Boris Belousov (politician)
Boris Belousov | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Defense Industry | |
| In office 17 July 1989 – 24 August 1991 | |
| Premier | Nikolai Ryzhkov |
| Preceded by | Pavel Finogenev |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| Minister of Machine Building | |
| In office 7 June 1987 – 17 July 1989 | |
| Premier | Nikolai Ryzhkov |
| Preceded by | Vjatsheslav Bakhirov |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Boris Mikhailovich Belousov 18 June 1934 Goryachy Klyuch, Krasnodar Krai, RSFSR, Soviet Union |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Political party | Communist Party |
| Alma mater | Taganrog Radio Technical Institute |
Boris Belousov (Russian: Борис Белоусов; born 18 June 1934) is a former Soviet politician who held different cabinet posts, including minister of defense industry.
Early life and education
[edit]Belousov was born in 1934.[1] He received a degree in electronic engineering from the Taganrog Radio Technical Institute.[1][2]
Career
[edit]Belousov was a member of the Communist Party.[1] He worked in Izhevsk in the field of general machine-building.[1] He served as the department head at the Udmur Obkom and director of the Izhevsk mechanical plant.[2]
In 1980 Belousov was appointed deputy minister of defense industry which he held until 1985.[2][3] Between 1985 and 1987 he served as the first deputy minister of defense industry.[2] In 1987 he was appointed the minister of machine building and served in the post until 1989.[2][4] Next he was appointed the minister of defense industry in July 1989 replacing Pavel Finogenev in the post and served in the cabinet led by Prime Minister Nikolai Ryzhkov.[4][5] Belousov's tenure as minister of defense industry ended in August 1991 when the ministry was also disestablished.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Soviet Union: Political Affairs" (PDF). JPRS: 4. 12 December 1989. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 March 2022.
- ^ a b c d e David Lane; Cameron Ross (March 1994). "Limitations of Party Control: The Government Bureaucracy in the USSR". Communist and Post-Communist Studies. 27 (1): 27. doi:10.1016/0967-067X(94)90028-0. JSTOR 45301884.
- ^ Thane Gustafson; Dawn Mann (July–August 1987). "Gorbachev's Next Gamble". Problems of Communism. XXXVI: 3-PA12.
- ^ a b c Peter Almquist (1990). Red Forge. Soviet Military Industry Since 1965. New York: Columbia University Press. pp. 139, 150. doi:10.7312/almq92558. ISBN 9780231925587.
- ^ "Soviet Deputies Reject 2d Cabinet Candidate". The New York Times. AP. 6 July 1989. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
- 20th-century Russian engineers
- 21st-century Russian engineers
- 1934 births
- Communist Party of the Soviet Union members
- Recipients of the Lenin Prize
- Living people
- People's commissars and ministers of the Soviet Union
- Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour
- Soviet engineers
- Tenth convocation members of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union