Ivan Silayev

**Ivan Stepanovich Silayev** (; 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. 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.

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **name**: Ivan Silayev
- **image**: Иван Силаев (1991).jpg
- **nationality**: Soviet people, Soviet/Russians, Russian
- **office2**: Permanent Representative of Russia to the European Union, Permanent Representative of Russia to the European Community
- **term start2**: 18 December 1991
- **term end2**: 7 February 1994
- **predecessor2**: Lev Voronin
<small>(for the Soviet Union)</small>
- **successor2**: Vasily Likhachev
- **office**: 12th :en:Premier of the USSR, Premier of the Soviet Union
- **term start**: 24 August 1991
- **term end**: 26 December 1991
- **predecessor**: Valentin Pavlov
- **successor**: None (USSR Dissolved)
Boris Yeltsin (as Prime Minister of Russia)
- **office3**: List of leaders of the Russian SFSR, Chairman of the Government of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Council of Ministers – Government of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR
- **term start3**: 15 June 1990
- **term end3**: 26 September 1991
- **predecessor3**: Alexander Vlasov (politician), Alexander Vlasov
- **successor3**: Oleg Lobov
- **office4**: Deputy Premier of the Soviet Union, Deputy chairman of the Council of Ministers (Soviet Union), Council of Ministers
- **term start4**: 1 November 1985
- **term end4**: 2 July 1990
- **premier4**: Nikolai Ryzhkov
- **office5**: Ministry of Aviation Industry (Soviet Union), Minister of Aviation Industry
- **term start5**: 20 February 1981
- **term end5**: 1 November 1985
- **predecessor5**: Vasily Kazakov (politician), Vasily Kazakov
- **successor5**: Appolon Systov
- **premier5**: Nikolai Tikhonov
Nikolai Ryzhkov
- **office6**: Ministry of Machine-Tool and Tool Building Industry (Soviet Union), Minister of Machine-Tool and Tool Building Industry
- **term start6**: 19 December 1980
- **term end6**: 20 February 1981
- **predecessor6**: Anatoly Kostousov
- **successor6**: Boris Balmont
- **premier6**: Nikolai Tikhonov
- **office7**: Full member of the 26th Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, 26th, 27th Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, 27th, 28th Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, 28th Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Central Committee
- **term start7**: 3 March 1981
- **term end7**: 26 July 1991
- **birth place**: Voznesensky District, Baktyzino,  Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
- **death place**: Moscow, Russia
- **otherparty**: Agrarian Party of Russia
Ecological Movement "Cedar"
Communist Party of the Soviet Union