| Demyan Korotchenko | |
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| 6th Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic | |
In office 4 March 1947 – 15 January 1954 | |
| Preceded by | Nikita Khrushchev |
| Succeeded by | Nikifor Kalchenko |
In office 21 February 1938 – 6 August 1939 | |
| Preceded by | Mykola Marchak |
| Succeeded by | Leonid Korniyets |
| Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic | |
In office 15 January 1954 – 7 April 1969 | |
| Preceded by | Mykhailo Hrechukha |
| Succeeded by | Oleksandr Lyashko |
| Full member of the 19th Presidium | |
In office 16 October 1952 – 6 March 1953 | |
| Candidate member of the 20th Presidium | |
In office 29 June 1957 – 17 October 1961 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 29 November 1894 Pohribky, Chernigov Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | 7 April 1969 (aged 74) Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Political party | Communist Party of the Soviet Union |
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Demyan Serhiyovych Korotchenko (Ukrainian: Дем’ян Сергійович Коротченко; 29 November 1894 – 7 April 1969) was a Ukrainian and Soviet politician, who twice served as the head of government of Ukrainian SSR (today's equivalent of prime-minister).[1][2]
Biography[]
Demyan Korotchenko was born in a peasant family in a small village that today is in Sumska Oblast, eastern Ukraine.
Awards[]
- Hero of Socialist Labour (1964)
- Six Orders of Lenin
- Order of Suvorov, 1st class
- Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class
References[]
- ↑ Урядовий портал :: Керівники урядів Української Радянської Соціалістичної Республіки. Kmu.gov.ua. Retrieved on 2012-08-09.
- ↑ Микалай Аляксандравич Зянькович (2002). Самые закрытые люди: Энциклопедия биографий. Olma Media Group. pp. 262-. ISBN 978-5-94850-035-5. https://books.google.com/books?id=o9I0SDET8jsC&pg=PA262. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
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