Ivan Kazanets

Ivan Pavlovych Kazanets (; 12 October 1918 – 15 February 2013) was a Ukrainian, Russian, and Soviet politician who held several posts, including chairman of the council of ministers of the Ukrainian SSR and the Soviet minister of ferrous metallurgy.

Biography Ivan Kazanets was born on 12 October 1918 in Lotsmanska village in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, central Ukraine into a peasant family. In 1944, he also graduated from the Siberian Metallurgic Institute, which was located within Novokuznetsk of the Russian SFSR. He was the minister of ferrous metallurgy of the Soviet Union for almost 20 years. Simultaneously, he was a Deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR from its 4th to 10th convocations.

After 1985, he retired as a personal pensioner.

Awards During his public service, Ivan Kazanets received numerous civil and state awards and recognitions, including the Order of Lenin (in 1957, 1958, 1966, 1968 and 1971), the Order of the October Revolution (in 1978), and 20 medals, four of which are from foreign countries. In 1996, he became a meritorious metallurgist of the Russian Federation.