Boris Nikolaevich Pastukhov (; October 10, 1933 â January 19, 2021) was a Soviet and Russian diplomat and politician and a Komsomol member. Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union he was a member of the State Duma of the third (on the electoral list of the Fatherland â All Russia political bloc) and the fourth (on the electoral list of the United Russia party) convocations. He was also a member of the Soviet of the Union of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR (1966âÂÂ1989) representing the Chelyabinsk Oblast.
He was born in Moscow where he graduated from School No. 584. In 1958, he graduated from the Bauman Moscow High Technical College . He was a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1959 to 1991.
From 1958, he was Second Secretary, and from 1959, First Secretary of the Bauman District Committee of the Komsomol. From 1961, he was Second Secretary, and from 1962, First Secretary of the Moscow City Committee of the Komsomol.
From 1964, he was Secretary of the Central Committee of the Komsomol, and from 1977 to 1982, he was First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Komsomol. From 1982 to 1986, he was Chairman of the State Committee for Publishing Printing, and Book Trade.
He was a candidate (alternate) member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1966-1978) and then a full (voting) Member of the Central Committee from 197 to 1986.
From March 12, 1986 to September 15, 1989, he served as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Soviet Union to Denmark.
From September 15, 1989 to February 22, 1992, he served as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the USSR/Russia to Afghanistan.
From 1992, he served as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, and from 1996, as First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs.
From 1998 to 1999, he served as in Yevgeny Primakov's Cabinet.
In 2009, he served as Senior Vice President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation. In 2011, he served as Advisor to the Director General of the International Trade Center of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Russia.
He is buried at the Troekurovskoye Cemetery in Moscow (section 8).