Tikhon Kiselyov | |
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Тихон Киселёв | |
![]() Kiselyov in 1973 | |
First Secretary of the Communist Party of Byelorussia | |
In office 15 October 1980 – 11 January 1983 | |
Preceded by | Pyotr Masherov |
Succeeded by | Nikolay Slyunkov |
Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers | |
In office 5 December 1978 – 23 October 1980 | |
Premier | Alexei Kosygin |
Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic | |
In office 9 April 1959 – 11 December 1978 | |
Preceded by | Nikolay Avkhimovich |
Succeeded by | Aleksandr Aksyonov |
Candidate member of the 25th, 26th Politburo | |
In office 21 October 1980 – 11 January 1983 | |
Full member of the 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th Central Committee | |
In office 31 October 1961 – 11 January 1983 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Mogilev Governorate, Russian Empire | 30 July 1917
Died | 11 January 1983 Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union | (aged 65)
Nationality | Soviet |
Political party | Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1940–1983) |
Other political affiliations | Communist Party of Byelorussia |
Profession | Civil servant |
Tikhon Yakovlevich Kiselyov (Russian: Ти́хон Я́ковлевич Киселёв, Belarusian: Ціхан Якаўлевіч Кісялёў; 12 August (O.S.: 30 July), 1917 – 11 January 1983) was a Belarusian statesman in the Soviet Union, the leader (first secretary) of the Communist Party of Byelorussia, i.e., the de facto leader of the Byelorussian SSR (1980–1983).[1]
Career
[edit]Party
[edit]- 1940: member of the CPSU
- 1961: member of the CPSU Central Committee
- 1980: first secretary of Central Committee the Communist Party of Byelorussia
- 1980: CPSU Central Committee Politbureau candidate
Government
[edit]- 1954: member of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR
- 1959-1978: Chairman of the BSSR Council of Ministers
- 1978-1980: Deputy Chairman of the USSR Council of Ministers
- 1981: member of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR
Awards
[edit]- 1977: Hero of Socialist Labor
- Two Orders of Lenin
- Order of the Badge of Honor
- Medals
References
[edit]- Career data are taken from the Large Encyclopedic Dictionary (Moscow, 1991)