Yefrem Sokolov

Yefrem Sokolov
Ефрем Соколов
Яфрэм Сакалоў
First Secretary of the Communist Party of Byelorussia
In office
6 February 1987 – 28 November 1990
Head of stateGeorgy Tarazevich
Nikolai Dementey
Head of governmentMikhail Kovalev
Vyacheslav Kebich
Preceded byNikolay Slyunkov
Succeeded byAnatoly Malofeyev
First Secretary of the Brest Regional Committee of the Communist Party of Byelorussia
In office
5 March 1977 – 28 February 1987
Preceded byVladimir Mikulich
Succeeded byAnatoly Zelenovsky
Member of the 28th Politburo
In office
14 July 1990 – 29 August 1991
Full member of the 27th, 28th Central Committee
In office
26 June 1987 – 29 August 1991
Personal details
BornYefrem Yevseyevich Sokolov
(1926-04-25)25 April 1926
Died5 April 2022(2022-04-05) (aged 95)
Minsk, Belarus
PartyCommunist Party of the Soviet Union (1944–1991)
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Yefrem Yevseyevich Sokolov (Russian: Ефре́м Евсе́евич Соколо́в, Belarusian: Яфрэ́м Яўсе́евіч Сакало́ў; 25 April 1926 – 5 April 2022) was a Belarusian politician, who served as a first secretary of the Communist Party of Byelorussian SSR from February 1987 to November 1990. Sokolov was a member of the 28th Politburo, elected on 14 July 1990 by the 1st Plenary Session of the 28th Central Committee.