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First Secretary of the Communist Party of Ukraine

{{Short description|De facto leader of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2023}}

{{Infobox official post

| post = First Secretary

| body = the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine

| native_name = {{langx|ru|Первый Секретарь ЦК КПУ}}
{{langx|uk|Перший Секретар ЦК КПУ}}

| insignia = Emblem of the Ukrainian SSR.svg

| insigniasize = 150px

| insigniacaption = Emblem of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic

| flag =

| flagsize =

| flagborder =

| flagcaption =

| image = НДУ_4_Гуренко_Станіслав_Іванович1.jpg

| imagesize =

| alt =

| imagecaption = Final officeholder
Stanislav Hurenko
23 June 1990 – 30 August 1991

| department = Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine

| style = Comrade First Secretary

| type =

| status = Party leader (republican level)

| abbreviation =

| member_of = Politburo
Secretariat
Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

| reports_to =

| residence = Bankova Street

| seat = Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR

| nominator =

| appointer = Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine

| appointer_qualified =

| termlength =

| termlength_qualified =

| constituting_instrument = Party statutes

| precursor =

| formation = * Secretary of the Organizational Bureau:
20 April 1918

  • Secretary:
    12 July 1918
  • First Secretary:
    23 November 1920
  • General Secretary:
    20 March 1925 – 23 January 1934

| first = Mykola Skrypnyk
as Secretary of the Organizational Bureau
Georgy Pyatakov
as First Secretary

| last = Stanislav Gurenko
as First Secretary

| abolished = 30 August 1991Ukrainian Parliament Presidium Ukase. [https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/1468-12/ed19910830#Text About banning of activities of the Communist Party of Ukraine (Про заборону діяльності Компартії України)]. Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. 30 August 1991

| succession = * Liquidated and banned due to support for the State Committee on the State of Emergency

| unofficial_names =

| deputy = Second Secretary of the Communist Party of Ukraine

| salary =

| website =

}}

The First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine ({{langx|uk|Перший Секретар ЦК КПУ}}, {{langx|ru|Первый Секретарь ЦК КПУ}}) was a party leader of the republican branch of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. The office's name alternated throughout its history between First Secretary and the General Secretary.

The secretary was the de facto leader of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic through Article 6 of the Soviet Constitution, which made the Communist Party of the Soviet Union the "leading and guiding force of the Soviet society". These powers were revoked with the revision to Article 6 on 24 October 1990 that removed the Communist Party's monopoly on power.https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/404-12 Про зміни і доповнення Конституції (Основного Закону) Української РСР]

The First Secretary was elected at a plenum (plenary session) of the Central Committee, while each Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine was elected at the each Party's Congress. The longest serving secretary was Volodymyr Shcherbytsky[https://tass.ru/info/1211311 Who the longest of all ruled Ukraine. Dossier (Кто дольше всех руководил Украиной. Досье)]. TASS. 23 May 2014 with some 17 years.

Name change

  • 1918–1920 Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine
  • 1920–1921 First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine
  • 1921–1921 Responsible Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine
  • 1921–1925 First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine
  • 1925–1934 General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine
  • 1934–1991 First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine

Historical scope

The post of Secretary was elected by a plenum (plenary session) of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine beginning since July 1918. Until 1920 it was a single post of the Central Committee Secretariat. In 1920 Nikolay Bestchetvertnoi was dismissed as the secretary and the Provisional Bureau of the Central Committee elected Stanislav Kosior as the Party's Secretary.

Later in 1920 there were introduced a post of the Second Secretary which acted as a deputy of the First Secretary. In 1921 after Vyacheslav Molotov was dismissed as the First Secretary, he was replaced with Feliks Kon as the Responsible Secretary. Kon became the only party official with such title which he held until end of 1921. Starting with 1921 beside the First and the Second secretaries, there were elected some additional secretaries, first of which became Stanislav Kosior.

In March 1925 on a statement of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine the post held by Emanuil Kviring had changed its name to the General Secretary. Less than a month later a plenum of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine reelected the party's leader Lazar Kaganovich with the new title name. In January of 1934 Stanislav Kosior was elected as the First Secretary returning to previous name which has been kept until the dissolution of the Soviet Union.

From 1927 to 1930, the Communist Party of Ukraine also had posts of a candidate to Secretariat members. Between 1931 and 1932 there were secretaries for specific types of industry as well as a separate secretary for the Donbas (Ivan Akulov). In June of 1937 there was introduced a post of the Third Secretary which existed until January of 1949. In May of 1940 a practice of electing a secretary for specifically assigned industry was renewed and continued throughout the World War II until the next planum of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine in January of 1949.

Until 1952 the Communist Party of Ukraine was officially known as the Communist Party (Bolsheviks) of Ukraine (CP(b)U).

List of first and second secretaries

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rowspan=2| {{abbr|No.|Number}}

! rowspan=2| Portrait

! rowspan=2| Name[http://www.knowbysight.info/1_UKRA/05278.asp 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.
(Born-Died)

! colspan=3| Term of office

! rowspan=2| Second

! rowspan=2| Congress[http://www.knowbysight.info/1_UKRA/04994.asp 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.

