Anatoliy Blashku

Anatoliy Ivanovich Blashku (Russian: Анатолий Иванович Блашку; 16 November 1944 – 20 March 2021) was a Transnistrian politician who served as the Minister of Industry of Transnistria from 2001 to 2007.

Anatoliy Blashku
Анатолий Блашку
Personal details
Born	(1944-11-16)16 November 1944 Biruința, MSSR, USSR
Died	20 March 2021(2021-03-20) (aged 76)
Alma mater	Shevchenko Transnistria State University A.Ioffe's Institute of Physics and Technology

Biography

Blashku was born on 15 November 1944 in the village Biruința of Sîngerei District of MSSR.

Education

• 1965 graduated from Shevchenko Transnistria State University • 1972 graduated the PhD studies at the Leningrad Ioffe Institute

Career

• January 1967 - November 1969, assistant at the Department of General Physics of the Tiraspol Pedagogical Institute.
• 1969 - 1973 – the Research Fellowt, then, the Junior Researcher at the Institute of Applied Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the MSSR.
• from October 1973, worked at the "Moldavizolit" Enterprize, started as the head of the central Enterprise laboratory and then, became the Director of the Enterprise.
• In 1986–1990, deputy at the Tiraspol City Council of People's Deputies.
• February 1997, appointed as the deputy chairman of the PMR government.
• From September 2000 to January 2007 - Minister of Industry of Transnistria.
• 2007 - 2011, the assistant of the President of the PMR in industry.

The author of 35 works in the field of physics, the owner of 25 copyright certificates.

Awards and prizes

Awards

• Order of Labor Glory
• Order of Honor
• Medal "For Labor Valor"
• Diploma of the President of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic

Prizes

• The prizewinner of the State Prize in Science and Technology of the MSSR.
• Twice prizewinner of the State Prize of the USSR Council of Ministers.

He died on 20 March 2021, in Tiraspol.

Family

Blashku was married and had two daughters.