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Zinovy Petrovych Pak (Russian: Зиновий Петрович Пак; Ukrainian: Зіновій Петрович Пак) born March 29 [ O.S. March 16], 1939 - Ukrainian scientist, Russian statesman and organizer of defense industry, leading designer in the chemistry and technology of solid rocket propellants. Chairman of State committee of the defense industry of Russian Federation (1996), Minister of Defense Industry of the Russian Federation (1996-1997), General Director of Russian Munitions Agency (1999-2003). He is the author of more than 500 scientific papers and 170 inventions and the creator of unique technologies for the use of rare fuels, including for the intercontinental strategic missiles RS-12M, Topol-M, R-39 (the first serial solid-fuel submarine-based missile), RT-23, RT-23 UTH "Molodets".

Biography
He was born as the eighth child in the family on 29 March 1939 in the village of Lany-Sokolovskie in the Stanislaviv poviat of the Second Polish Republic, which after the Polish campaign of the Red Army in autumn 1939 became part of the Ukrainian SSR. At present, it is a village in the Stryi city municipality of Stryi district of Lviv region of Ukraine.

Graduated from the Faculty of Chemistry of Lviv State University in 1961, PhD in Chemistry, professor.

Federal Centre for Dual Technologies "Soyuz" (Dzerzhinskiy, Moscow Region)

 * 1961 - Engineer, P/N 14
 * 1965 - Senior engineer, n/a 14
 * 1966 - Team Leader - Deputy Head of Laboratory NIKHTI
 * 1969 - Junior Researcher - Team Leader
 * 1971 - Laboratory manager
 * 1976 - Head of the Department
 * 1987 - Elected head of Department
 * 1987 - First Deputy Director General for Science of LNPO Soyuz - Chief Engineer of NIKHTI
 * 1988-1995 - General Director of LNPO "Soyuz". Elected to this position by the conference of the employees
 * 1995-1996 - General Director - General Designer of Federal Centre for Dual Technologies "Soyuz"

Political career
On 23 January 1996 he was appointed chairman of the Russian Federation State Committee for Defence Industries (Goskomoboronprom of Russia).

In May 1996 he became Minister of Defence Industry of the Russian Federation. In March 1997, the ministry was abolished and its functions and subordinate enterprises divided between the Ministry of Economy of the Russian Federation and the newly created State Committee for Communications and Informatisation.

Member of the Security Council of the Russian Federation from July 1996 to May 1997.

In June 1997 Pak was appointed Secretary of State - Deputy Minister of Economy of the Russian Federation.

Chemical disarmament programme
In June 1999, Dr. Pak was appointed Director General of the Russian Munitions Agency, formed a month earlier. The Agency was created on the basis of the abolished Committee on Conventional Problems of Chemical and Biological Weapons under the President of the Russian Federation, and over a hundred state enterprises related to ammunition production (since 1997 these enterprises had been under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Economy of the Russian Federation) were transferred to its authority.

Under Pak's leadership, a new Russian chemical disarmament programme was developed, a state system of chemical weapons management was established, and the first full-scale chemical weapons destruction plants were built. On Zinovy Pak's proposal, Russian President Vladimir Putin transferred all arsenals with stockpiles of chemical weapons from the Ministry of Defence to Russian Munition Agency. Also major military formations for the safe storage and destruction of chemical weapons (about 10,000 people) were transferred to Zinoviy Pak's subordination.

Dr. Pak succeeded in convincing the member states of the Chemical Weapons Convention of the ability of the Russian Federation to fulfil its obligations under the Convention, resulting in huge donor assistance to Russia, enabling the launch of chemical disarmament in the Russian Federation. Dr. Pak has been instrumental in expanding Russia’s own investment in its chemical weapons destruction program by sixfold in recent years, and he is attempted even further increases. However, he is challenged a lot by his colleagues or even rivals, in his interagency process of pulling and hauling over Federal budgets.

In April 2003, Pak was relieved of his post upon retirement.

Community activities
As director of LNGO Soyuz, he initiated and co-founded the Defence Enterprises Assistance League Association. Later, he was the League's Vice President for a long time.

Awards

 * Full State Counsellor 2nd Class of the Russian Federation (1999)
 * The Order of the Badge of Honour (USSR)
 * The Order of Honour (1999) - for great contribution to development of the national machine-building industry, strengthening of the country's defence capacity, and many years of conscientious work
 * Lenin Prize (1984) - for achievements in development and implementation of new types of special equipment.
 * The USSR State Prize (1980)
 * Certificate of Honour of the Government of the Russian Federation (1999) - for services to the State and many years of conscientious work
 * Certificate of Honour of the Ministry of Economics of the Russian Federation (1999) - for conscientious and fruitful work in the Ministry of Economics
 * Commendation of the President of the Russian Federation (July 17, 1996) for active participation in organizing and carrying out the 1996 presidential election campaign in the Russian Federation
 * Commendation of the Government of the Russian Federation (April 25, 2003) for services to the state, great personal contribution to strengthening the defense capacity of the country, and many years of conscientious work
 * Member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences
 * Title of Veteran of Labour

Honorary weapon

 * Honorary PSM pistol (1996)

Family

 * father - Pak Petr, died in a German prison.
 * mother - Maria Pak.
 * wife - Pak Alla Georgievna (née Sarycheva), born in 1938, graduate of the Russian D.I. Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology, worked at LNPO Soyuz, specialist in powders and explosives.
 * brother - Pak Vladimir Petrovich, born in 1934, Ukrainian politician. People's Deputy of Ukraine of the 4th Convocation. Head of the Board of Kyiv Regional Union of Consumer Cooperation.
 * daughter - Pak Marina Zinovievna, born in 1964, graduate of the law faculty of Moscow State University, PhD in law (research supervisor - Braginsky, Mikhail Isaakovich).

Hobbies
Zinovy Pal enjoys singing Ukrainian and Russian folk songs and romances.

Links

 * http://www.biografija.ru/show_bio.aspx?id=103396
 * https://web.archive.org/web/20080203042325/
 * http://www.rtc.ru/encyk/biogr-book/15P/2169.shtml
 * http://kremlin.ru/acts/bank/9730