Yegor Ligachev

Yegor Ligachev
Егор Лигачёв
Ligachev in 1988
Second Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
In office
10 March 1985 – 14 July 1990
Preceded byMikhail Gorbachev
Succeeded byVladimir Ivashko (as Deputy General Secretary)
Head of the Organizational-Party Work Department of the Central Committee
In office
29 April 1983 – 23 April 1985
Preceded byIvan Kapitonov
Succeeded byGeorgy Razumovsky
First Secretary of the Tomsk Regional Committee
In office
26 November 1965 – 29 April 1983
Preceded byIvan Tikhonovich Marchenko
Succeeded byAlexander Melnikov
Additional positions
Full member of the 26th, 27th Politburo
In office
23 April 1985 – 14 July 1990
Member of the 26th, 27th Secretariat
In office
26 December 1983 – 14 July 1990
Member of the 26th, 27th Central Committee
In office
3 March 1981 – 14 July 1990
Personal details
Born(1920-11-29)29 November 1920
Dubinkino, Kainsky district, Tomsk Governorate, Russian SFSR
Died7 May 2021(2021-05-07) (aged 100)
Moscow, Russia
Resting placeTroyekurovskoye Cemetery, Moscow
PartyCommunist Party of the Soviet Union (1944–1991)
Communist Party of the Russian Federation (1993–2021)
ChildrenAlexander Ligachev (born 1947)
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Yegor Kuzmich Ligachev (also transliterated as Ligachyov; Russian: Егор Кузьмич Лигачёв; 29 November 1920 – 7 May 2021) was a Soviet and Russian politician who was a high-ranking official in the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU), and who continued an active political career in post-Soviet Russia. Originally an ally of Mikhail Gorbachev, Ligachev became a challenger to his leadership.