Oleg Baklanov

Oleg Baklanov
Олег Бакланов
Baklanov in 2018
Minister of General Machine Building
In office
8 April 1983  25 March 1988
PremierNikolai Tikhonov, Nikolai Ryzhkov
Preceded bySergey Afanasyev
Succeeded byVitaly Doguzhiyev
Full member of the 28th Politburo
In office
14 July 1990  29 August 1991
Secretary of the 28th Central Committee
In office
18 February 1988  25 April 1991
Member of the 27th Secretariat
In office
18 February 1988  14 July 1990
Personal details
Born(1932-03-17)17 March 1932
Kharkov, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
(now Kharkiv, Ukraine)
Died28 July 2021(2021-07-28) (aged 89)
Moscow, Russia
Resting placeFederal Military Memorial Cemetery
NationalitySoviet
Political partyCommunist Party of the Soviet Union
SpouseLilia Fedorovna Baklanova
Alma materMIREA – Russian Technological University

Oleg Dmitriyevich Baklanov (Russian: Олег Дмитриевич Бакланов, Ukrainian: Олег Дмитрович Бакланов; 17 March 1932 – 28 July 2021) was a Soviet politician, and high functionary in government and industry. He was a scientist and businessman. As Minister of General Machine Building, he was responsible for the Soviet space industry during the 1980s.