| Dimitri Venediktov | |
| Native Name: | Дмитрий Венедиктов |
| Deputy Health Minister of the Soviet Union | |
| Term Start: | 1965 |
| Term End: | 1981 |
| Leader: | Leonid Brezhnev |
| Minister: | Boris Petrovsky Sergei Burenkov |
| Party: | CPSU |
| Birthname: | Dimitri Dmitrievich Venediktov |
| Birth Date: | 8 June 1929 |
| Birth Place: | Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Death Place: | Moscow, Russia |
| Nationality: | Russian |
| Spouse: | Maria Grigorievna Pavlova |
| Alma Mater: | First Moscow State Medical University |
| Education: | Medicine |
Dimitri Dmitrievich Venediktov (Russian: Дмитрий Дмитриевич Венедиктов; June 8, 1929 – March 27, 2021) was a Soviet and Russian politician who was the Deputy Health Minister of the USSR from 1965 to 1981 under Ministers of Health Boris Petrovsky and Sergei Burenkov.[1] In this role, he was instrumental in the campaign to eradicate smallpox and supplying vaccines for the program [2] He was also involved in organizing the Conference of Alma-Ata which was foundational in the field of public health.[3] He was elected to the Congress of People's Deputies of the Soviet Union from 1989 to its dissolution.[1] He later served on the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, focusing on information storage in healthcare. Venediktov died in Moscow on March 27, 2021, at the age of 91.[4]
Venediktov received two Orders of the Red Banner of Labour and one Order of the Badge of Honour amongst other awards.[1]