| Vladimir Gusev | |
| Native Name Lang: | ru |
| Office: | Senator from Saratov Oblast |
| Term Start: | 28 April 2010 |
| Term End: | 24 April 2012 |
| Predecessor: | Sergei Shuvalov |
| Successor: | Lyudmila Bokova |
| Office1: | Senator from Ivanovo Oblast |
| Term Start1: | 25 January 2001 |
| Term End1: | 28 April 2010 |
| Predecessor1: | Vladislav Tikhomirov |
| Successor1: | Yury Yablokov |
| Office2: | Member of the State Duma |
| Term Start2: | 11 January 1994 |
| Term End2: | 18 January 2000 |
| Parliamentarygroup2: | LDPR |
| Office3: | Deputy Premier of the Soviet Union |
| Term Start3: | 20 June 1986 |
| Term End3: | 26 December 1990 |
| Premier3: | Nikolay Ryzhkov |
| Office4: | First Deputy Premier of the RSFSR |
| Term Start4: | 11 April 1985 |
| Term End4: | 20 June 1986 |
| Premier4: | Vitaly Vorotnikov |
| Birth Date: | 19 April 1932 |
| Birth Place: | Saratov, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Death Place: | Saratov, Russia |
Vladimir Kuzmich Gusev (ru|Владимир Кузьмич Гусев, 19 April 1932 – 29 August 2022) was a Russian and Soviet politician.
Vladimir Gusev was born on 19 April 1932, in Saratov. In 1957, he graduated from the chemical faculty of the Saratov State University as a chemist-technologist. From 1959 to 1975 he worked at the Engels chemical fiber plant, reaching the post of director. In 1975 Gusev became first secretary of the Engels city committee of the CPSU and in fact head of the city. The next year he was appointed first secretary of the Saratov regional Party committee, a position he held to 1985.[1]
In 1985–86, Gusev was the first deputy premier of the Soviet Russia in the cabinet of Vitaly Vorotnikov. Until the end of 1990 he was deputy premier of the USSR, Chairman of the bureau for the chemical industry and forestry.[1] In 1986, he took part in the liquidation of the consequences of the Chernobyl disaster as chairman of the state commission.[2]
In December 1993, he was elected to the 1st State Duma by the Liberal Democratic Party list. He was the chairman of the Committee for industry, construction, transport and energy. From 2001 to 2010, Gusev represented Ivanovo Oblast in the Federation Council.[3] From 2010 to 2012, he was senator from his home region, Saratov Oblast.[4] Doctor of Technical Sciences.