Nikolai Kotlyar
Minister of Electrical Equipment Industry
In office
8 January 1987 – August 1991
Preceded byVladimir Kamentsev
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Personal details
Born
Nikolai Isaakovich Kotlyar

5 May 1935
Died9 October 2003(2003-10-09) (aged 68)
Moscow, Russia
Resting placeMoscow
NationalityRussian
Political partyCommunist Party
Alma mater
  • Far Eastern Technical Institute
  • Academy of National Economy

Nikolai Kotlyar (Russian: Николай Котляр; 5 May 1935 – 9 October 2003) was a Soviet engineer, maritime specialist and politician who was the last minister of the fishing industry.

Early life and education

Nikolai Kotlyar was born on 5 May 1935.[1][2] He was a graduate of the Far Eastern Technical Institute of Fishing Industry and Economy where he obtained a degree in mechanical engineering.[1] He also attended the Academy of National Economy in 1980.[1]

Career and activities

Kotlyar was a member of the Communist Party.[1] Following his graduation he worked as an engineer at a fishery in the maritime territory.[1] He also served in several Party organs and then at various units of the Dalryba association which was responsible for the fishery activities near to Japan.[1][3] In 1977 he was appointed head of the department for active sea fishing at Primorrybprom.[1]

Kotlyar was named as the minister of the fishing industry on 8 January 1987.[3] He replaced Vladimir Kamentsev in the post.[1] Kotlyar's term was extended in July 1989.[4] He was removed from the office by Boris Yeltsin in August 1991 when he and his deputies supported the dissidents and ordered the fishermen to follow them.[5] Upon this incident the ministry was also disestablished and the ministry staff was attached to the ministry of agriculture.[5]

He died in Moscow on 9 October 2003.[2]

Awards

Kotlyar was the recipient of the following:[6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Soviet Union: Political Affairs" (PDF). JPRS: 22. 12 December 1989. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 March 2022.
  2. 1 2 "КОТЛЯР Николай Исаакович (1935 – 2003)" (in Russian). Moscow Tombs. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  3. 1 2 Survey of Foreign Fisheries. National Marine Fisheries Service. 1987. p. 2.
  4. ↑ "Soviet legislature rejects 2nd Cabinet nominee". Austin American-Statesman. Moscow. AP. 6 July 1989. ProQuest 196403. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  5. 1 2 Milan Kravanja; Ellen Shapiro (1993). World Fishing Fleets: An Analysis of Distant-water Fleet Operations, Past, Present, Future. Silver Spring, MD: National Marine Fisheries Service. p. 108.
  6. ↑ "Николай Котляр — Человек и Министр" (PDF) (in Russian). Retrieved 3 January 2023.
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