Albert Rachkov

{{Short description|Soviet-Russian politician (1927–2023)}}

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| birth_name = Albert Ivanovich Rachkov

| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1927|6|22}}

| birth_place = Stavropol, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union

| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2023|1|5|1927|6|22}}

| death_place = Moscow, Russia

| nationality = Russian

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| occupation = Diplomat

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| education = {{ill|Azovo-Chernomorsk Engineering Institute|ru|Азово-Черноморский инженерный институт}}

| party = CPSU

| office = Second Secretary of the Communist Party of Turkmenistan

| term_start = 20 December 1980

| term_end = 26 July 1986

| predecessor = {{ill|Viktor Pereudin|ru|Переудин, Виктор Михайлович}}

| successor = {{ill|Sergey Nesterenko|ru|Нестеренко, Сергей Михайлович}}

| office2 = Ambassador of the Soviet Union to South Yemen

| term_start2 = 15 July 1986

| term_end2 = 9 August 1990

| predecessor2 = {{ill|Vladislav Zhukov|ru|Жуков, Владислав Петрович}}

| successor2 = position abolished

| native_name_lang = ru

| native_name = {{nobold|Альберт Рачков}}

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Albert Ivanovich Rachkov ({{langx|ru|Альбе́рт Ива́нович Рачко́в}}; 22 June 1927 – 5 January 2023) was a Soviet and Russian diplomat and politician. He served as the second secretary of the Communist Party of Turkmenistan from 1980 to 1986.{{cite web|url=http://www.knowbysight.info/1_SSSR/07797.asp|title=Депутаты Верховного Совета СССР XI-го созыва 1984 - 1989|work=knowbysight.info|language=Russian}}

Rachkov died in Moscow on 5 January 2023, at the age of 95.{{cite news |last= |first= |date=6 January 2023|title=О кончине А.И.Рачкова|trans-title= |url=https://www.mid.ru/ru/activity/shots/vnutrivedomstvennye_novosti/nekrologi_pamyati_kolleg/1846371/|language=Russian|work=Ministry of Foreign Affairs|location= |access-date=10 January 2023}}