Took office

! Left office

! Time in office

{{Officeholder table

| order = 1

| image = Pyatakov GL.jpg |bSize =70

| officeholder = Georgy Pyatakov

| born_year = 1890

| died_year = 1937

| term_start = 12 July 1918

| term_end = 9 September 1918

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1918|07|12|1918|09|09}}

| alt_officeholder = None

| cabinet = 1

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = 2

| image = Serafima Gopner.jpg |bSize =70

| officeholder = Serafima Hopner

| born_year = 1880

| died_year = 1966

| term_start = 9 September 1918

| term_end = 22 October 1918

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1918|09|09|1918|10|22}}

| alt_officeholder = None

| cabinet = 1

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = 3

| image = Emanuel Kviring (09.05.1924).jpg|bSize =70

| officeholder = Emanuel Kviring

| born_year = 1888

| died_year = 1937

| term_start = 23 October 1918

| term_end = 6 March 1919

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1918|10|23|1919|03|06}}

| alt_officeholder = None

| cabinet = 2

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = (1)

| image = Yury Pyatakov.jpg |bSize =70

| officeholder = Georgy Pyatakov

| born_year = 1890

| died_year = 1937

| term_start = 6 March 1919

| term_end = 30 May 1919

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1919|03|06|1919|05|30}}

| alt_officeholder = None

| cabinet = 3

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = 4

| image = Stanislaw Kosior2.jpg |bSize =70

| officeholder = Stanislav Kosior

| born_year = 1889

| died_year = 1939

| term_start = 30 May 1919

| term_end = 10 December 1919

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1919|05|30|1919|12|10}}

| alt_officeholder = None

| cabinet = 3

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = –

| image = Фа́рбман,_Рафаи́л_Бори́сович.jpg |bSize =70

| officeholder = Rafail Farbman

| born_year = 1893

| died_year = 1966

| term_start = 10 December 1919

| term_end = 23 March 1920

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1919|12|10|1920|03|23}}

| acting = y

| alt_officeholder = None

| cabinet = 3

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = 5

| image = |bSize =70

| officeholder = Nikolay Bestchetvertnoi

| born_year = 1895

| died_year = 1937

| term_start = 23 March 1920

| term_end = 25 March 1920

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1920|03|23|1920|03|25}}

| alt_officeholder = None

| cabinet = 4

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = –

| image = Stanislaw Kosior2.jpg |bSize =70

| officeholder = Stanislav Kosior

| born_year = 1889

| died_year = 1939

| term_start = 25 March 1920

| term_end = 17 October 1920

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1920|03|25|1920|10|17}}

| acting = y

| alt_officeholder = None

| cabinet = 4

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = 6

| image = Molotov.bra.jpg |bSize =70

| officeholder = Vyacheslav Molotov

| born_year = 1890

| died_year = 1986

| term_start = 23 November 1920

| term_end = 22 March 1921

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1920|11|23|1921|03|22}}

| alt_officeholder = Dmitriy Lebed

| cabinet = 5

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = –

| image = Feliks Kon 1920.png |bSize =70

| officeholder = Feliks Kon

| born_year = 1864

| died_year = 1941

| term_start = 22 March 1921

| term_end = 13 December 1921

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1921|03|22|1921|12|13}}

| acting = y

| alt_officeholder = Dmitriy Lebed

| cabinet = 5

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = 7

| image = Dmitry Manuilsky.PNG |bSize =70

| officeholder = Dmitry Manuilsky

| born_year = 1883

| died_year = 1959

| term_start = 14 December 1921

| term_end = 10 April 1923

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1921|12|14|1923|04|10}}

| alt_officeholder = Dmitriy Lebed

| cabinet = 6

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = (3)

| image = Emanuel Kviring (09.05.1924).jpg|bSize =70

| officeholder = Emanuel Kviring

| born_year = 1888

| died_year = 1937

| term_start = 10 April 1923

| term_end = 7 April 1925

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1923|04|10|1925|04|07}}

| alt_officeholder = Dmitriy Lebed
Aleksei Medvedev
Ivan Klimenko

| cabinet = 7
8

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = 8

| image = Лазарь Моисеевич Каганович.jpg |bSize =70

| officeholder = Lazar Kaganovich

| born_year = 1893

| died_year = 1991

| term_start = 7 April 1925

| term_end = 14 July 1928

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1925|04|07|1928|07|14}}

| alt_officeholder = Ivan Klimenko
Aleksei Medvedev

| cabinet = 8
9
10

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = (4)

| image = Stanislaw Kosior2.jpg |bSize =70

| officeholder = Stanislav Kosior

| born_year = 1889

| died_year = 1939

| term_start = 14 July 1928

| term_end = 27 January 1938

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1928|07|14|1938|01|27}}

| alt_officeholder = Aleksei Medvedev
Lavrentiy Kartvelishvili
Vasiliy Stroganov
Mendel Khatayevich
Pavel Postyshev
Mendel Khatayevich
Sergei Kudryavtsev

