Vladilen Nikitin

Vladilen Nikitin
First Deputy Prime Minister of the Council of Ministers
In office
27 July 1989  31 August 1990
Premier Nikolai Ryzhkov
Minister of Agriculture
In office
28 May  23 November 1985
Premier Nikolai Ryzhkov
Preceded by Vitaly Vorotnikov
Succeeded by Victor Nikonov
Personal details
Born (1936-10-30) 30 October 1936
Nationality Russian
Political party Communist Party
Alma mater Omsk Agricultural Institute
Higher Party School

Vladilen Nikitin (Russian: Владилен Никитин; born 30 October 1936) is a Russian engineer and politician. He served as first deputy premier during the Gorbachev Era.

Early life and education

Nikitin was born in 1936.[1] He attended the Omsk Agricultural Institute and then the Higher Party School at the CPSU Central Committee and graduated with a degree in mechanical engineering.[1]

Career

Nikitin worked as senior engineer until 1976 when he was appointed chairman of the Tyumen Oblast.[1][2] In 1985, he became minister of agriculture in 1985 and then first deputy chairman of the state agroindustrial committee, Gosagroprom.[1][3] He served as first deputy prime minister under the Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev.[4] He was also appointed chairman of the state commission for food and purchasing, becoming the first executive of the body.[3] He was fired by Gorbachev on 31 August 1990 due to cigarette shortage which caused demonstrations in Moscow.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Soviet Union". JPRS Report. 12 December 1989. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
  2. "Russia - Provincie Oblast". Portal Estoria. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
  3. 1 2 Eugene Huskey (1992). Executive Power and Soviet Politics: The Rise and Decline of the Soviet State. Armonk, NY: M. E. Sharpe. p. 168. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
  4. 1 2 "Gorbachev Dismisses One of His Top Aides In Cigarette Shortage". The New York Times. Reuters. 31 August 1990. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
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