Mikhail Yefremov
Михаил Ефремов
Soviet Ambassador to Austria
In office
10 March 1975  24 October 1986
Preceded byAverky Aristov
Succeeded byGennady Shikin
Soviet Ambassador to East Germany
In office
30 October 1971  7 March 1975
Preceded byPeter Abrassimov
Succeeded byPeter Abrassimov
Personal details
Born
Mikhail Timofeyevich Yefremov

22 May 1911
Nikolayevka, Samara Governorate, Russian Empire
Died19 March 2000(2000-03-19) (aged 88)
Moscow, Russia
Political partyCommunist Party of the Soviet Union (1931–1986)
Alma materKuybyshev Industrial Institute

Mikhail Timofeyevich Yefremov (Russian: Михаил Тимофеевич Ефремов; 22 May [O.S. 9 May] 1911 – 19 March 2000), was a Soviet politician and diplomat.[1]

In 1931 he graduated from the Samara Electro-Technical School and went on to work in the Chief Inspectorate of the Samara Energy Plant from 19311933. After serving in the Red Army from 19331934, he studied at the Kuybyshev Industrial Institute from 19381941.[1]

From 1943 to 1951 he served in various positions of the Kuybyshev Regional Committee of the All-Union Communist Party (bolsheviks), and served as First Secretary of the same Committee from October 1952 to December 1959.[1]

From 1959 until 1965 he served in various positions of the CPSU when from 13 November 1965 he became Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers, a position he held under 29 October 1971.[1]

In 1971 he was accorded the diplomatic rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, and his first diplomatic posting came when he was presented his Letter of Credence in East Berlin on 30 October 1971 as the Ambassador of the Soviet Union to East Germany. He was Ambassador to East Germany until 7 March 1975, when on 10 March 1975 he began his next posting as Ambassador of the Soviet Union to Austria. He served as Soviet ambassador in Vienna until his retirement on 26 October 1986.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "00844" Ефремов Михаил Тимофеевич (in Russian). Справочник по истории Коммунистической партии и Советского Союза 1898 - 1991. Archived from the original on 2007-05-06. Retrieved 2009-03-11. ( at WebCite)
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