Salchak Toka

Salchak Toka
Салчак Тока
General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Tuvan People's Revolutionary Party
In office
6 March 1932 – 10 October 1944
Preceded byIrgit Shagdyrzhap
Succeeded byPosition renamed
First Secretary of the Tuvan Autonomous Oblast Committee of the CPSU
In office
13 October 1944 – 10 October 1961
Preceded byPosition renamed
Succeeded byPosition renamed
First Secretary of the Tuvan Regional Committee of the CPSU
In office
11 October 1961 – 11 May 1973
Preceded byPosition renamed
Succeeded byGrigoriy Shirshin
Personal details
Born(1901-12-15)15 December 1901
Mergen Lamaiin Hiid, Outer Mongolia, Qing China
Died11 May 1973(1973-05-11) (aged 71)
Citizenship
PartyCPSU (1944–1973)
Other political
affiliations
Tuvan People's Revolutionary Party (1921–1944)
Spouse
(m. 1940)
Signature
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Salchak Kalbakkhorekovich Toka (Russian: Салчак Калбакхорекович Тока, 15 December [O.S. 2 December] 1901 – 11 May 1973) was a Tuvan and later, Soviet politician. He was General Secretary of the Tuvan department of the CPSU from 1944 to 1973; previously, he was the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Tuvan People's Revolutionary Party and was the supreme ruler of the Tuvan People's Republic from 1932 until its annexation by the Soviet Union in 1944.