Vitaly Efimov (politician)

For other people named Vitaly Efimov, see Vitaly Efimov (disambiguation).

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Borisovich and the family name is Efimov.

Vitaly Efimov
Виталий Ефимов
Member of the State Duma
Incumbent
Assumed office 21 December 2011
Minister of Transport
In office 25 December 1991 – 10 January 1996
Succeeded by	Nikolay Tsakh
Personal details
Born	office3 (1940-04-04) 4 April 1940 Sovkhoz Red Dawn, Moscow Oblast, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, USSR
Died	office3
Resting place	office3
Political party	United Russia
Parent	office3
Alma mater	Gorky Agricultural Institute

Vitaly Borisovich Efimov (Russian: Виталий Борисович Ефимов; born 4 April 1940, Sovkhoz Red Dawn, Moscow Oblast) is a Russian political figure and a deputy of the 6th, 7th, and 8th State Dumas.

From 1967 to 1991, Efimov was a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. From 1976 to 1983, he worked as the Chief Engineer of the Volga-Vyatka Territorial Transport Administration of the Ministry of Road Transport of the RSFSR. In 1983-1986, he headed the Gorky Territorial Association of Transport "Gorkiyavtotrans" of the Ministry of Transport of the USSR. From 1986 to 1990, he worked as Deputy Minister of Transport of the RSFSR. On September 8, 1990, he was appointed the Minister of Transport. He left the post in 1996 to become trade representative of the Russian Federation in Hungary. He left the post as he reached retirement age. In 2002, he headed the Committee on Transport of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation. In 2011, he was elected deputy of the 6th State Duma from the Mordovia constituency. In 2014, he joined the All-Russia People's Front. In 2016 and 2021, he was re-elected for the 7th, and 8th State Dumas.