Background
Nikiforov, Valentin was born in 1934.
Nikiforov, Valentin was born in 1934.
V. I. Lenin Electro-technical Institute, Leningrad and Communist Party of the Soviet Union Central Committee Higher Party School.
Head of the Leningrad Obkom Communist Party of the Soviet Union, 1977. Secretary, and then 2nd secretary of Leningrad Gorkom, 1977-1978. Moved to Moscow. Deputy head of the department of Organizational Party Work of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, 1979-1985.
Deputy Foreign Minister from December 1985 dealing with cadres. Candidate member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
Communist Party of the Soviet Union 1958; Communist Party of the Soviet Union Central Committee 90.