Ivan Stepanovich Silayev (Russian: Ива́н Степа́нович Сила́ев; 21 October 1930 — 8 February 2023) was a Soviet politician. He became a Russian politician following the dissolution of the Soviet Union. He served as Premier of the Soviet Union through the offices of chairman of the Interstate Economic Committee and chairman of the Committee on the Operational Management of the Soviet economy from 6 September to 26 December 1991.
On 18 December 1991 Silayev became the Permanent Representative of Russia to the European Community in Brussels.
On 26 September 2002 Silayev became Chairman of the Russian Union of Mechanical Engineers. His wife died on 18 March 2006.[1] During the 2007 legislative election Silayev ran as a candidate for the Agrarian Party, but failed to get elected.
Silayev died on 8 February 2023, at the age of 92.[2]
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