Luhansk Regional Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine

The Luhansk Regional Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine, commonly referred to as the Luhansk CPU obkom, was the position of highest authority in the Luhansk Oblast (until March 5, 1958, and again from January 5, 1970, until May 4, 1990, as the Voroshylovhrad Oblast), in the Ukrainian SSR of the Soviet Union. The position was created in June 1938, and abolished in August 1991. The First Secretary was a de facto appointed position usually by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine or the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Ukraine.

List of First Secretaries of the Communist Party of Luhansk

Name Term of Office Life years
Start End
First Secretaries of the Oblast Committee of the Communist Party
Petro Lyubavin June 1938 November 1938 1898–1941
Mykhailo Kvasov November 13, 1938 December 21, 1940
Anton Hayovy December 21, 1940 1942 1907–1962
Nazi German occupation (1942–1943)
Anton Hayovy 1943 1951 1907–1962
Vasyl Klymenko 1951 March 1961 1906–1984
Volodymyr Shevchenko[a] March 1961 December 14, 1973 1918–1997
Mykola Hureyev[b] January 1963 December 1964 1907–1978
Borys Honcharenko December 14, 1973 February 27, 1987 1927–1999
Ivan Lyakhov February 27, 1987 February 1990 1936–
Anatoliy Onyshchenko May 26, 1990 August 1991 1937–

See also

Notes

  1. ^ For Industry January 1963 – December 1964
  2. ^ For Agriculture

Sources

  • [1] World Statesmen.org