonid Brezhnev
Personal details
Born	Dimitri Dmitrievich Venediktov; June 8, 1929; Moscow, Soviet Union
Died	March 27, 2021 (aged 91); Moscow, Russia
Nationality	Russian
Political party	CPSU
Spouse	Maria Grigorievna Pavlova
Education	Medicine
Alma mater	First Moscow State Medical University
	Other offices held 1989–1991: People's Deputy of the Congress of People's Deputies of the Soviet Union ;

Dimitri Dmitrievich Venediktov (Russian: Дмитрий Дмитриевич Венедиктов; June 8, 1929 – March 27, 2021) was a Soviet and Russian politician who was the Deputy Health Minister of the USSR from 1965 to 1981 under Ministers of Health Boris Petrovsky and Sergei Burenkov.^[1] In this role, he was instrumental in the campaign to eradicate smallpox and supplying vaccines for the program ^[2] He was also involved in organizing the Conference of Alma-Ata which was foundational in the field of public health.^[3] He was elected to the Congress of People's Deputies of the Soviet Union from 1989 to its dissolution.^[1] He later served on the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, focusing on information storage in healthcare. Venediktov died in Moscow on March 27, 2021, at the age of 91.^[4]

Awards

^ ^a ^b ^c Дмитрий Венедиктов — Заведующий кафедрой медицинской информатики и управления при Президиуме РАМН — Кто есть Кто в медицине. Ktovmedicine.ru (2017). at <http://ktovmedicine.ru/people/dmitriy-venediktov.html>
^ Henderson, D. Smallpox. 101-103 (Prometheus Books, 2009) a.
^ WHO | Consensus during the Cold War: back to Alma-Ata. Who.int (2017). at <[1]>
^ "Ушел из жизни организатор здравоохранения Дмитрий Венедиктов". minzdrav.gov.ru. 30 March 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2024.

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