Vainshanker (Weinschanker) Mikhail Nahmanovich (born July 23, 1954, Chernivtsi) — engineer.

Mikhail Vainshanker was the son of Nahman Vainshanker (1913, Lipcani, Moldova) and Ester Vainshanker (1919, Corjeuți, Moldova). In 1971, he enrolled at the Riga Polytechnic Institute. From 1973 to 1975, he served in the Soviet Army. In 1978, he worked as a cutter at the “Sputnik” production facility. From 1978 to 1979, he was employed as an engineer and mathematical programmer at the Latvian Research Institute of Light Industry. In 1979, he graduated from the Faculty of Automation and Computer Engineering of the Riga Polytechnic Institute. Since 1979, he worked as an engineer at the Republican Sectoral Computing Center of the Ministry of Light Industry. He is married to Lilyana Vainshanker (née Evelson) (born 1954, Riga).

In 1980, Mikhail Vainshanker received permission to emigrate to Israel, invited by his wife’s mother’s cousin, Racheli Ifrakh (née Blumberg) (born 1917, Jelgava).

Relatives:

Lilyana Vainshanker (née Evelson) (b. 1954, Riga) — wife
Nahman Vainshanker (b. 1913, Lipcani, Moldova) — father
Ester Vainshanker (b. 1919, Corjeuți, Moldova) — mother
Rada Itskova (née Vainshanker) (b. 1945, Yoshkar-Ola) — sister
Racheli Ifrakh (née Blumberg) (b. 1917, Jelgava) — wife’s maternal cousin