| Office: | Minister of Electrical Equipment Industry |
| Term Start: | 8 January 1987 |
| Term End: | August 1991 |
| Predecessor: | Vladimir Kamentsev |
| Successor: | Office abolished |
| Birth Name: | Nikolai Isaakovich Kotlyar |
| Birth Date: | 5 May 1935 |
| Death Place: | Moscow, Russia |
| Restingplace: | Moscow |
| Party: | Communist Party |
| Nationality: | Russian |
Nikolai Kotlyar (; 5 May 1935 – 9 October 2003) was a Soviet engineer, maritime specialist and politician who was the last minister of the fishing industry.
Nikolai Kotlyar was born on 5 May 1935.[1] [2] He was a graduate of the Far Eastern Technical Institute of Fishing Industry and Economy where he obtained a degree in mechanical engineering.[1] He also attended the Academy of National Economy in 1980.[1]
Kotlyar was a member of the Communist Party.[1] Following his graduation he worked as an engineer at a fishery in the maritime territory.[1] He also served in several Party organs and then at various units of the Dalryba association which was responsible for the fishery activities near to Japan.[1] In 1977 he was appointed head of the department for active sea fishing at Primorrybprom.[1]
Kotlyar was named as the minister of the fishing industry on 8 January 1987.[3] He replaced Vladimir Kamentsev in the post.[1] Kotlyar's term was extended in July 1989.[4] He was removed from the office by Boris Yeltsin in August 1991 when he and his deputies supported the dissidents and ordered the fishermen to follow them.[5] Upon this incident the ministry was also disestablished and the ministry staff was attached to the ministry of agriculture.[5]
He died in Moscow on 9 October 2003.[2]
Kotlyar was the recipient of the following:[6]