Ivan Dmitrievich Yakovlev (; 5 January 1910 – 26 December 1999) was a Soviet politician who served as the First Secretary of the Novosibirsk Regional Committee of the CPSU from 18 January 1949 to 8 August 1955, and the First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Kazakh SSR from 6 March 1956 to 26 December 1957.
Biography.
Ivan Yakovlev was born into a peasant family, in Tomsk Governorate, Russian Empire. He was the member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Bolsheviks) since 1928. In 1949, he graduated from the Higher Party School under the Central Committee of the CPSU (Bolsheviks). He worked at the Pospelikhinsky District Committee of the Komsomol.
In 1930, arrived in Novosibirsk to help build the "Sibkombain" plant, edited a factory newspaper, served as secretary of the Komsomol committee, and worked in the party committee. After serving in the Pacific Fleet, he returned to the plant’s party committee.
Since 1930, he held various Soviet and party positions:
Later, he held senior party and government positions:
He was the member of the CPSU Central Committee from 1952 to 1961. Deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR for the 3rd to 5th convocations. He retired in 1973. He died on 5 January 1910, and was buried in Moscow at the Kuntsevo Cemetery.