Semyon Zakharovich Ginzburg

Semyon Ginzburg
Семён Гинзбург
Minister of the Construction Materials Industry of the USSR
In office
11 March 1947 – 29 May 1950
Preceded byLazar Kaganovich
Succeeded byPavel Yudin
Minister of Construction of Military and Naval Enterprises of the USSR
In office
19 March 1946 – 14 June 1947
Preceded byhimself
Succeeded byNikolai Dygai
People's Commissar for the Construction of Military and Naval Enterprises of the USSR
In office
19 January 1946 – 15 March 1946
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byhimself
People's Commissar for Construction of the USSR
In office
16 June 1939 – 19 January 1946
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Personal details
Born(1897-11-04)4 November 1897
Died15 May 1993(1993-05-15) (aged 95)
Resting placeNovodevichy Cemetery
PartyCPSU
Alma materMoscow Higher Technical School
AwardsOrder of Lenin
Order of the Red Banner of Labour
Order of the Red Star

Semyon Zakharovich Ginzburg (Russian: Семён Захарович Гинзбург; 4 November 1897–15 May 1993) was a Soviet politician and the first People's Commissar for Construction of the USSR. He was a member of the 7th Central Executive Committee of the USSR and a deputy of the 1st and 2nd convocations of the Supreme Soviets of the USSR. He was also a member of the Central Control Commission of the CPSU (1930–1934). He was an Honored Builder of the RSFSR (1966). He was an Associate Professor (1927) and a full member of the USSR Academy of Construction and Architecture (1957).