The Ministry of the Electronics Industry (Minelektronprom; Russian: Министерство электронной промышленности, MEI) was a government ministry in the Soviet Union.
Established in 1961 as State Committee for Electronics Technology, it became a ministry in 1965. [1] Its primary responsibility is for research, development, and production of electronic and electrical devices, including solid-state and miniature electronic components and devices. [1] The Ministry of the Electronics Industry was the monopolistic producer of electronic components for military and civilian applications in the Soviet Union. It produced a wide variety of electronic appliances, most of them under the Electronika brand. [2] MEI role as a political body was mostly replaced by a state-owned Rostec which was founded in 2007.
There was a range of different organizations, companies, and research centers during soviet times that were directly subjected to the ministry with many being active by the end of 2010, including:
Others: