| Native Name: | Дмитрий Петрович Пожидаев |
| Native Name Lang: | Russian |
| Office: | Ambassador of the Soviet Union to Burundi |
| Office1: | Ambassador of the Soviet Union to the United Arab Republic |
| Predecessor1: | Vladimir Yerofeyev |
| Predecessor2: | None |
| Birth Name: | Dmitri Petrovich Pozhidaev |
| Birth Date: | 1913 |
| Death Date: | 1989 |
| Death Place: | Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Awards: | Order of the Badge of Honour (2) Order of the Red Banner of Labour Order of the Red Star |
Dmitri Petrovich Pozhidaev (Russian: Дмитрий Петрович Пожидаев, 1913 – 1989) was a Soviet diplomat who served as ambassador to Egypt during the Six-Day War in 1967. According to one work on the Six-Day War, Pozhidaev was believed by officials in the United States to have "contributed to the rising tensions", with one official referring to him as "one big trouble-maker".[1] In August 1967, shortly after the Six Day War, he was removed as ambassador to Egypt and transferred to an unspecified post.[2]
As Soviet archives for the period remain closed the details of his role are not clear.[3]