Aleksandr Vlasov (Russian: Александр Владимирович Власов; 20 January 1932 – 9 June 2002) was a Soviet politician, who held different cabinet posts, including interior minister and prime minister.
He was the last communist prime minister of Russia,[1] and a close ally of Mikhail Gorbachev.
[4] Vlasov began to work at the central committee of the Communist Party in Moscow from 1972.
[8] In January 1986, Vlasov was appointed interior minister, replacing Vitaly Fedorchuk in the post.
[14] Vlasov was elected as prime minister of the Russian Republic by the Supreme Soviet on 3 October 1988.