Aleksey Kirichenko
Soviet politician (1908–1975) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Illarionovich and the family name is Kirichenko.
Aleksey Illarionovich Kirichenko[lower-alpha 1] (25 February [O.S. 12 February] 1908 – 28 December 1975) was a Soviet Ukrainian politician, who was the first ethnic Ukrainian to head the republic's communist party during the Soviet era.[1] Between 1957 and 1960, he was a Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and the second-highest-ranking official within the party after Nikita Khrushchev.[2]
Quick Facts Second Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Preceded by ...
Aleksey Kirichenko | |
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Олексій Кириченко | |
Second Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union | |
In office 17 December 1957 – 5 April 1960 | |
Preceded by | Mikhail Suslov |
Succeeded by | Frol Kozlov |
First Secretary of the Communist Party of Ukraine | |
In office 12 June 1953 – 26 December 1957 | |
Preceded by | Leonid Melnikov |
Succeeded by | Nikolai Podgorny |
Full member of the 19th, 20th Presidium | |
In office 12 July 1955 – 4 May 1960 | |
Member of the 20th Secretariat | |
In office 17 December 1957 – 5 April 1960 | |
Personal details | |
Born | (1919-02-26)26 February 1919 Chornobaivka, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire (now Ukraine) |
Died | 28 December 1975(1975-12-28) (aged 67) Moscow, Soviet Union (now Russia) |
Political party | Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1938-1962) |
Profession | Mechanical engineer, civil servant |
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