Oleg Lobov

Secretary of the Security CouncilIn office
18 September 1993 – 18 June 1996PresidentBoris YeltsinPreceded byYevgeny ShaposhnikovSucceeded byAlexander LebedMinister of EconomicsIn office
15 April 1993 – 18 September 1993Prime MinisterViktor ChernomyrdinPreceded byAndrey Nechaev
Yevgeny Shapovalyants (acting)Succeeded byYegor Gaidar (acting)
Alexander ShokhinFirst Deputy Prime Minister of RussiaIn office
19 April 1991 – 15 November 1991Prime MinisterIvan SilayevPreceded byYury SkokovSucceeded byGennady BurbulisActing Prime Minister of RussiaIn office
26 September 1991 – 15 November 1991PresidentBoris YeltsinPreceded byIvan SilayevSucceeded byBoris Yeltsin Personal detailsBorn
(1937-09-07)7 September 1937
Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Kyiv, Ukraine)Died6 September 2018(2018-09-06) (aged 80)Resting placeTroyekurovskoye CemeteryPolitical partyCPSU (1971–91)Awards

Oleg Ivanovich Lobov (Russian: Олег Иванович Лобов; 7 September 1937 – 6 September 2018) was a Russian politician who served as acting First Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic from 19 April 1991 to 15 November 1991 and also was acting Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Russian SFSR from 26 September 1991 to 15 November 1991,^[1] shortly before the dissolution of the Soviet Union.

Until 17 March 1997, Lobov served in various capacities in Russian state and government bodies. His last position was Deputy Head of the Government of the Russian Federation. As of October 2010, Lobov is the chairman of the non-governmental Association for International Cooperation and participates in various construction-related associations and unions.^[2]

Education

Born in Kiev, he has a Candidate of Technical Sciences (PhD) degree and graduated from Rostov Institute of Engineers of Railway Transport in 1960.

Career

From 1960 to 1967, he was employed in chemistry and construction industries in Sverdlovsk. He occupied various posts in the Sverdlovsk Communist Party of the Soviet Union), where Boris Yeltsin made a party career, rising up to the regional party head. Then worked in construction and returned to party work in 1982.

From 19 April 19 to 15 November 1991 Lobov was First Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the RSFSR in the first and second cabinets of Ivan Silayev. With Silayev's resignation on 26 September 1991 Lobov became de facto acting prime minister of Russia. He kept the position until the formation of the reformist cabinet on 6 November and final resignation of Silayev's second cabinet on 15 November.^[1][3]

Controversy

From 1991 to 1995, Lobov actively helped Aum Shinrikyo, a Japanese new religious movement, to establish operations in Russia. According to allegations made in the United States Senate in 1995, Lobov's relationship with Aum began in December 1991 and continued to 1995. Lobov was accused of receiving cash advances from Aum and of regularly meeting with Aum "minister of construction" Kiyohide Hayakawa. Lobov allegedly met with Shoko Asahara in Japan and arranged Asahara's own visit to Russia in 1992.^[4][5]

Business activity

He established two business entities, Rinco (РИНКО) and ZentrEKOMASH (ЦЕНТР ЭНЕРГОМАШ).

Awards

• Order of Lenin (1978)
• Order of the Badge of Honour (1974)
• Honorary title "Honoured Builder of the Russian Federation" (1982)
• Medal "For the Development of Virgin Lands" (1957)
• Medal "On the 40th anniversary of the completion of the national liberation struggle of the Czechoslovak people and the liberation of Czechoslovakia by the Soviet Army" (1985)
• Medal "Defender of Free Russia" (5 August 1994) for the execution of a citizen's duty during the defence of democracy and the constitutional regime, 19–21 August 1991, large contribution to the realization of democratic transformation, fortifying friendship and collaboration between nations
• State Prize of the Russian Federation in the field of science and technology (2000)

Footnotes

References

• Global Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction: A Case Study on the Aum Shinrikyo. Part VI. Senate Government Affairs Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. 31 October 1995 Staff Statement; retrieved 31 October 2010.
• Robin M. Frost (2005). Nuclear terrorism after 9/11, Issue 360. Routledge; ISBN 0-415-39992-0.

Political offices
Preceded by Ivan Silayev	Premier of the Russian SFSR Acting 26 September 1991 – 15 November 1991	Succeeded by Boris Yeltsin
Preceded by Yevgeny Shaposhnikov	Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation 1993–1996	Succeeded by Alexander Lebed