Luhansk Regional Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine explained

The Luhansk Regional Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine, commonly referred to as the Luhansk CPU obkom, was the position of highest authority in the Luhansk Oblast (until March 5, 1958, and again from January 5, 1970, until May 4, 1990, as the Voroshylovhrad Oblast), in the Ukrainian SSR of the Soviet Union. The position was created in June 1938, and abolished in August 1991. The First Secretary was a de facto appointed position usually by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine or the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Ukraine.

List of First Secretaries of the Communist Party of Luhansk

NameTerm of OfficeLife years
StartEnd
First Secretaries of the Oblast Committee of the Communist Party
Petro LyubavinJune 1938November 19381898–1941
Mykhailo KvasovNovember 13, 1938December 21, 1940
Anton HayovyDecember 21, 194019421907–1962
Nazi German occupation (1942–1943)
Anton Hayovy194319511907–1962
Vasyl Klymenko1951March 19611906–1984
Volodymyr ShevchenkoMarch 1961December 14, 19731918–1997
Mykola HureyevJanuary 1963December 19641907–1978
Borys HoncharenkoDecember 14, 1973February 27, 19871927–1999
Ivan LyakhovFebruary 27, 1987February 19901936–
Anatoliy OnyshchenkoMay 26, 1990August 19911937–

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