Sergey Afanasyev (politician)

Sergey Afanasyev
Сергей Афанасьев
Portrait by Mikhail Evstafiev, 1998
Minister of General Machine Building
In office
2 October 1965 – 8 April 1983
PremierAlexei Kosygin
Nikolai Tikhonov
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byOleg Baklanov
Personal details
Born(1918-08-30)30 August 1918
Died13 May 2001(2001-05-13) (aged 82)
PartyCPSU (1943–1991)

Sergey Aleksandrovich Afanasyev (Russian: Сергей Александрович Афанасьев; 30 August 1918 – 13 May 2001) was a Russian engineer and later politician who was the leading figure in the Soviet Union's missile and space program. He was the Minister of General Machine Building from 1965 to 1983.