Oleg Anfimov

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]