Ivan Dmitrievich Yakovlev (Russian: Иван Дмитриевич Яковлев; 5 January 1910 – 26 December 1999) was a Soviet politician who served as the First Secretary of the Novosibirsk Regional Committee of the CPSU from 18 January 1949 to 8 August 1955, and the First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Kazakh SSR from 6 March 1956 to 26 December 1957.
Ivan Yakovlev was born into a peasant family, in Tomsk Governorate, Russian Empire.
In 1949, he graduated from the Higher Party School under the Central Committee of the CPSU (Bolsheviks).
In 1930, arrived in Novosibirsk to help build the "Sibkombain" plant, edited a factory newspaper, served as secretary of the Komsomol committee, and worked in the party committee.
After serving in the Pacific Fleet, he returned to the plant’s party committee.