Vitaly Borisovich Efimov (Russian: Виталий Борисович Ефимов; born 4 April 1940) is a Russian political figure and a deputy of the 6th, 7th, and 8th State Dumas.^[1]

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Quick Facts Member of the State Duma (Party List Seat), Member of the State Duma for Mordovia ...

Vitaly Efimov
Виталий Ефимов
Efimov in 2018
Member of the State Duma (Party List Seat)
Incumbent
Assumed office 12 October 2021
In office 21 December 2011 – 5 October 2016
Member of the State Duma for Mordovia
In office 5 October 2016 – 12 October 2021
Preceded by	constituency re-established
Succeeded by	Yulia Ogloblina
Constituency	Mordovia-at-large (No. 23)
Minister of Transport
In office 25 December 1991 – 10 January 1996
Succeeded by	Nikolay Tsakh
Personal details
Born	(1940-04-04) 4 April 1940 (age 84) Sovkhoz Red Dawn, Moscow Oblast, RSFSR, USSR
Political party	United Russia
Alma mater	Gorky Agricultural Institute

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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 8 September 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.^[1][2][3][4]

Sanctioned by the UK government in 2022 in relation to Russo-Ukrainian War. ^[5]