bᵻfˌoːɹ bᵻkˈʌmɪŋ mˈɪnɪstɚɹ ʌv fˈaɪnæns, ɡˈɑːɹbjuːzˌɑːv wʌzðə tʃˈɛɹmən ʌvðə stˈeɪt plˈænɪŋ kəmˈɪɾi ʌvðə juːkɹˈeɪniən sˈoʊviət sˈoʊʃəlˌɪst ɹᵻpˈʌblɪk fɹʌm nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈɪfti tə nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈɪfti tˈuː, ænd ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈɪfti tˈuː, bɪkˌeɪm ɐ dˈɛpjuːɾi, ænd ɪnðə fˈɑːloʊɪŋ jˈɪɹ, ðə fˈɜːst dˈɛpjuːɾi mˈɪnɪstɚɹ ʌv fˈaɪnæns.
Before becoming Minister of Finance, Garbuzov was the Chairman of the State Planning Committee of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic from 1950 to 1952, and in 1952, became a deputy, and in the following year, the First Deputy Minister of Finance.