Demyan Korotchenko

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]

Demyan Korotchenko
6th Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
In office
4 March 1947 – 15 January 1954
Preceded byNikita Khrushchev
Succeeded byNikifor Kalchenko
In office
21 February 1938 – 6 August 1939
Preceded byMykola Marchak
Succeeded byLeonid Korniyets
Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
In office
15 January 1954 – 7 April 1969
Preceded byMykhailo Hrechukha
Succeeded byOleksandr 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(1894-11-29)29 November 1894
Pohribky, Chernigov Governorate, Russian Empire
Died7 April 1969(1969-04-07) (aged 74)
Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Political partyCommunist Party of the Soviet Union (1918–1969)
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Biography

Demyan Korotchenko was born in to a peasant family in a small village that today is in Sumska Oblast, eastern Ukraine. He joined the Russian Communist Party (b) in 1918 and became active in organising Red Army detachments.

Awards

References
  1. Урядовий портал :: Керівники урядів Української Радянської Соціалістичної Республіки. Kmu.gov.ua. Retrieved on 2012-08-09.
  2. Микалай Аляксандравич Зянькович (2002). Самые закрытые люди: Энциклопедия биографий. Olma Media Group. p. 262. ISBN 978-5-94850-035-5.
Political offices
Preceded by
Mykola Marchak		 Prime Minister of Ukraine (Ukrainian SSR)
1938–1939		 Succeeded by
Leonid Korniyets
Preceded by
Nikita Khrushchev		 Prime Minister of Ukraine (Ukrainian SSR)
1947–1954		 Succeeded by
Nikifor Kalchenko
Preceded by
Mykhailo Hrechukha		 Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR
1954-1969		 Succeeded by
Oleksandr Lyashko


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