Alexander Mikhailovich Puzanov (Russian: Александр Михайлович Пузанов; 25 October [O.S.

12 October] 1906[1] – 1 March 1998) was a Soviet and Russian statesman who was from 1952 to 1956 the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Russian SFSR, literally meaning Premier or Prime Minister.

Puzanov also had a diplomatic career.

He served as the Ambassador of the Soviet Union to North Korea from 1957 to 1962,[2] to Yugoslavia from 1962 to 1967, to Bulgaria from 1967 to 1972 and to Afghanistan from 1972 to 1979.