Yekaterina Furtseva
Yekaterina Furtseva | |
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Екатерина Фурцева | |
Furtseva in 1963 | |
| Minister of Culture | |
| In office 4 May 1960 – 24 October 1974 | |
| Premier | Nikita Khrushchev Alexei Kosygin |
| Preceded by | Nikolai Mikhailov |
| Succeeded by | Pyotr Demichev |
| First Secretary of the Moscow City Party Committee | |
| In office 17 November 1954 – 30 June 1957 | |
| Preceded by | Ivan Kapitonov |
| Succeeded by | Vladimir Ustinov |
| Member of the 20th Presidium | |
| In office 29 June 1957 – 31 October 1961 | |
| Candidate of the 20th Presidium | |
| In office 27 February 1956 – 29 June 1957 | |
| Member of the 20th Secretariat | |
| In office 27 February 1956 – 4 May 1960 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 24 November 1910 |
| Died | 24 October 1974 (aged 63) |
| Party | Communist Party of the Soviet Union |
| Profession | Civil servant |
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Yekaterina Alexeyevna Furtseva (Russian: Екатерина Алексеевна Фурцева; 7 December 1910 – 24 October 1974) was a Soviet politician and member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU). She was the second woman to be elected member of the CPSU Presidium (20th term) and the fourth woman elected to the CPSU Secretariat (20th term). The first female Politburo and Secretariat member was Yelena Stasova.