Oleg Anfimov (Олег Анфимов; 19 February 1937 – 9 July 2019) was a Soviet engineer and politician who was the minister of electrical equipment industry of the Soviet Union between 1986 and 1991.
Oleg Anfimov | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Electrical Equipment Industry | |
| In office 20 July 1986 – 24 August 1991 | |
| Premier | Nikolai Ryzhkov |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Oleg Grigoriyevich Anfimov 19 February 1937 Shakhty, Rostov Oblast, Soviet Union |
| Died | 9 July 2019 (aged 82) |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Political party | Communist Party |
| Alma mater | Riga Polytechnical Institute |
Biography
editAnfimov was born in Shakhty on 19 February 1937.[1][2] He was a graduate of the Riga Polytechnical Institute where he obtained a degree in electromechanical engineering.[3] He was a member of the Communist Party.[3] He served in different posts in the party, including the Riga Gorkom Party secretary and secretary of the central committee of the Communist Party of Latvia.[3][4] He was general director of Riga electro-machinery works from 1981 to 1983.[1] He served as the minister of electrical equipment industry between 20 July 1986 and 24 August 1991.[1] In the period 1986–1989 Anfimov was a deputy at the Supreme Soviet.[1]
In November 1991 Anfimov was appointed president of a state-owned corporation.[1] Then he was made a member of the coordinating council of the Russian Union of Mechanical Engineers.[1] He also served as a member of the advisory council of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation.[1]
Anfimov died on 9 July 2019.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h "Олег Анфимов" (in Russian). Russians of Latvia. Archived from the original on 15 August 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
- ^ Axel Frey (2005). Biographischer Index Rußlands und der Sowjetunion (in German). Munich: K G Saur. p. 82. ISBN 978-3-11-093336-9.
- ^ a b c "Soviet Union: Political Affairs" (PDF). JPRS: 3. 12 December 1989.
- ^ Problems of Communism. United States Information Agency. 1987. p. 11. ISSN 0032-941X.