Karl Vaino

Karl Vaino
Карл Вайно
Vaino in 1987
First Secretary of the Communist Party of Estonia
In office
26 July 1978 – 16 June 1988
Preceded byJohannes Käbin
Succeeded byVaino Väljas
Personal details
Born(1923-05-28)28 May 1923
Died12 February 2022(2022-02-12) (aged 98)
Moscow, Russia
Resting placeFederal Military Memorial Cemetery
CitizenshipSoviet and Russian
PartyCommunist Party of the Soviet Union (1940–1989)
RelationsAnton Vaino (grandson)
Alma materOmsk State Transport University
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Karl Genrikhovich Vaino (Estonian: Karl Vaino; Russian: Карл Генрихович Вайно; alias Kirill Voinov; 28 May 1923 – 12 February 2022) was a Russian-born Soviet politician in the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic. He was the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Estonia from 1978 to 1988.