Boris Belousov (born 18 June 1934) is a former

Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...

politician who held different cabinet posts, including minister of defense industry.

Early life and education

Belousov was born in 1934. He received a degree in electronic engineering from the Taganrog Radio Technical Institute.

Career

Belousov was a member of the Communist Party. He worked in

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in the field of general machine-building. He served as the department head at the Udmur Obkom and director of the

Izhevsk mechanical plant Izhevsk Mechanical Plant (russian: Ижевский Механический Завод, ''Izhevsky Mekhanicheskiy Zavod'') or IZHMEKH (ИЖМЕХ) was a major firearms manufacturer founded in Izhevsk in 1942 for manufacturing small arms. Histo ...

. In 1980 Belousov was appointed deputy minister of defense industry which he held until 1985. Between 1985 and 1987 he served as the first deputy minister of defense industry. In 1987 he was appointed the minister of machine building and served in the post until 1989. 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

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Nikolai Ryzhkov Nikolai Ivanovich Ryzhkov ( uk, Микола Іванович Рижков; russian: Николай Иванович Рыжков; born 28 September 1929) is a Soviet, and later Russian, politician. He served as the last Chairman of the Counci ...

. Belousov's tenure as minister of defense industry ended in August 1991 when the ministry was also disestablished.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Belousov, Boris 20th-century Russian engineers 21st-century Russian engineers 1934 births Communist Party of the Soviet Union members Lenin Prize winners 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