| Office: | First Deputy Prime Minister of the Council of Ministers |
| Premier: | Nikolai Ryzhkov |
| Term Start: | 27 July 1989 |
| Term End: | 31 August 1990 |
| Office2: | Minister of Agriculture |
| Premier2: | Nikolai Ryzhkov |
| Term Start2: | 28 May |
| Term End2: | 23 November 1985 |
| Predecessor2: | Vitaly Vorotnikov |
| Successor2: | Victor Nikonov |
| Birth Name: | Vladilen Valentinovich Nikitin |
| Birth Date: | 30 October 1936 |
| Birth Place: | Omsk, RSFSR, Soviet Union |
| Restingplace: | Vagankovo Cemetery, Moscow, Russia |
| Party: | Communist Party |
| Alma Mater: | Omsk Agricultural Institute Higher Party School |
| Nationality: | Russian |
Vladilen Valentinovich Nikitin (Russian: Владилен Валентинович Никитин; 30 October 1936 – 27 May 2021) was a Russian engineer and politician. He served as first deputy premier during the Gorbachev Era.
Nikitin was born in 1936.[1] He attended the Omsk Agricultural Institute and then the Higher Party School at the CPSU Central Committee and graduated with a degree in mechanical engineering.[1]
Nikitin worked as senior engineer until 1976 when he was appointed chairman of the Tyumen Oblast.[1] [2] In 1985, he became minister of agriculture and then first deputy chairman of the state agroindustrial committee, Gosagroprom.[1] He served as first deputy prime minister under Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev.[3] He was also appointed chairman of the state commission for food and purchasing, becoming the first executive of the body.[4] He was fired by Gorbachev on 31 August 1990 due to cigarette shortage which caused demonstrations in Moscow.[3]
He died on 27 May 2021, and was buried at the Vagankovo Cemetery.[5] [6]