Communist Party of Ukraine (Soviet Union) - Party Leader

Party Leader

The party was headed by its secretary. The position was highly influential and often was considered to be more important than the head of state (see Ukrainian SSR).

Years Name Remarks
1918 - 1920 Secretary of Central Committee
1920 - 1925 1st Secretary of Central Committee
1925 - 1934 General Secretary of Central Committee
1934 - 1991 1st Secretary of Central Committee

The following list is composed of the secretary of the Central Committee of the party who were the leaders of the Party. The position also was changing names between being called the First Secretary or the General Secretary, depending on a political atmosphere in the Soviet Union. The position was not officially of the head of state, but certainly was very influential, especially within the republic. The longest serving secretary was Vladimir Shcherbitsky with some 17 years as the head of the Communist Party, the second best is split between Stanislav Kosior and Nikita Khrushchev, both of which have 11 years.

  • Mykola Oleksiiovych Skrypnyk (20 April–26 May 1918) (Secretary of the Organizational Bureau)
# Secretary Took office Left office Deputy Congress
1 Yurii Leonidovych Pyatakov 12 July 1918 9 September 1918 None 1
2 Serafima Ilyinichna Gopner 9 September 1918 22 October 1918 None
3 Emanuil Ionovich Kviring 23 October 1918 6 March 1919 None 2
4 Yurii Leonidovych Pyatakov 6 March 1919 30 May 1919 None 3
5 Stanislav Vikentevich Kosior 30 May 1919 10 December 1919 None
- Rafail Borisovich Farbman
 10 December 1919 23 March 1920 None
6 Nikolai Ilyich Beschetvertnoi 23 March 1920 25 March 1920 None 4
- Stanislav Vikentevich Kosior
 25 March 1920 17 October 1922 None
7 Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov 23 November 1920 22 March 1921 Dmitriy Lebed 5
- Feliks Yakovlevich Kon
 22 March 1921 13 December 1921
8 Dmitry Zakharovich Manuilsky 14 December 1921 10 April 1923 6
9 Emanuil Ionovich Kviring 10 April 1923 16 May 1924 7
17 May 1924 7 April 1925 Aleksei Medvedev 8
Ivan Klimenko
10 Lazar Moiseyevich Kaganovich 7 April 1925 12 December 1925
12 December 1925 29 November 1927 9
Aleksei Medvedev
29 November 1927 14 July 1928 10
11 Stanislav Vikentevich Kosior 14 July 1928 15 June 1930
Lavrentiy Kartvelishvili
15 June 1930 23 January 1934 11
Vasiliy Stroganov
Mendel Khatayevich
Pavel Postyshev
23 January 1934 3 June 1937 12
Mendel Khatayevich
3 June 1937 27 January 1938 13
Sergei Kudryavtsev
12 Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev
 27 January 1938 17 May 1940 Mikhail Burmistenko
14
17 May 1940 3 March 1947 15
Demian Korotchenko
13 Lazar Moiseyevich Kaganovich 3 March 1947 26 December 1947
14 Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev 26 December 1947 28 January 1949 Leonid Melnikov
28 January 1949 16 December 1949 16
15 Leonid Georgyevich Melnikov 16 December 1949 27 September 1952 Aleksei Kirichenko
27 September 1952 4 June 1953 17
16 Aleksey Illarionovich Kirichenko 4 June 1953 26 March 1954 Nikolai Podgorny
26 March 1954 21 January 1956 18
21 January 1956 26 December 1957 19
17 Nikolay Viktorovich Podgorny 26 December 1957 19 February 1960 Leontiy Naidek
19 February 1960 30 September 1961 Ivan Kazaenets 20
30 September 1961 2 July 1963 21
18 Pyotr Yefimovich Shelest 2 July 1963 18 March 1966 Nikolai Sobol
18 March 1966 20 March 1971 Aleksandr Lyashko 22
Ivan Lutak
20 March 1971 25 May 1972 23
19 Vladimir Vasilyevich Shcherbitsky 25 May 1972 13 February 1976
13 February 1976 12 February 1981 Ivan Sokolov 24
12 February 1981 8 February 1986 25
Aleksei Titarenko
8 February 1986 28 September 1989 26
Vladimir Ivashko
20 Vladimir Antonovich Ivashko 28 September 1989 23 June 1990 Stanislav Gurenko 27
21 Stanislav Ivanovich Gurenko 23 June 1990 1 September 1991 Leonid Kravchuk 28
Grigoriy Kharchenko

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