Oleg Anfimov Explained

Office:Minister of Electrical Equipment Industry
Premier:Nikolai Ryzhkov
Term Start:20 July 1986
Term End:24 August 1991
Successor:Office abolished
Birth Name:Oleg Grigoriyevich Anfimov
Birth Date:19 February 1937
Birth Place:Shakhty, Rostov Oblast, Soviet Union
Party:Communist Party
Alma Mater:Riga Polytechnical Institute
Nationality:Russian

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.

Biography

Anfimov 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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Олег Анфимов. ru. 1 March 2022 . Russians of Latvia. 15 August 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200815144111/https://www.russkije.lv/ru/lib/read/o-anfimov.html.
  2. Book: Axel Frey. Biographischer Index Rußlands und der Sowjetunion. K G Saur. 2005. 978-3-11-093336-9. de. Munich. 82.
  3. Soviet Union: Political Affairs. JPRS. 12 December 1989. 3.
  4. Book: Problems of Communism. United States Information Agency. 36. 1987. 0032-941X. 11.