| cabinet = 10
11
12
13

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = –

| image = Chroestsjew (portret) 1937, Bestanddeelnr 914-5777 (cropped).jpg|bSize =70

| officeholder = Nikita Khrushchev

| born_year = 1894

| died_year = 1971

| term_start = 27 January 1938

| term_end = 18 June 1938

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1938|01|27|1938|06|18}}

| acting = y

| alt_officeholder = Mykhailo Burmystenko
{{small|(Acting)}}

| cabinet = 13

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = 9

| image = Chroestsjew (portret) 1937, Bestanddeelnr 914-5777 (cropped).jpg|bSize =70

| officeholder = Nikita Khrushchev

| born_year = 1894

| died_year = 1971

| term_start = 18 June 1938

| term_end = 3 March 1947

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1938|06|18|1947|03|03}}

| alt_officeholder = Demyan Korotchenko

| cabinet = 13
14

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = (8)

| image = Лазарь Моисеевич Каганович.jpg |bSize =70

| officeholder = Lazar Kaganovich

| born_year = 1893

| died_year = 1991

| term_start = 3 March 1947

| term_end = 26 December 1947

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1947|03|03|1947|12|26}}

| alt_officeholder = Demyan Korotchenko

| cabinet = 15

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = (9)

| image = Chroestsjew (portret) 1937, Bestanddeelnr 914-5777 (cropped).jpg|bSize =70

| officeholder = Nikita Khrushchev

| born_year = 1894

| died_year = 1971

| term_start = 26 December 1947

| term_end = 16 December 1949

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1947|12|26|1949|12|16}}

| alt_officeholder = Leonid Melnikov

| cabinet = 15
16

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = 10

| image = Мельников Л. Г.png|bSize =70

| officeholder = Leonid Melnikov

| born_year = 1906

| died_year = 1981

| term_start = 16 December 1949

| term_end = 4 June 1953

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1949|12|16|1953|06|04}}

| alt_officeholder = Aleksei Kirichenko

| cabinet = 16
17

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = 11

| image = Aleksej Kirichenko.jpg |bSize =70

| officeholder = Alexei Kirichenko

| born_year = 1908

| died_year = 1975

| term_start = 4 June 1953

| term_end = 26 December 1957

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1953|06|04|1957|12|26}}

| alt_officeholder = Nikolai Podgorny

| cabinet = 17
18
19

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = 12

| image = Nikolai Podgorny in 1973.jpg |bSize =70

| officeholder = Nikolai Podgorny

| born_year = 1903

| died_year = 1983

| term_start = 26 December 1957

| term_end = 2 July 1963

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1957|12|26|1963|07|02}}

| alt_officeholder = Leontiy Naidek
Ivan Kazanets

| cabinet = 19
20
21

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = 13

| image = Petro Shelest (cropped).jpg|bSize =70

| officeholder = Petro Shelest

| born_year = 1908

| died_year = 1996

| term_start = 2 July 1963

| term_end = 25 May 1972

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1963|07|02|1972|05|25}}

| alt_officeholder = Nikolai Sobol
Oleksandr Liashko
Ivan Lutak

| cabinet = 21
22
23

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = 14

| image = Могила радянського партійного і державного діяча В. В. Щербицького.jpg|bSize =70

| officeholder = Volodymyr Shcherbytsky

| born_year = 1918

| died_year = 1990

| term_start = 25 May 1972

| term_end = 28 September 1989

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1972|05|25|1989|08|28}}

| alt_officeholder = Ivan Lutak
Ivan Sokolov
Oleksiy Titarenko
Vladimir Ivashko

| cabinet = 23
24
25
26

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = 15

| image = НДУ 1 Івашко Володимир Антонович.jpg|bSize =70

| officeholder = Vladimir Ivashko

| born_year = 1932

| died_year = 1994

| term_start = 28 September 1989

| term_end = 23 June 1990

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1989|08|28|1990|06|23}}

| alt_officeholder = Stanislav Hurenko

| cabinet = 27

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = 16

| image = НДУ 4 Гуренко Станіслав Іванович1.jpg|bSize =70

| officeholder = Stanislav Hurenko

| born_year = 1936

| died_year = 2013

| term_start = 23 June 1990

| term_end = 30 August 1991

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1990|06|23|1991|08|30}}

| alt_officeholder = Leonid Kravchuk
Hryhoriy Kharchenko

| cabinet = 28

}}

Other members of Secretariat

=Third Secretary=

=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

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20170709055557/http://www.knowbysight.info/1_UKRA/05278.asp Secretariat of Central Committee of the CP(b)U (Handbook on history of the Communist Party and the Soviet Union 1898-1991)]
  • Vakhtang Kipiani, Volodymyr Fedoryn. [https://www.istpravda.com.ua/articles/2011/09/10/53558/ "Shcherbytskyi said what kind of a stupid person invented the word perestroika? … ("Щербицкий сказал - какой дурак придумал слово перестройка?..")]. Ukrayinska Pravda (Istorychna Pravda). 10 September 2011.

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