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Oleksandr Liashko

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In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Pavlovych and the family name is Liashko.

Oleksandr Liashko
Олександр Ляшко
Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Ukrainian SSR
In office
9 June 1972 – 10 July 1987
Preceded byVolodymyr Shcherbytsky
Succeeded byVitaliy Masol
Member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
In office
1961 – 25 April 1989
Personal details
Born(1916-01-12)12 January 1916
Rodakove, Russian Empire (now Ukraine)
Died9 October 2002(2002-10-09) (aged 86)
Resting placeBaikove Cemetery, Kyiv
Political partyCommunist Party of the Soviet Union (1942–1991)
AwardsHero of Socialist Labour
Military service
AllegianceSoviet Union
RankLieutenant
Battles/wars

Oleksandr Pavlovych Liashko (Ukrainian: Олександр Павлович Ляшко; 12 January 1916 – 9 October 2002) was a Soviet Ukrainian politician. He served as the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Ukrainian SSR (a role equivalent to today's Prime Minister of Ukraine) for more than 15 years, making him the longest-serving person in that position.[1] Liashko was also a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1961 to 1989. In 1985, he was honored with the Hero of Socialist Labour award.

Biography

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Liashko's grave in Baikove Cemetery, Kyiv

Oleksandr Liashko was born into a family of a railway worker in Rodakove, located in present-day Luhansk Oblast, eastern Ukraine.[2] He attended a technical school and later matriculated at the Donetsk Industrial Institute in 1937.[2]

Liashko authored three books of memoirs: "The Way of Survival", "The Way to the Nomenclature" (1997), "On the Steps of Power" (2001).

He died on 9 October 2002, and was buried in Kyiv at the Baikove Cemetery.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Урядовий портал :: Керівники урядів Української Радянської Соціалістичної Республіки". Archived from the original on 17 October 2011. Retrieved 9 January 2011.
  2. ^ a b "Урядовий портал :: Керівники урядів Української Радянської Соціалістичної Республіки". www.kmu.gov.ua. Archived from the original on 7 October 2012.
  3. ^ Постанова Кабінету Міністрів України від 10 жовтня 2002 року № 1490 «Про поховання колишнього Голови Ради Міністрів УРСР Ляшка О.П.».
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Political offices
Preceded by Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR
1969–1972 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Ukrainian SSR
1972–1987 		Succeeded by
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