Oleg Baklanov

Oleg Dmitriyevich Baklanov Олег Дмитриевич Бакланов
Minister of General Machine Building
In office 8 April 1983 – 25 march 1988
Premier	Nikolai Tikhonov, Nikolai Ryzhkov
Preceded by	Sergey Afanasyev
Succeeded by	Vitaly Doguzhiev
Full member of the 28th Politburo
In office 14 July 1990 – 29 August 1991
Secretary of the 28th Central Committee
In office 14 July 1990 – 29 August 1991
Member of the 27th Secretariat
In office 18 February 1988 – 14 July 1990
Personal details
Born	17 March 1932(1932-03-17) Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR
Nationality	USSR

Oleg Dmitriyevich Baklanov (Russian: Оле́г Дми́триевич Бакла́нов; born March 17, 1932) was a Soviet politician, high functionary in government and industry, and is now a scientist and businessman. As Minister of General Machine Building, he was responsible for Soviet space industry during the 80s.

Biography

He was member of the CPSU Central Committee (1988-1991) responsible for issues of state defense and one of the GKChP members during the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt. Baklanov worked in an instrument engineering factory in Kharkov, Ukraine, and later became chief of the factory. He was appointed as engineering industry minister of USSR in 1983 and Supreme Soviet deputy (1981–91). Included in the post-coup amnesty in 1994. Baklanov is the chairman of the board of governors at the Rosobshemash company.

Honours and awards

• Hero of Socialist Labour (1976)
• Order of Lenin (1976)
• Order of the October Revolution
• Order of the Red Banner of Labour, twice
• Order of the Badge of Honour (1960)
• Lenin Prize (1982)
• Chairman of the Society of Friendship and cooperation between the peoples of Ukraine and Russia
• Member of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Cosmonautics Tsiolkovsky
• International Academy of Information Technology
• Academician of the Academy of Security, Defence and Law Enforcement.