Preceded by Vladimir Ivashko Name Stanislav Hurenko Children Ivan and Kseniya | Spouse(s) Lyudmyla Succeeded by None—post abolished Role Politician | |
Political party Communist Party of the Soviet Union/Communist Party of Ukraine Died April 14, 2013, Kiev, Ukraine Education Kyiv Polytechnic Institute | ||
Stanislav Ivanovych Hurenko (Ukrainian: Станісла́в Іва́нович Гуре́нко; Russian: Станисла́в Ива́нович Гуре́нко, tr. Stanislav Ivanovich Gurenko; 30 May 1936 – 14 April 2013), was a Ukrainian Soviet politician and member of the Communist Party.
Mikhail Gorbachev brought in his ally Hurenko in to replace Vladimir Ivashko as First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Ukrainian SSR on 22 June 1990. He resigned his position as First Secretary on 1 September 1991 following suppression of the Ukrainian SSR and the independence of Ukraine.
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.
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