Anatoliy Blashku

Anatoliy Ivanovich Blashku (16 November 1944 – 20 March 2021) and was the Minister of Industry of Transnistria.

Biography
Blashku was born on 15 November 1944 in the village Biruința of Sîngerei District of MSSR.

Education
• 1965 graduated from Shevchenko Transnistria State University • 1972 graduated the PhD studies at the Leningrad A.Ioffe's Institute of Physics and Technology

Career

 * January 1967 - November 1969, assistant at the Department of General Physics of the Tiraspol Pedagogical Institute.
 * 1969 - 1973 – the Research Fellowt, then, the Junior Researcher at the Institute of Applied Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the MSSR.
 * from October 1973, worked at the "Moldavizolit" Enterprize, started as the head of the central Enterprise laboratory and then, became the Director of the Enterprise.
 * In 1986–1990, deputy at the Tiraspol City Council of People's Deputies.
 * February 1997, appointed as the deputy chairman of the PMR government.
 * From September 2000 to January 2007 - Minister of Industry of Transnistria.
 * 2007 - 2011, the assistant of the President of the PMR in industry.

The author of 35 works in the field of physics, the owner of 25 copyright certificates.

Awards and prizes
Awards 
 * Order of Labor Glory
 * Order of Honor
 * Medal "For Labor Valor"
 * Diploma of the President of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic

Prizes
 * The prizewinner of the State Prize in Science and Technology of the MSSR.
 * Twice prizewinner of the State Prize of the USSR Council of Ministers.

He died on 20 March 2021, in Tiraspol.

Family
Blashku was married and had two daughters.