Kherson Regional Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine explained

The Kherson Regional Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine, commonly referred to as the Kherson CPU obkom, was the position of highest authority in the Kherson Oblast, in the Ukrainian SSR of the Soviet Union. The position was created in April 1944, and abolished in August 1991. The First Secretary was a de facto appointed position usually by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine or the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Ukraine.

List of First Secretaries of the Communist Party of Kherson

NameTerm of OfficeLife years
StartEnd
First Secretaries of the Oblast Committee of the Communist Party
Oleksiy FedorovApril 1944January 19491901–1989
Hryhoriy HryshkoJanuary 1949March 19511906–1959
Vadym OnyshchenkoMarch 1951February 19541911–19..
Volodymyr DruzhyninFebruary 1954June 19561907–1976
Petro YelistratovJune 1956January 19621917–1987
Anton KochubeyJanuary 1962October 19721909–1998
Volodymyr KhalapsinJanuary 17, 1963December 19641919–1998
Ivan MozghovyOctober 1972March 28, 19801927–2005
Andriy HirenkoMarch 28, 1980June 23, 19871936–
Mykhailo KushnerenkoJune 23, 1987August 19911938–

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