Jānis Peive | |
Birth Place: | Semyontsevo, Toropetsky Uyezd, Pskov Governorate, Russian Empire |
Death Place: | Moscow, Soviet Union |
Office: | Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Latvian SSR |
Term Start: | 27 November 1959 |
Term End: | 23 April 1962 |
Predecessor: | Vilis Lācis |
Successor: | Vitālijs Rubenis |
Office2: | Chairman of the Soviet of Nationalities of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR |
Term Start2: | 27 March 1958 |
Term End2: | 12 June 1966 |
Predecessor2: | Vilis Lācis |
Successor2: | Justas Paleckis |
Alma Mater: | Russian State Agrarian University - Moscow Timiryazev Agricultural Academy |
Awards: | Hero of Socialist Labour |
Jānis Peive (– 13 September 1976) was a Latvian communist politician who served as Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Latvian SSR from 1959 to 1962.[1] He was Chairman of the Soviet of Nationalities from 1958 to 1966.[2]