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Vitaly Doguzhiyev
Vitaly Doguzhiyev
Виталий Догужиев
Premier of the Soviet Union; Acting
	In office; 19 August – 28 August 1991
President	Mikhail Gorbachev
Preceded by	Valentin Pavlov
Succeeded by	Ivan Silayev
First Deputy Premier of the Soviet Union
	In office; 15 January 1991 – 26 November 1991
Premier	Valentin Pavlov; Ivan Silayev
Preceded by	Vladilen Niktin
Succeeded by	Post abolished
Personal details
Born	25 December 1935; Yenakiyevo, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Died	3 October 2016 (aged 80); Moscow, Russia
Nationality	Soviet/Russian
Political party	Communist Party of the Soviet Union

Vitaly Husseynovich Doguzhiyev (Russian: Виталий Хуссейнович Догужиев; 25 December 1935 – 3 October 2016) was a Soviet official appointed as the First Deputy Prime Minister of the Cabinet of Ministers in 1991. Together with Vladimir Velichko, he was the last official on this position before the dissolution of the Soviet Union.

Life and career

He graduated from the Dnipropetrovsk University in 1958.

During the events of 19-22 August 1991, due to the illness of the USSR Prime Minister Valentin Pavlov, Doguzhiev was temporarily assigned the duties of the head of government.^[1]^[2] On 28 August the functions of the government of the Soviet Union were entrusted to the Committee on the Operational Management of the Soviet economy (COMSE) led by Ivan Silayev.