About Dimitri Venediktov
Lived 1929 – 2021 (aged 91). Dimitri Venediktov was a Russian physician and politician.
Dimitri Dmitrievich Venediktov (; 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. In this role, he was instrumental in the campaign to eradicate smallpox and supplying vaccines for the program He was also involved in organizing the Conference of Alma-Ata which was foundational in the field of public health. He was elected to the Congress of People's Deputies of the Soviet Union from 1989 to its dissolution.
Awards Venediktov received two Orders of the Red Banner of Labour and one Order of the Badge of Honour amongst other awards.
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soviet and Russian politician (1929–2021)
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Dimitri Venediktov was born on 8 June 1929 in Moscow.
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Dimitri Venediktov died on 27 March 2021 in Moscow.
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Dimitri Venediktov was a physician and politician.
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Dimitri Venediktov was Russian.
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