Sergei Kurashov

{{Short description|Soviet politician (1910–1965)}}

{{infobox officeholder

| name = Sergei Kurashov

| office = Minister of Health of the Soviet Union

| premier = Nikita Khrushchev
Alexei Kosygin

| term_start = 12 January 1959

| term_end = 27 August 1965

| predecessor1 = Maria Kovrigina

| successor1 = Boris Petrovsky

| birth_name = Sergei Vladimirovich Kurashov

| birth_place = Tambov, Russian Empire

| birth_date = {{birth date|1910|10|1|df=y}}

| death_date = {{death date and age|1965|8|27|1910|10|1|df=y}}

| resting_place = Kremlin Wall Necropolis, Moscow

| nationality = Soviet

| death_place = Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union

| native_name = {{nobold|Сергей Курашов}}

| native_name_lang = ru

}}

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Sergei Kurashov ({{langx|ru|Серге́й Влади́мирович Курашов}}; {{OldStyleDate|1 October|1910|18 September}} – 27 August 1965) was the minister of public health of the USSR from 1959 until his death in 1965. The medical institute in Kazan is named for him. He served as the president of the World Health Organization's World Health Assembly in 1962.Annexes. Annex 2. "[https://web.archive.org/web/20030319111933/http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/14564_annexes.pdf World Health Assemblies, 1958-1967. Presidents, Vice-Presidents and Chairmen of Main Committees: The Second Ten Years.]" World Health Organization, Geneva. Page 320.

His ashes were buried at the Kremlin Wall Necropolis.