Alexander Melnikov (politician)

Alexander Melnikov
First Secretary of the Kemerovo Regional Committee
In office
17 November 1988 – 22 September 1990
Preceded byVadim Bakatin
Succeeded byAnatoly Zaitsev
Head of the Construction Department of the Central Committee
In office
1985 – 30 September 1988
Preceded byBoris Yeltsin
Succeeded byPost abolished
First Secretary of the Tomsk Regional Committee
In office
29 April 1983 – 31 January 1986
Preceded byYegor Ligachyov
Succeeded byViktor Zorkaltsev
Full member of the 27th Central Committee
In office
6 March 1986 – 14 July 1990
Personal details
BornAlexander Grigoryevich Melnikov
(1930-10-20)20 October 1930
Died25 December 2011(2011-12-25) (aged 81)
PartyCommunist Party of the Soviet Union (1957–1991)
Communist Party of the Russian Federation (1993–2011)
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Alexander Grigoryevich Melnikov (Russian: Александр Григорьевич Мельников; 20 October 1930 – 25 December 2011) was a Soviet and post-Soviet Russian politician; Communist Party high-ranking official in 1986–1991; the First Secretary (mayor) of Siberian town of Seversk, the First Secretary (governor) of Tomsk (1983–1986), and Kemerovo regions. In 1990–2000's – head of CIS Ministry Managing department, advisor of the Union State Secretary. One of the leaders of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation.