Yegor Ligachev
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Егор Лигачёв | |||||||||||||||||
Ligachev in 1988 | |||||||||||||||||
| Second Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||
| In office 10 March 1985 – 14 July 1990 | |||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Mikhail Gorbachev | ||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Vladimir 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 by | Ivan Kapitonov | ||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Georgy Razumovsky | ||||||||||||||||
| First Secretary of the Tomsk Regional Committee | |||||||||||||||||
| In office 26 November 1965 – 29 April 1983 | |||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Ivan Tikhonovich Marchenko | ||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Alexander Melnikov | ||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 29 November 1920 Dubinkino, Kainsky district, Tomsk Governorate, Russian SFSR | ||||||||||||||||
| Died | 7 May 2021 (aged 100) Moscow, Russia | ||||||||||||||||
| Resting place | Troyekurovskoye Cemetery, Moscow | ||||||||||||||||
| Party | Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1944–1991) Communist Party of the Russian Federation (1993–2021) | ||||||||||||||||
| Children | Alexander 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.