Stanislav Hurenko

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Stanislav Hurenko

Stanislav Ivanovych Hurenko (Ukrainian: Станіслав Іванович Гуренко; Russian: Станислав Иванович Гуренко, romanized: Stanislav Ivanovich Gurenko; 30 May 1936 – 14 April 2013) was a Soviet and Ukrainian politician. He was a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

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Stanislav Hurenko
Станіслав Гуренко
Official portrait, 2002
People's Deputy of Ukraine
In office
12 May 1998  25 May 2006
Constituency
In office
15 May 1990  25 January 1993
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byVasyl Androshchuk [uk]
ConstituencyKyiv Oblast, No. 219[3]
First Secretary of the Communist Party of Ukraine
In office
23 June 1990  30 August 1991
Preceded byVladimir Ivashko
Succeeded byPosition abolished
(Petro Symonenko as First Secretary of the Communist Party of Ukraine)
Full member of the 28th Politburo
In office
14 July 1990  29 August 1991
Personal details
Born(1936-05-30)30 May 1936
Ilovaisk, Donetsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
(now Ukraine)
Died14 April 2013(2013-04-14) (aged 76)
Kyiv, Ukraine
Political party
SpouseLiudmyla
ChildrenIvan and Kseniia
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Biography

Mikhail Gorbachev brought in his ally Hurenko in to replace Vladimir Ivashko as First Secretary of the Ukrainian Communist Party on 23 June 1990.[4] He resigned his position as First Secretary on 30 August 1991, when the failure of the August putsch in Moscow, the activities of the Communist Party of Ukraine were banned.

Then he served as the member of Verkhovna Rada.

Hurenko retired and died on 14 April 2013, at the age of 76 after suffering from cancer.[5]

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