George Miterev

Georgy Andreyevich Miterev (; 23 April 1900 – 10 January 1977) was a Soviet scientist and politician who was the long-term minister of health in the period 1939–1947.

Early life and education Miterev was born in Barinovka, Buzuluksky Uyezd, Samara Oblast, on 23 April 1900. He attended the medical faculty of Samara University and graduated in 1925. Miterev succeeded Mikhail Boldyrev in the post. One of the major crises during the Miterev's tenure as the minister of health was the cholera outbreak which began in Leningrad in the summer of 1942. He assigned the microbiologist Zinaida Yermolyeva to organize the work of local doctors to reduce the cholera outbreak which produced desired outcomes. Then Miterev was interrogated about his function in the meeting and severely reprimanded by the honor court "for anti-state and anti-patriotic actions." While working there he got the title of professor in 1950. Next he was named the president of the executive committee of the Soviet Union Red Cross and Red Crescent Society in 1954. From 1958 he worked at the First Moscow Medical Institute as a faculty member.

Later years and death In June 1971 Miterev retired after serving as director of the state research sanitary institute. He died on 10 January 1977.

Awards Miterev received three Orders of Lenin, four Orders of the Red Banner of Labour, and an Order of the October Revolution. He was also the recipient of the Red Cross awards from various countries, including Poland, Denmark, Greece, Belgium and the United Kingdom.