First Secretary of the Communist Party of Ukraine
The following list is composed of the First Secretarites of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine (CPU), a branch of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. The office' name alternated throughout its history between First Secretary and the General Secretary. While the CPU leader was not officially the leader of Ukraine, he was so de facto. The longest serving secretary was Vladimir Shcherbitsky with some 17 years.
| First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine
1-й Секретар ЦК КП(б)У | |
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 State emblem | |
| Communist Party of Ukraine | |
| Status | Abolished |
| Reports to | Chairmen of the Presidium |
| Appointer | Party congress |
| Precursor | Chairmen of the Directory |
| Formation | 12 July 1918 |
| First holder | Georgy Pyatakov |
| Final holder | Stanislav Gurenko |
| Abolished | 1 September 1991 |
| Succession | President of Ukraine |
Name change
- 1918–1920 Secretarites of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine
- 1920–1921 First Secretarites of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine
- 1921–1921 Responsible Secretarites of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine
- 1921–1925 First Secretarites of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine
- 1925–1934 General Secretarites of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine
- 1934–1991 First Secretarites of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine
List of top secretaries
- Mykola Oleksiiovych Skrypnyk (20 April–26 May 1918) (Secretary of the Organizational Bureau)
| No. | Portrait | Name[1] (Born-Died) |
Term of office | Second | Congress[2] | ||
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| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
| 1 | Georgy Pyatakov (1890–1937) | 12 July 1918 | 9 September 1918 | 59 days | None | 1 | |
| 2 | Serafima Hopner (1880–1966) | 9 September 1918 | 22 October 1918 | 43 days | None | 1 | |
| 3 | Emanuel Kviring (1888–1937) | 23 October 1918 | 6 March 1919 | 134 days | None | 2 | |
| (1) | Georgy Pyatakov (1890–1937) | 6 March 1919 | 30 May 1919 | 85 days | None | 3 | |
| 4 | Stanislav Kosior (1889–1939) | 30 May 1919 | 10 December 1919 | 194 days | None | 3 | |
| – | Rafail Farbman (1893–1966) Acting | 10 December 1919 | 23 March 1920 | 104 days | None | 3 | |
| 5 | Nikolay Bestchetvertnoi (1895–1937) | 23 March 1920 | 25 March 1920 | 2 days | None | 4 | |
| – | Stanislav Kosior (1889–1939) Acting | 25 March 1920 | 17 October 1920 | 206 days | None | 4 | |
| 6 | Vyacheslav Molotov (1890–1986) | 23 November 1920 | 22 March 1921 | 119 days | Dmitriy Lebed | 5 | |
| – | Feliks Kon (1864–1941) Acting | 22 March 1921 | 13 December 1921 | 266 days | Dmitriy Lebed | 5 | |
| 7 | Dmitry Manuilsky (1883–1959) | 14 December 1921 | 10 April 1923 | 1 year, 117 days | Dmitriy Lebed | 6 | |
| (3) | Emanuel Kviring (1888–1937) | 10 April 1923 | 7 April 1925 | 1 year, 362 days | Dmitriy Lebed Aleksei Medvedev Ivan Klimenko | 7 8 | |
| 8 | Lazar Kaganovich (1893–1991) | 7 April 1925 | 14 July 1928 | 3 years, 98 days | Ivan Klimenko Aleksei Medvedev | 8 9 10 | |
| (4) | Stanislav Kosior (1889–1939) | 14 July 1928 | 27 January 1938 | 9 years, 197 days | Aleksei Medvedev Lavrentiy Kartvelishvili Vasiliy Stroganov Mendel Khatayevich Pavel Postyshev Mendel Khatayevich Sergei Kudryavtsev | 10 11 12 13 | |
| – | Nikita Khrushchev (1894–1971) Acting | 27 January 1938 | 18 June 1938 | 142 days | Mykhailo Burmystenko (Acting) | 13 | |
| 9 | Nikita Khrushchev (1894–1971) | 18 June 1938 | 3 March 1947 | 8 years, 258 days | Demyan Korotchenko | 13 14 | |
| (8) | Lazar Kaganovich (1893–1991) | 3 March 1947 | 26 December 1947 | 298 days | Demyan Korotchenko | 15 | |
| (9) | Nikita Khrushchev (1894–1971) | 26 December 1947 | 16 December 1949 | 1 year, 355 days | Leonid Melnikov | 15 16 | |
| 10 | Leonid Melnikov (1906–1981) | 16 December 1949 | 4 June 1953 | 3 years, 170 days | Aleksei Kirichenko | 16 17 | |
| 11 | Alexei Kirichenko (1908–1975) | 4 June 1953 | 26 December 1957 | 4 years, 205 days | Nikolai Podgorny | 17 18 19 | |
| 12 | Nikolai Podgorny (1903–1983) | 26 December 1957 | 2 July 1963 | 5 years, 188 days | Leontiy Naidek Ivan Kazanets | 19 20 21 | |
| 13 | Petro Shelest (1908–1996) | 2 July 1963 | 25 May 1972 | 8 years, 328 days | Nikolai Sobol Oleksandr Liashko Ivan Lutak | 21 22 23 | |
| 14 | Volodymyr Shcherbytsky (1918–1990) | 25 May 1972 | 28 September 1989 | 17 years, 95 days | Ivan Lutak Ivan Sokolov Oleksiy Titarenko Vladimir Ivashko | 23 24 25 26 | |
| 15 | Vladimir Ivashko (1932–1994) | 28 September 1989 | 23 June 1990 | 299 days | Stanislav Hurenko | 27 | |
| 16 | Stanislav Hurenko (1936–2013) | 23 June 1990 | 1 September 1991 | 1 year, 70 days | Leonid Kravchuk Hryhoriy Kharchenko | 28 | |
Other members of Secretariat
Third Secretary
- Nikolay Popov (3 June 1937 – 3 July 1937)
- Demian Korotchenko (22 July 1939 – 9 July 1946)
- Konstantin Litvin (10 July 1946 – 28 January 1949)
Other Secretaries
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Candidates to the Secretariat
- Nikolay Donenko (9 April 1929 – 18 November 1929)
- Olga Pilatskaya (9 April 1929 – 15 June 1930)
- Andrei Khvylia (9 April 1929 – 15 June 1930)
- Vladimir Chernyavskiy (21 November 1929 – 15 June 1930)
References
- Secretariat of the Central Committee of the CP(b) – CP of Ukraine (Секретариат ЦК КП(б) - КП Украины). Handbook on history of the Communist Party and the Soviet Union 1898–1991.
- Congresses, conferences, and plenums of the CP(b) – CP of Ukraine (Съезды, конференции и пленумы КП(б) - КП Украины). Handbook on history of the Communist Party and the Soviet Union 1898–1991.
External links
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